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• Elisabeth Wilbers, Bergen, Limburg, Nederland († 1833)
• Cecilia Joanna Gheyle, Dudzele, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1847)
• Alegonda Bekkering, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1824)
• Catharine Van der Stricht, Hermelgem († 1819)
• Cornelis Dubbelman, Hoge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1837)
• Gerrit Jansz Dinkla, Bockhorn, Oldenburg, Nedersachsen, Duitsland († 1826)
• Anna Maria van der HEIJDEN, Geldrop, 3582, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1826)
• Franciscus van Crieckinge, Rotselaar
• Cecilia Joanna GHEYLE, Dudzele,8380,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Anna Maria Cornelius (Maria) LAUWEN, Rucphen-Sprundel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1817)

• Cornelis Jacobsz. Olierhoek - Olierook (63), Monster
• Alexander Robertson (33), Scotland
• Maria PEETERS (29), Helden, Limburg, Nederland
• Alexander Campbell (m. 'Campbell') (75), Augusta, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Van Engelen, Hedel, Nederland
• Jost Schmidt (63), Schameder, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Elizabeth van Engelen (48), Hedel
• Cornelis Jacobsz Olierook (Olyrourck) (63), ,, Monster, Nederland
• Elizabet van Engelen, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Maria Catharina Klee (58), Vaihingen aan de Enz, Baden-Württemberg

• 1702 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician († 1788)
• 1717 » Blind Jack, English engineer († 1810)
• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)

• 1621 » John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)

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. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
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.
• 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.
• December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.

The temperature on August 15, 1758 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.