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• giertje (grietje) van parreeren, amsterdam († 1835)
• Gerrit van der Koorn, Montfoort († 1842)
• Arnold Kempeneers, Sint-Truiden, België
• Dorothea Johanna Wageschiet, Hulst
• Alexei Borisovich Kurakin († 1829)
• Eva Christina Anspach, Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1788)
• Derk SCHEERS, Nijmegen († 1832)
• Benjamin Wout, Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1806)
• Cornelis Pieters Sorgdrager, Hollum, Ameland (doopsgezind) († 1826)
• Hannah Henrietta Hoisington, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1829)

• Johan Karel Graaf Mniszech van Groot-Kuntschitz (49)
• Aaltje Peters (49), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Jacob Willemsz. Sonnevelt (6), Wassenaar aangifte
• Georg Greifeldt, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Anna Dorothea Ludeken (72), Amsterdam
• Anna GHYSELEN (72), Moorslede, 36012, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Geert Hindriks Mijnhart (84), Roswinkel, Emmen, 7895, Nederland
• Commerina Molenberg, Zaamslag,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Catherine RENIER, Stavelot, 63073, Liège, Belgique
• Herman Leopold Lövenskjold (58)

• 1721 » William Robertson, Scottish historian († 1793)
• 1749 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer († 1822)
• 1754 » John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge († 1821)
• 1759 » William Kirby, English priest and entomologist († 1850)
• 1774 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist († 1849)
• 1778 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain († 1868)
• 1796 » Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author († 1849)
• 1802 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary († 1894)
• 1803 » Maria Anna of Savoy († 1884)
• 1811 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader († 1881)

• 1668 » William Waller, English general and politician (b. 1597)
• 1692 » Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (b. c. 1612)
• 1710 » Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1644)
• 1812 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)
• 1863 » Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)
• 1868 » William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1811)
• 1881 » James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)

• 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.
• 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 September 19, 1759 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.