About the day » Thursday January 18, 1759Calender converter

• Charles Vincent Courtens, Ieper
• Anne RODIER, Champs / Bourg Archambault,86,F
• Anna Elisabeth Somers, Duffel († 1837)
• Blankendaal, Zijpe († 1759)
• Anna Maria De Pauw, Rupelmonde
• Anna Maria Hermans, Weert
• Aagje Willems Schoorl, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1797)
• Bernardus Quak, Vlaardingen
• Aafje Willems Schorel *, Heiloo
• Anna Inghels

• Gerrit Jan BEEK TER (42), Oldenzaal Stad
• Claas Bakker (40)
• Dorothea Schneider (12), Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jacoba Snoeij, Rotterdam
• George Doggett (64), Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia
• Jean François VIGNACOURT (WINIACOURT) (58), Créquy,62257,Pas de Calais,Nord Pas de Calais,FRANCE
• Gerrit Sweekhorst (49), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Van Den Bulck (44), Nijlen, België
• Hugh Calkins (26)
• Gerrit (Jan?) ter Beck (Koks op ter Beek) (42), Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland

• 1689 » Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher († 1755)
• 1701 » Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist († 1785)
• 1743 » Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher († 1803)
• 1751 » Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer († 1831)
• 1752 » John Nash, English architect († 1835)
• 1764 » Samuel Whitbread, English politician († 1815)
• 1779 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian († 1869)
• 1782 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1793 » Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire († 1847)
• 1815 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar († 1874)

• 1677 » Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
• 1756 » Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
• 1783 » Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
• 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)

• 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 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.

The temperature on January 18, 1759 was about 7.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen betrokken.