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• Henricus Goossens, Gemonde, Nederland
• Gijsbertus van den Heuvel, Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1789)
• Balduinus van Cats, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Blankendaal, Zijpe († 1758)
• Baldewinus (Balduinus) van Catz, Utrecht
• Catharina Harpers van der Burg, Schipluiden († 1809)
• Hannah Lawrence († 1838)
• Gerardus Wijnantsz. van der Slagh, Delft
• Catharina, Caatje, Kaatje van der Burg, Schipluiden, Z-H, Nederland († 1809)
• Catharina van der Burg, Schipluiden († 1809)

• Edmé JAILLANT (75), Vauchassis, 10396, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France
• Adriaan van Tilburg (47), Meeuwen
• Ferdinand Augustus Hendrik van Saksen-Coburg-Saalfeld (2)
• Ferdinand August Hendrik van Saksen-Coburg-Saalfeld (2), Coburg, Oberfranken, Beieren
• Claas van Pomeren (22), aangespoeld op Wieringen
• Denis ARNAUD (76), Buxières-les-Mines,03440,Allier,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Abner John (0), York County, PA
• Anna Funck (52), Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Christina Meyer (51), Franconia Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
• Anna Meyer (45), Franconia Twp., Mongomery Co., Pa

• 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
• 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
• 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
• 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
• 1830 » Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1915)
• 1831 » John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola († 1888)
• 1836 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1914)
• 1838 » Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company († 1898)
• 1838 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company († 1917)
• 1839 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company († 1937)

• 1689 » Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
• 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
• 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
• 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
• 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
• 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)

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. Adriana
16. Mary

• 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)
• June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
• August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
• September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
• October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
• December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
• December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.

The temperature on July 8, 1758 was about 16.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.