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• Euphemia Lusthuis, Rossum († 1759)
• Emma Everts van Aken, Laren († 1811)
• Anna Theresia D'Hulster, Eernegem († 1838)
• Emmetje Everts van Aken, Laren († 1811)
• Arnoldus Schuring (Scheuring), Moerkapelle
• Anna Louise van Trie-Pillevoine († 1800)
• Dimphna Heestermans, Dinteloord, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelius Rotteveel, Den Haag
• Anna Maria Bamps, Nieuwerkerken
• Grietje van Rijn, Zoeterwoude, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• Catharina MATHIJS, Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Creusen, Voerendaal, Nederland
• Hotze Sytses (69), Grou, Frysl√¢n, Nederland
• Maartje Dirks de Vos (49), Warmenhuizen,Gemeente Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hotze Sytzes (69), Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Michaël Vander Meulen (44), Kortenaken (Miskom), Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Maartje de Vos, Warmenhuizen
• Maartje Dirks de Vos (Alias Reijnderts), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Jean Baptiste Joseph Duretz (0), Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
• Helena Roijen, van (49), Wijk bij Duurstede

• 1716 » Capability Brown, British landscape architect († 1783)
• 1720 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread († 1796)
• 1748 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator († 1825)
• 1768 » Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist († 1812)
• 1797 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright († 1851)
• 1812 » Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery († 1869)
• 1818 » Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)
• 1839 » Gulstan Ropert, French-American bishop and missionary († 1903)
• 1842 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia († 1849)
• 1844 » Emily Ruete/Salama bint Said, also called Sayyida Salme, a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman († 1924)

• 1619 » Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
• 1621 » Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (b. 1547)
• 1751 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)
• 1773 » Peshwa Narayan Rao, Prime Minister of Maratha Empire (b. 1755, assassinated)
• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)

• 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.
• May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
• August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
• 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 August 30, 1759 was about 16.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.