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• Anna Stevens Fokker (Focker)
• Abraham (Abram) APON, Rotterdam († 1816)
• Anne Jans Jellema († 1827)
• Aaltjen Diekerman, Go († 1832)
• Andries Luppes (Andries Lippes) Blaauw (Blauw - Blouw), Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1843)
• Aaltje Wilderbeek, Utrecht († 1827)
• Aaltje, Hierden († 1825)
• Anne Catherine Le Piez, Lithaire, 50250, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France († 1825)
• Andries Luppes Blaauw (Blauw-Blouw), Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1843)
• Andries Lippes Blaauw, Slochteren (NL)

• Hendrickjen ten Cate (63), Deventer
• Anna Maria (1) Ermen, Teteringen
• Henricus op den Camp (59), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Geertruit Wubbes
• Etienne GUITTONNEAU (76), Barbâtre, 85630, France
• Hermanus Hendriksz van Voorst, De Bilt
• Adriana Maaskant (1), Strijen
• Jan Grooten (1750)
• Elizabeth van Meegen, Uedem Keppeln, 47589, Deutschland
• Hendrik Graaf van Wurmbrand-Stuppach (43), Wenen

• 1717 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar († 1806)
• 1730 » Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader († 1763)
• 1742 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal († 1819)
• 1770 » Ludwig van Beethoven, composer († 1827)
• 1775 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer († 1834)
• 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
• 1776 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
• 1778 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier († 1841)
• 1787 » Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright († 1855)
• 1790 » Leopold I of Belgium († 1865)

• 1669 » Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
• 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
• 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
• 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)

• 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.
• 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.
• November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
• December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

The temperature on December 16, 1759 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken.