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• elisabeth pieter Smits, Steenbergen († 1842)
• Altjen Niehof, Hengelo
• Carolus Eugénius Eugénius LEGIEN, Oostrozebeke,8780,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1804)
• Albertus Egbers, Didam, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Eva Hendriksd Toeter, Ens =Zuid Schokland, fl.nld
• Aletta Hartman, Vianen († 1835)
• Antonius Augustinus, Lier, België († 1761)
• alletta hartman, vianen (utrecht) († 1835)
• Elizabeth Johannese Pop, Ouwerkerk († 1844)
• Elisabeth (Maria Elisabeth) Pieterse (Smits), Steenbergen († 1842)

• Beret Johansdatter (70), Almlien, Mo, Nord-Rana, Nordland, Norge
• Derk Egberts van het Landeweert (50), laren
• Anna Bernharda Tacke (84), Beeck, Duisburg, Rheinland
• Derk Egberts (Van Het) LANDEWEERT (ALIAS EMSBROEK) (50), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gillis Thijssen
• Chrisostomos Van Renterghem (40), Zedelgem
• Derk (Egberts) Landeweert-Emsbroek (50), Laren
• Catharina Jacobse Swart (27), Berckhout
• Maria Van Tuijn (69), Rotterdam
• Derk Landeweert op Emsbroek, Laren

• 1709 » Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress († 1762)
• 1746 » Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader († 1805)
• 1766 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric († 1843)
• 1796 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist († 1877)
• 1800 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer († 1860)
• 1808 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States († 1875)
• 1809 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1898)
• 1816 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist († 1895)
• 1844 » Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. († 1906)
• 1855 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet († 1927)

• 1634 » John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
• 1661 » Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
• 1689 » Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
• 1720 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
• 1731 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
• 1737 » Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
• 1785 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
• 1807 » Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on December 29, 1759 was about 4.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.