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• Hendrik Johannes Leertouwer, Oosterwolde († 1825)
• George FINCH, Soham, Cambridgeshire, England († 1820)
• Barbara Ekkeveld, Amersfoort († 1832)
• Georg Heinrich Averwetter, Nahne
• David Dundore
• Aldegondis Aartse de Rooij, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1817)
• Gijsbertus OBBENS, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1825)
• Casper Beekman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia de RAADT, Dordrecht
• Anne-Catherine CHATELAIN, Vincey († 1822)

• Berentjen Jaassink (73)
• Catharina Brants (55), Nuth, Nederland
• Cornelia Isodora Dirck Theodorus Franssen van de Bruehl (86), Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Coenraad Bloem (42), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Cornelia Theodoris van de Brul (86), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Cornelia Isodora van den Brul (86), Tilburg,Tilburg,Noord Brabant,Nederland
• Anne CHEVRIER, St-Julien-du-Terroux,53230,Mayenne,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE
• Anna Van DIJCK (29)
• Cornelia Isodora van den Brul (Bruehl) (86), Tilburg, 4272, Noord Brabant, NL
• Antoine Charles Quirez (1), Lorgies

• 1664 » Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat, British Ambassador to France († 1721)
• 1693 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1768)
• 1710 » Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist († 1792)
• 1783 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general († 1853)
• 1808 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian, academic, and politician († 1864)
• 1810 » Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist († 1878)
• 1811 » Robert Mackenzie, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland († 1873)
• 1816 » Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters († 1899)
• 1858 » Lovis Corinth, German painter († 1925)
• 1858 » Maria Christina of Austria († 1929)

• 1688 » James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)
• 1793 » Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1796 » Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)
• 1798 » Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)
• 1798 » François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
• 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)

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)
• February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
• April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
• 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.
• October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
• November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
• 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 21, 1758 was about 17.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.