About the day » Saturday July 28, 1759Calender converter

• Adriana VAN ETTEN, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Fransisca Woutas, Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hermannus Winckelinck, Agelo (Ootmarsum)
• Antonius Franciscus Bal, Niel
• Gerardus Custers, Jabeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Hendrik Semelink, Gendringen († 1790)
• Georg Wilhelm Afflerbach, Weidenhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Hendrik SEMELING, Gendringen, Gelderland, NEDERLAND († 1792)
• Antonius BEX, Rukkelingen (B) († 1794)
• antoine HOUSEAU, Wargnies le Grand (F-59)

• François DE STAUTE (47), Ouwegem,9750,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Hendrik Velten, Almelo
• Catharina van Slingerland, Ouddorp
• Anthony Cornelisz van Alewijk (57), Leersum
• Catharina Slingerland (58), ouddorp (goeree overflakkee)
• Johanna Elsmors (52), Berghuizen, 7571, Nederland
• Isabella Maria van Poele (0), Sint-Gillis-Waas
• Henri Gruijssens (49), Kerkhove, Belgium
• Aantje Mak (Mack) (0), Bergambacht, Nederland
• Klaas Jans Mous (53), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1659 » Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat († 1715)
• 1746 » Thomas Heyward, Jr., American judge and politician († 1809)
• 1750 » Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, playwright, and politician († 1794)
• 1783 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer († 1860)
• 1796 » Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company († 1859)
• 1804 » Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher († 1872)
• 1815 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel († 1889)
• 1844 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet († 1889)
• 1857 » Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America († 1940)
• 1860 » Elias M. Ammons, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado († 1925)

• 1685 » Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1618)
• 1718 » Étienne Baluze, French scholar and academic (b. 1630)
• 1741 » Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)
• 1750 » Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1685)
• 1762 » George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1691)
• 1794 » Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (b. 1767)
• 1794 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Committee of Public Safety (b. 1758)
• 1808 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1761)
• 1809 » Richard Beckett, English cricketer and captain (b.1772)
• 1818 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)

• 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.
• 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 July 28, 1759 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.