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• Annetje Dijk van, Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abel Hubertusse van Hemert, Sint-Maartensdijk († 1774)
• Johannes Sebrechts, Wouw(Oostelaar) († 1850)
• Sebregts, Oostelaar, 4724, Nederland († 1828)
• Aafje Huijsman, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1838)
• Antje van der Meij, Alpen-aan-de-Rijn (Hazerswoude), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1810)
• Albertus Ketterman, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Beenen van Hoven, Blokzijl († 1827)
• Abel Jacobus Erasmus, de Caep de Goede Hoop († 1803)
• Anna Harmanus Ritsma, Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1826)

• Annetje (Antje) van Kuijck (44), Amsterdam (Heiligewegs-en Leidsche Kerkhof)
• Elisabeth Kempeneers (35), Sint-Truiden, België
• ELIZABETH (58), Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, Eng
• Ann Keaton (60), Pasquotank County, Province of North Carolina
• Hermannus van DOCKUM (45), Rossum, 1780, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jesse Bryant (35), Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Gepke (88), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Johann Paul Blechschmidt (79), Bergen, Vogtland
• Jérôme comte de Saint Genois (64), Tournai
• Aeltje HARMSE (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1684 » Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer († 1754)
• 1722 » Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher († 1794)
• 1729 » Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist († 1783)
• 1730 » Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha ruler of Gwalior († 1794)
• 1755 » Gilbert Stuart, American painter († 1828)
• 1793 » Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic († 1867)
• 1800 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer († 1849)
• 1810 » Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord, American author and political essayist († 1879)
• 1826 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey († 1885)
• 1833 » Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist and physician († 1915)

• 1668 » William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (b. 1591)
• 1706 » Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637)
• 1765 » Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1789 » Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
• 1815 » John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)
• 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
• 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)

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)
• June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
• 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 December 3, 1758 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken.