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• Brant Willems van den Bosch, Doornspijk
• Brant Willems Doornewaard, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1840)
• Anna Maria van der Strydonk, Amsterdam († 1835)
• Antonius Joannes JASPERS, Rucphen, 4157, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1798)
• Antonia jacoba jaspers, Buijchus (n.br) († 1830)
• Arnoldus van BEUSEKOM, Dordrecht († 1821)
• Cornelia Claesdr. van der Pauw, Zwammerdam († 1808)
• Adriaen van Beurden († 1773)
• amand jh. BLARY, Wargnies le Grand (F-59)
• Brand Willemsen Doornewaard, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland

• Dirk Leenderszoon GLASBURG (55), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geurt (Gerrit) Evertsz (van Kootwijck)
• Aart Janse van Hemert (69), Andel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jean-Baptiste Van Roye (65), Strombeek-Bever, Vlaams Brabant, Belgie
• Catharina van der AUWERA (56), Beerzel, 2580, Antwerpen, België
• Johann Adolph Maeschig (58), Heerdt, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Joan Gerrard (42), Beaminster, Dorset, England
• Giel (Chiel) Cornelisz Jol (75), Scheveningen
• Leonardus Antonius SOREL (0), Oostende, B
• Joannes HIEL (81), Buggenhout,9255,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1692 » Joseph Butler, English bishop, theologian, and apologist († 1752)
• 1711 » Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1787)
• 1777 » John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist († 1852)
• 1778 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria († 1854)
• 1785 » John Wilson, Scottish author and critic († 1854)
• 1797 » Frederick Augustus II of Saxony († 1854)
• 1822 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist († 1896)
• 1835 » Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University († 1908)
• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)

• 1721 » Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (b.1625)
• 1733 » Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
• 1780 » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
• 1781 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
• 1792 » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
• 1795 » Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)
• 1799 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
• 1800 » Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
• 1807 » John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1808 » Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)

• 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)
• 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 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 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 18, 1759 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.