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• Antje de Vries, Marrum, Friesland, Nederland († 1828)
• Anna Johannis' ten Broek, Urk († 1833)
• Antje Bouwens, Marrum
• Anna Johanna ter Broek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1833)
• Antonius Pans, Bilzen († 1759)
• Antje Bouwens de Vries, Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1828)
• Adriaan Aertsz Schit, Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Albert Durks (Kamstra), Drachten († 1834)
• Anna Johannisdr ten Broek, Amsterdam († 1833)
• Antje Goedhart, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Aelbert Jacobsz. van Hensbergen (51), Wassenaar aangifte
• onbekend kind van de Wall, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hindrik Wilhelmus nn
• Hendrik ZWININK (59), Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, De Heurne
• Petrus Bouts (81), Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Geertruyt Pieterse Vlierboom (82)
• Lena Pleunsd De HEER (3)
• Jan van Zanten (11)
• Jan Leendertsz SCHENK (2)
• Agnes Huibert van DIESSEN (80), Moergestel, 3989, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1690 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1763)
• 1707 » Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright († 1754)
• 1711 » Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier († 1762)
• 1724 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic († 1804)
• 1732 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor († 1814)
• 1744 » James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts († 1808)
• 1757 » Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer († 1841)
• 1766 » Germaine de Staël, French author and political philosopher († 1817)
• 1812 » Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-English orientalist († 1894)
• 1816 » Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general († 1897)

• 1672 » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish linguist and poet (b. 1598)
• 1699 » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (b. 1646)
• 1758 » Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist and physician (b. 1686)
• 1778 » James Hargreaves, British inventor (b. 1720)
• 1806 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (b. 1763)
• 1821 » Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)
• 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Pieter
5. Hendrik
6. Johannes
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. Adrianus
15. John
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Elisabeth
6. Joanna
7. Cornelia
8. Catharina
9. Trijntje
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• 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)
• May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
• July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
• August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
• August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
• September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
• September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.

The temperature on April 22, 1759 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.