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• Angela Elisabeth Dirksd Werner, Bakun, Vestrup, Duitsland († 1826)
• Alberdina de Vries, Zuidlaren († 1845)
• Hendrik Harms Pol, Avereest († 1826)
• Angela Elisabeth Werner, Vestrup (Munsterland) († 1826)
• Adriaan Kock, Amsterdam
• Anneke Giessen, Dalem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aan Harmens van der Bij, ,, Garijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1839)
• Aart Rosmolen, Goudswaard († 1772)
• Anna Megteld van Hengel, Dinxperlo († 1794)
• Adriana Johannese van Bart, Rotterdam († 1818)

• Ary Jaspersz van der Donk (82), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Butler (87), Whitehall, London, England
• Joannes TRAPPENIERS (78), ERPS-KWERPS (3071) Vl. Brabant
• Catharina Seuren (53), Horst Li NL
• Jan Hartgerink (2), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Jan Gomes (73), Oudeschild
• Marie Jeanne PEPIN
• Johan Gerdt SCHWITTRING (56), Druchhorn,Germany
• Jan Cornelis Gomes (73), Oudeschild
• Jan Groot (68), Den Hoorn

• 1699 » Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator († 1775)
• 1706 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist († 1749)
• 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
• 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
• 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
• 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
• 1797 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer († 1878)
• 1807 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist († 1892)
• 1812 » Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter († 1880)
• 1827 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician († 1893)

• 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
• 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
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.
• July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
• August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.

The temperature on December 17, 1758 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken.