About the day » Thursday May 10, 1759Calender converter

• Elizabeth van den Bosch, Schipluiden, Nederland
• Col Peregrine William Fitzhugh, I, Rousby Hall, Calvert County, Maryland, Colonial America († 1811)
• Anna Roelfs, Kropswolde
• Anna Roelfs, Kropswolde, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1825)
• Hendrina Johanna Fransen († 1828)
• Catharina van Hoef, Erica
• Berro den Brander, Wageningen
• Elisabeth Jentjes Landman, Goënga, Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Cornelius de Brie, Den Haag († 1834)
• Geeske Roelfs EKKENS († 1811)

• Catherina Biesta (35), Den Haag aan den teering
• Catherine SCHULTZ (41), Brunstatt, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Joannes Henricus Wintermans (0), Duizel
• Catharina Ariaens Corsten (Catalijn Adriaen) van Heeswijck (78), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant
• Gerhard van de Sandt (81), Keppeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Adriana Albertus Panis (44), Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Catharina Dillen (1), Bouwel Grobbendonk, België
• Catharina Adriani Corsten van Heeswijk (78), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johanna Smith, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Domingos Leite Peixoto (80), Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

• 1697 » Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer († 1764)
• 1727 » Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician († 1781)
• 1755 » Robert Gray, American captain and explorer († 1806)
• 1760 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer († 1836)
• 1760 » Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet († 1826)
• 1770 » Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1823)
• 1788 » Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer († 1827)
• 1812 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer († 1902)
• 1813 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General († 1883)
• 1838 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln († 1865)

• 1717 » John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (b. 1641)
• 1726 » Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)
• 1774 » Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
• 1787 » William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)
• 1794 » Élisabeth of France, French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (b.1764)
• 1798 » George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)
• 1807 » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)

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

The temperature on May 10, 1759 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: geheel betrokken.