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Born on Thursday August 18, 1757
- Henrica Morees, Beek en Donk, Noord-Brabant (NL)
- Anne Marie Scharlé, Maaseik, Prov. Limburg (B) († 1833)
- Gijsbert van Loenen, Haarlem
- Anne Engel Dorothee Bunge, Melzingen, Hannover, Germany
- Dympna Morees, Beek en Donk
- Françoise Joseph CLICTEUR, Halluin, 59279, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Catherine Joseph FINET, Boussu, 7300, Hainaut, BELGIQUE († 1834)
- Berent Omerink, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1757)
- Friedrich HILLIE ( HILLJE ), Rastede,26180,NIEDERSACHSEN,DEUTSCHLAND,Hankhausen,Ammerland († 1760)
- Hemricus Moorrees, Beek en Donk
Died on Thursday August 18, 1757
- Abraham Schauvlieghe (39), Bassevelde
- Catrijntje Simons Broekhuizen (60), Reeuwijk
- Anna Maria Lemmens, Sint-Remigiuskerk, Schimmert, Beekdaelen, Limburg, Nederland
- Joanna Van Overloop (80), Stekene
- Christophe NAULLEAU (57), Le Perrier, 85300, France
- Cornelia De Sadeleer (20), Denderhoutem, Belgium
- Gerrardus Jalinck (58), Vollenhove
- Elisabethje Cornelis van der Werf (21)
- Johannes Petrus Averberg (52), Schermbeck (Dld), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- Grietje Jacobsdr Veen (39), Landsmeer
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 18, 1757 at Delpher
Born on August 18
- 1692 » Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon († 1740)
- 1700 » Baji Rao I, first Peshwa of Maratha Empire († 1740)
- 1720 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician († 1760)
- 1750 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor († 1825)
- 1754 » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer († 1833)
- 1774 » Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician († 1809)
- 1792 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1878)
- 1803 » Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General († 1881)
- 1807 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia († 1893)
- 1819 » Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia († 1876)
Died on August 18
- 1642 » Guido Reni, Italian painter and educator (b. 1575)
- 1648 » Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1615)
- 1683 » Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
- 1707 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1640)
- 1712 » Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1660)
- 1765 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
- 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
- 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
- 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
- 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
Names that were popular for boys in 1757
- Jan
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Cornelis
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Jacob
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Jean
- John
- Dirk
- Johann
- Klaas
Names that were popular for girls in 1757
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Grietje
- Trijntje
- Adriana
- Neeltje
- Jannetje
- Antje
- Elizabeth
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1757
- 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 » 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.
- May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
- 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.
Weather August 18, 1757
The temperature on August 18, 1757 was about 17.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken.