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• Bernadina Rengerink, Tubbergen († 1827)
• Elsje Spaan, Amersfoort († 1832)
• Henricus Joannisz Dudink, Oude Niedorp, nh.nld
• Hendrikus van Alebeek, Den Dungen († 1835)
• Esther Todd, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States († 1852)
• Elsje Spaan, Amersfoort
• Arie Gielsz Duijnker, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 1843)
• Henricus Rutgeri van Alebeek, Den Dungen, Sint-Michielsgestel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1835)
• Euphemia in 't Oude Hollinck, Dulder, 7597, Nederland
• Franciscus Antonii van Lierop, Asten,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1823)

• Harmina Planten (79), Varsseveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna LAUS, Wommelgem, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Janneke van de Voorde (61), Nieuwvliet, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis Maartensz de Jong (67), Katwijk aan Zee
• Gertrudis Theunissen, Eijsden, Limburg, Nederland
• Joanna Maria Bongaerts (0), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Beatrix Aen (50), Epen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Maartnsz de Jong (67), Katwijk
• Cornelis Maartense de Jong (67), Katwijk aan Zee
• Marguerite Chiasson (82), Cherbourg, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

• 1691 » Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress († 1750)
• 1714 » Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1774)
• 1728 » John Stark, American general († 1822)
• 1739 » Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer († 1818)
• 1749 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat († 1832)
• 1774 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition († 1821)
• 1801 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher († 1877)
• 1814 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author († 1873)
• 1816 » Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria († 1884)
• 1822 » Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria († 1904)

• 1665 » Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (b. 1638)
• 1678 » John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1602)
• 1735 » Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
• 1757 » David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
• 1784 » Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
• 1793 » Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740)
• 1805 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)

• 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.
• January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
• 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.
• August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
• 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.

The temperature on August 28, 1759 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.