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• Jannigje Melsdr Verdoolt, Stolwijk
• Aart Petersen van de Pol, Lunteren († 1825)
• Adrijaen van Campen, 's Grevelduin-Capelle
• Adrianus de Bruijn, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltie van Oostrum, Willige Langerak, Netherlands
• Aaltje Oosterom, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland († 1838)
• Adriaen van Campen, Capelle,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aldert Kater, Callantsoog († 1799)
• Aldert Gerritsz Kater, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Oostrom, Willige Langerak, gemeente Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1838)

• Hester Merkman (42), Haarlem
• Dominique CHARTIER (79), Dompaire
• Jan (0)
• Jan Leffers
• Elisabetha Christina Ihrich (43), Beerfelden, Odenwaldkreis, Hesse, Deutschland
• Lijsabet Harms
• Elsie Leduk (0), Amsterdam, begraafplaats kinderlijken
• Leffert Jans
• Maria (Marie) Hindriks (59)
• Anne Marie MASCAUX (63), Courcelles, 6180, Hainaut, Belgique

• 1735 » John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University († 1815)
• 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)
• 1812 » Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1871)
• 1817 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician († 1893)
• 1821 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey († 1904)

• 1664 » Moses Amyraut, French physician and theologian (b. 1596)
• 1707 » John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
• 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
• 1789 » Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
• 1794 » Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
• 1815 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)
• 1825 » Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)
• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Johannes
5. Hendrik
6. Pieter
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. Jean
12. Jacobus
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Adrianus
16. Klaas

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Elizabeth
12. Grietje
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
15. Mary
16. Adriana

• 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 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
• February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
• May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
• June 30 » Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
• July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
• December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.

The temperature on January 8, 1758 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder.