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• Adriana van Loon, Tilburg, Nederland († 1804)
• Adriana van Loon, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1804)
• Erdmuthe Henriette von Bünau († 1825)
• Anna Maria Weinbach, Niederlahnstein, Lahnstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland († 1835)
• Anna Peelle, Northhampton, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1780)
• Geertje Meeuwissen Bouw, Otterlo (Ede) († 1835)
• Cornelis Kroon, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Geertje Bouw, Otterlo († 1835)
• Aaltjen Wijchers Visser, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1826)
• Anna Catherina van Acker, Geluwe

• Benedictus HOORNAERT (22), Pollinkhove, 8647, Vienne, BELGIQUE
• Joannes Laurentius Stuer (52), Melsele
• Dymphna Van Hoof (38), Beerzel, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Jacob Florisse BOM, Monster
• Conrad Emery Hammer (48), Lebanon, Hunterdon, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Conrad Hummerich EMERY (48), Hunterdan County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Gijsbert Hendriksz Jongeneut (94)
• Cornelia Christiaensen, Antwerpen
• Benoite DUBUYAT (65), Cogny,69640,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Jan van der Minden (57), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1715 » Richard Graves, English minister and author († 1804)
• 1733 » Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor († 1799)
• 1752 » John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts († 1825)
• 1757 » Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City († 1816)
• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 1796 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician († 1859)
• 1796 » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar († 1859)
• 1796 » William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1862)

• 1729 » Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)
• 1734 » James Thornhill, English painter and politician (b. 1675)
• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
• May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
• May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
• June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
• June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
• November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.

The temperature on May 4, 1757 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.