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January 27, 1759 
January 25, 1759
Born on Friday January 26, 1759
- Augustin Auger, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada († 1760)
- Catharina Gossens, Asperden, Goch, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1847)
- Barbara van der Heijden, Amersfoort († 1828)
- Anna Gesina (Ouders:Jois Henricus - Joan - Joes - Joannis Conen, Anna Walburgis - Wübke Schmitz) Spieker, Versen, Meppen, Emsland, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1804)
- Corneel Sillis, Aartselaar († 1769)
- Anna Elisabeth Schulte, Hagen Brd
- Anna Catharina Vioen, Vrasene, België
- Catharina Goossens, Asperden, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- Anna Gesina Spieker, Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1804)
- ALEXANDER ROSECRANS, SHAPPANACK, WALPECK COUNTY, New Jersey, United States
Died on Friday January 26, 1759
- Jannetje Hermsen Gauw (5), Amersfoort
- Henricus Michael Schotte (23), Klemskerke (De Haan), West-Vlaanderen, België
- Johanna Catharina Victoria van Montfort-Tettnang (80), Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg
- Johanna Katharina Viktoria VON MONTFORT (80), Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Marie Justine von Hacke (67)
- Johanna Catharina van Montfort-Tettnang (80), Sigmaringen, Stadt, Baden-Wurttemberg, Duitsland
- Gerrit Jan Smeenk (1), Eefde
- Jannetje Jansdr. Remmerswaal (3), Wassenaar
- jean DAVID (0), st.denis d'oléron(17)
- Katharina Bätzel (32), Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 26, 1759 at Delpher
Born on January 26
- 1708 » William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1777)
- 1714 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator († 1785)
- 1715 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher († 1771)
- 1716 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1785)
- 1722 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author († 1805)
- 1763 » Charles XIV John of Sweden († 1844)
- 1781 » Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author († 1831)
- 1813 » Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet († 1876)
- 1824 » Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist († 1888)
- 1832 » George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist († 1924)
Died on January 26
- 1697 » Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
- 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
- 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
- 1795 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
- 1799 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
- 1823 » Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
- 1824 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
- 1831 » Anton Delvig, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)
- 1831 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)
Names that were popular for boys in 1759
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Jacob
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Dirk
- Adrianus
- John
- Henricus
Names that were popular for girls in 1759
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Trijntje
- Aaltje
- Neeltje
- Grietje
- Adriana
- Antje
- Jannetje
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1759
- 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.
- January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
- 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.
- November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
Weather January 26, 1759
The temperature on January 26, 1759 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs.