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• Cornelia Swijs, scheveningen († 1820)
• Emmetje (Emmigje) Versloot, Kamerik, Nederland († 1806)
• Arij Stolk, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1837)
• Crelis Pietersz Rood, Hoogwoud († 1811)
• , Werkendam († 1837)
• Elizabeth Bakker, Moerkapelle (Bleiswijk) († 1828)
• Antonio Blanco de Oliveira Prestes, Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Crelis Pietersz Root, Hoogwoud
• Emmigje Versloot, Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1806)
• Arie Stolk, Werkendam († 1837)

• Elizabeth Bliss (71), Norwichtown, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
• Anna Maria van Gaver (43), Baasrode, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Elizabeth Trezevant (0)
• Egidius Franciscus Delnoë (77), Gulpen-Wittem (Gulpen) (Limburg)
• Anna ZEGERS (82), Puurs
• Antoine LE FRANC (71), Séné,56860,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE
• Isaac Cornelisz Solleveld (19)
• Dirk Schouten (27)
• Edward Gray (84), Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Apollonia van der Staal (3), Strijen

• 1667 » Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and art collector († 1740)
• 1714 » Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer († 1787)
• 1724 » Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet and author († 1803)
• 1797 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President of Mexico (1841) († 1852)
• 1819 » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer († 1900)
• 1820 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician, 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory († 1878)
• 1820 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 († 1894)
• 1821 » Charles Tupper, Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada († 1915)
• 1825 » Émile Ollivier, French statesman († 1913)
• 1834 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian († 1917)

• 1621 » Thomas Harriot, English astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer (b. 1560)
• 1656 » François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French general (b. 1611)
• 1674 » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
• 1743 » Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)
• 1746 » Thomas Baker, English antiquarian and author (b. 1656)
• 1778 » Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer (b. 1712)
• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)

• 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.
• January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
• 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.
• May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
• December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
• December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.

The temperature on July 2, 1757 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken.