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• Annetje Pieters Gog, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1843)
• Anna Catharina Lentsen (Linssen), Oirsbeek, Limburg, Nederland († 1760)
• Beitske Gijsbertus van der Leij, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1778)
• Annetje Pietersd. Gog, Vlaardingen († 1843)
• Hans Christian Gebert († 1766)
• Aaltje Van Onselen, Schiedam
• Anna (Antje) Jans Harteveld, Amersfoort
• Franciscus Smits, Vessem
• Aaltje Pieterdr van Onselen, Schiedam († 1814)
• Françoise PAUL, BERRIC († 1838)

• Aalke Luiken (47), Tichelwarf, Ostfriesland, Preußen
• Hendrik Donker (0), Warder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Jansen Draafsel-Wansink (73), laren
• Antonius de Louw (55), Moergestel
• Fennigjen Mouw (0)
• Grietje Berkhout (82), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Pietersdr. Berckhout (82), Wassenaar
• Jan (Hendriksen) Graeuwert-Nijland-Wansink (66), Laren
• Adriaen Nieuwenboer, Roosendaal
• Fennigjen Aarts Mouw (0), Elspeet

• 1714 » John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general († 1774)
• 1728 » Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer († 1778)
• 1778 » Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark († 1860)
• 1795 » Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder († 1883)
• 1795 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic († 1886)
• 1803 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic († 1894)
• 1804 » Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1881)
• 1805 » Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic († 1869)
• 1811 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop († 1882)
• 1815 » Thomas Couture, French painter and educator († 1879)

• 1597 » Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
• 1608 » William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. c. 1541)
• 1610 » Catherine Vasa, Swedish princess (b. 1539)
• 1701 » Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (b. 1659)
• 1807 » John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
• 1824 » James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
• 1869 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
• 1873 » Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)

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)
• 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 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 December 21, 1759 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.