About the day » Tuesday August 16, 1757Calender converter

• Cornelia Vreier de Jong, 't Veld, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Eldert Sytses, Doniaga
• Anna Maria HEIJNEN, Belfeld, Limburg, Netherlands († 1763)
• Elisabeth LACROIX, Virginal-Samme, 25108, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Arnoldus Diederen, Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1768)
• Jakob Stephan, Aue, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Gerritje Beekland, waddinxveen (zuid holland)
• Gerrit van Velzen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dorothea(e) (Theodorae) van Nes (van Es), Gemeente Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1803)
• Hendrina Berends, Wilp, Nederland († 1824)

• Guillaume Hubert DELWICHE (42), Beez,5000,Namen,Wallonië,BELGIË
• Arij Pietersz Noteboom (52), `s-Gravendeel, zh.nld
• Geertruid Hermans Vos (0), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Hans Heinrich Daus (Daues) (13), Harderode, Halle, Hzgt. Braunschweig
• Jean-Pascal STREIFF (61), Vallerange,ci:57687,57340,Moselle,Lorraine,France
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• Anna Margaretha Menges (12), Düsseldorf, Pempelfort, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Christina Landsdaal, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonij van den Heuvel, Geldrop
• Cristina Lansdael (54), Driel

• 1682 » Louis, Duke of Burgundy († 1712)
• 1744 » Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor († 1804)
• 1761 » Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1815 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator († 1888)
• 1816 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor († 1820)
• 1820 » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick († 1892)
• 1821 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic († 1895)
• 1831 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec († 1901)
• 1832 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist († 1920)
• 1842 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic († 1922)

• 1661 » Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (b. 1608)
• 1678 » Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1705 » Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 » Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)

• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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 August 16, 1757 was about 18.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.