About the day » Tuesday April 17, 1759Calender converter

• Cornelisje Jacobsdr Bakker, Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1796)
• Anna van der Wadding, Rotterdam
• Anna Hendriks van der Wadding, Rotterdam
• Henricus VERHAEGH, Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands († 1798)
• Elisabetha van de Haas, 's Graveland
• Anne Marie LIEGEOIS, Lixhe,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Hendrik Verhaegh, Meijel,, Limburg, Nederland († 1828)
• Carolus Ignatius Soen, Westrozebeke († 1760)
• Henricus Bax, Oeffelt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthoon Franciscus Cornelissen, Grave, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Joanna Maria Janssens
• Cornelis Claase Mooij (58), Barwoutswaarder, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Best (11), Diedenshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Joanna Martens, Reek
• James Porter Sr (63), Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
• Jacob Thoen, Delft, Oude kerk
• Janke Boomsma (60), Leeuwarden
• Jannetje Willemsdr Bom (45), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jannetje Willems van der Bom (51), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Garrit (Derks) Arkensteen (53), Gorssel

• 1710 » Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician († 1767)
• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)

• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)

• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on April 17, 1759 was about 6.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.