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• Aagtje Pieters' Bijpost, Oude Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1837)
• Adrianus De Locht, Wechelderzande († 1810)
• Aagtje Pieterdr Bijpost, Oude-Niedorp, Gemeente Hollands Kroon, Hollande-Septentrionale, Pays-Bas († 1837)
• Anna Blankenburg, Nieuw Vossenmeer, Zeeland, Nederland († 1840)
• Anna Catharina van der VORST Vulgo de VEUSTER, Werchter, 3118, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Aaltje (Alida) Taffijn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• * Aagje Goverts Heijkoop, Leerdam († 1835)
• Adriana Borgers, Dinteloord
• Anna Gertrudis Leunk († 1846)
• "Jitske" Rykeles van der Veen, Oenkerk († 1814)

• Albert Bosch van den, Amsterdam
• Gobel Jansen van Versendael (76), Ophemert
• Gobels van Versendaal (76), Ophemert(GE)
• Adriaantje Minje de (47), Dinteloord
• Gerrit Jacobs BOER (4)
• Honoré LAVACHE (33), Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Gobel Jansen van Versendaal (76), Ophemert (GL)
• Henrich Blecher (34), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Gobel Jansen van Versendaal (76), Ophemert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gobel van Versendaal (76), Ophemert

• 1678 » William Croft, English organist and composer († 1727)
• 1722 » Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain († 1770)
• 1724 » Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator († 1805)
• 1757 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba († 1826)
• 1760 » Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general († 1829)
• 1792 » Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician († 1861)
• 1819 » John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania († 1873)
• 1819 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet († 1898)
• 1825 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician († 1891)
• 1842 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and painter († 1910)

• 1640 » John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (b. 1597)
• 1643 » Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (b. 1566)
• 1644 » Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577)
• 1662 » Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628)
• 1769 » Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (b. 1685)
• 1777 » Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1727)
• 1788 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1702)
• 1803 » Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (b. 1713)
• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)

• 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.
• 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.
• December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

The temperature on December 30, 1759 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel betrokken mist.