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• Arnoldus Pluijmen, Horn, Limburg, Netherlands
• Cornelis Gresnigt († 1759)
• Aleida GERRITSEN, Neuenhaus, Nedersaksen, Duitsland († 1822)
• Adam Beideman, New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America († 1800)
• Antonet Lambert Verkuijlen, Uden († 1827)
• Adam Beitenmann, New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America († 1800)
• Ary Jansz van Harthals, Dubbeldam, zh.nld
• Conrad Waltman, Allentown, Lehigh Co.Pennsylvania († 1785)
• Andries Moret, Dubbeldam
• Dirk de Graaf, Oud-Loosdrecht,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Uijl (48)
• Christine van Lent (73), Dinxperlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Isaack Boogaart (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerard DEUTZ (59), Amsterdam
• Joanna Gipman (17), Kellen (D)
• Anje Lucas (69)
• Barbara Van der Smissen (57), Lennik (St. Martens-Lennik), Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Henriette Elisabeth Weger (44)
• Egide François Elens, Beringen
• Johanna van Hulst, Heusden

• 1693 » Empress Anna of Russia († 1740)
• 1722 » Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet († 1781)
• 1726 » Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter († 1766)
• 1741 » Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic († 1825)
• 1758 » Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer († 1826)
• 1796 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; d. 1874)
• 1802 » Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic († 1892)
• 1804 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company († 1886)
• 1812 » Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic († 1870)
• 1825 » Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist († 1908)

• 1693 » Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (b. 1624)
• 1736 » Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)
• 1779 » William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)
• 1799 » Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
• 1801 » Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)
• 1819 » August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1737)
• 1823 » Ann Radcliffe, English author (b. 1764)
• 1837 » Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) (b. 1797)
• 1862 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1787)

• 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 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
• 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 February 7, 1759 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: betrokken.