About the day » Thursday January 11, 1759Calender converter

• Adrianus van Asten, Maasdriel († 1813)
• Adriana van der Reijt, Gemonde
• Geertrui van Rijswijck, Vierlingsbeek, Nederland († 1782)
• Dijmphna Rouwers, Haink, Wouw
• Anna Maria Eyskens, Brecht, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1808)
• Anna Elisabeth Boden, Tripsrath (Dld.)
• Geertrui van Monfrans, Nijkerk
• Anje Jacobs Schutter, Garmerwolde Gem Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland († 1843)
• Arie Pietersz van der Waal, Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1761)
• Anna Maria Habets, Hulsberg,, Limburg, Nederland

• Jacoba Jans Ritser (54), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacoba Jansdr Vink (de Ritscher) (54), Scheveningen
• Henricus Sijkens (85), Son, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacobus Milekamp (48)
• Joanna Petronella Van Osselaer (5), Melsele, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Jacoba Jansdr Vis (54), Scheveningen
• Henricus Wilhelmus Sijkens (91), Son,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Aeltijen Teunissen, Otterlo
• Abraham Manschot (74)
• Anton Vöpel (0), Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1755 » Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1804)
• 1757 » Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect († 1831)
• 1760 » Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut († 1833)
• 1777 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader († 1837)
• 1786 » Joseph Jackson Lister, English physicist († 1869)
• 1788 » William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic († 1866)
• 1800 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer († 1895)
• 1807 » Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University († 1874)
• 1814 » James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist († 1899)
• 1815 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada († 1891)

• 1735 » Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (b. 1670)
• 1753 » Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660)
• 1757 » Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688)
• 1762 » Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695)
• 1763 » Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676)
• 1771 » Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (b. 1704)
• 1788 » François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
• 1791 » William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717)
• 1798 » Heraclius II of Georgia (b. 1720)
• 1801 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (b. 1749)

• 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 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

The temperature on January 11, 1759 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken.