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• Albert Visser, Heemse († 1833)
• Alida de Jongh († 1794)
• Andreas van Hamond, Middelbeers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abram van Dijk, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jans (Adriaan) Blanken, Stolwijk († 1843)
• Adriaan Blanken, Stolwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1843)
• Aart Rosmolen, Goudswaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1772)
• johannis henricus menso, kesteren († 1823)
• Aaltje Jacobsdr Krook, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Schaap, den bommel (goeree overflakkee) († 1826)

• Charles Belliveau (0), Québec, Canada
• Herman Nagtegall (50), Zuilen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Barbara COP (66), Rumst, Province D'anvers, Flandre, Belgique
• jan mijnard boogendaal (1), amsterdam, noord holland, nederland
• Claas van der Werf (0), Haarlem
• Egonus Gijsbertsen van Veen (88), Poederoijen
• Henri Nypels (64), Munsterbilzen,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgique
• Jacomijntje van Daelen (33)
• Jacobus Goddijn (69), Leiden (Zuid-Holland)
• Harm FOLKERTS (1), Meeden, Muntendam, Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland

• 1714 » Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author († 1800)
• 1714 » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet († 1780)
• 1735 » Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver († 1818)
• 1745 » Anthony Wayne, American general and politician († 1796)
• 1752 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States († 1836)
• 1768 » Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author († 1849)
• 1769 » Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician († 1821)
• 1774 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic († 1860)
• 1779 » William Clowes, English publisher († 1847)
• 1803 » Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson († 1874)

• 1697 » Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1625)
• 1716 » William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
• 1748 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1780 » Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1782 » Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 » Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
• 1817 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)

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)
• January 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
• April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
• 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.
• September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
• 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 January 1, 1758 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.