Anniversarial — 2009
1759
Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2009:
Births
- Addington, John Hiley (born 1759–died 1818), English politician, member of Parliament, government minister
- André, Antoine Balthasar Joseph d’ (born 1759–died 1825), French politician, revolutionary
- Backus, Elijah (born 1759–died 1811), American [unknown occupation]
- Barney, Joshua (born 1759–died 1818), American [unknown occupation]
- Beatty, Erkuries (born 1759–died 1823), American army officer
- Beljambe, Pierre Guillaume Alexandre (born 1759–died 1838), French engraver
- Berrien, John (born 1759–died 1815), American colonist, plantation-owner, army officer, civil servant, surveyor
- Bradley, William (born 1759–died 1765), American politician, civil servant
- Briois de Baumez, Bon Albert (born 1759–died 1801), French merchant, politician
- Bryan, Samuel (born 1759–died 1821), American [unknown occupation]
- Canning, Mehitabel [née Patrick] (born 1759–died 1831), Irish businesswoman
- Cooper, Thomas (born 1759–died 1839), English Unitarian, judge, scientist
- Corbin, Francis (born 1759–died 1821), American [unknown occupation]
- Cottringer, Garrett (born c. 1759–died 1816), American [unknown occupation]
- Dingé, Antoine (born 1759–died 1832), French historian
- Dumont, Pierre Étienne Louis (born 1759–died 1829), Swiss churchman, Protestant, journalist, author
- Dundas, Francis (born c. 1759–died 1824), Scottish army officer, colonial governor
- Dupont, Pierre Gaëton (born c. 1759–died 1817), French translator
- Duquesnoy, Adrien Cyprien (born 1759–died 1808), French lawyer, politician, translator
- Féodorovna, Marie, czarina consort of Russia (born 1759–died 1828), Polish empress
- Fishbourn, Benjamin (born 1759–died 1790), American [unknown occupation]
- Foncrose, père Louis Siffrein Salamon de, abbé de Salamon (born 1759–died 1829), French churchman, politician
- Foster, Lady Elizabeth [née Hervey] (born 1759–died 1824), English aristocrat
- Foster Barham, Joseph, II (born 1759–died 1832), English slaveholder, plantation-owner, politician
- Fouché, Joseph, 1st duc d’Otrante (born 1759–died 1820), French aristocrat, policeman, civil servant, government minister
- Gavre, Charles Alexandre François de (born 1759–died 1832), French civil servant
- George, Daniel (born c. 1759–died 1804), American [unknown occupation]
- Gilchrist, John Borthwick (born 1759–died 1841), Scottish surgeon, philologist, philanthropist, East India Company official
- Gilman, Nathaniel (born 1759–died 1817), American civil servant
- Godwin, Mary [née Wollstonecraft] (born 1759–died 1797), English feminist, philosopher
- Grenville, William Wyndham, 1st Baron Grenville (born 1759–died 1834), English politician, member of Parliament, civil servant, prime minister
- Hall, William (born 1759–died 1814), American naval officer
- Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte, queen consort of Sweden [née von Holstein-Gottorp] (born 1759–died 1818), German consort
- Hérault de Séchelles, Marie Jean (born 1759–died 1794), French politician, revolutionary
- Jackson, William (born 1759–died 1828), American army officer, politician, revolutionary, personal secretary
- Jakob, Ludwig Heinrich von (born 1759–died 1827), German philosopher, political scientist, economist
- King, John (born 1759–died 1830), English civil servant, politician, member of Parliament
- Langham, Elias (born 1759–died 1830), American army officer, politician, civil servant, surveyor
- Lasteyrie, Charles Philibert de, comte de Lasteyrie (born 1759–died 1849), French educationalist, author
- McGillivray, Alexander (born c. 1759–died 1793), Native American (Creek) tribal leader, civil servant
- Marmontel, Marie Adélaïde [née Lerein de Montigny] (born c. 1759–died 1812), French home-maker
- Morel, Charles Gilbert, vicomte de Vindé (born 1759–died 1842), French judge, agriculturalist, bibliophile, collector
- Morton, Sarah Wentworth (born 1759–died 1846), American home-maker
- Moss, Reuben (born 1759–died 1809), American [unknown occupation]
- Oekonomische Gesellschaft (founded 1759), Swiss learned society
- Page, Margaret [née Lowther] (born 1759–died after 1824), American home-maker
- Park, Thomas (born 1759–died 1834), English antiquarian, bibliographer, scholar, bibliophile, collector
- Phillips, Frances [née Crewe] (born c. 1759–died 1834), English editor
- Pitt, William [the younger] (born 1759–died 1806), English politician, member of Parliament, prime minister
- Plumer, William (born 1759–died 1850), American politician
- Rivett-Carnac, James [née Rivett] (born 1759–died 1802), English East India Company official, colonial governor
- Rye, Joseph Jekyll (born 1759–died 1819), English churchman
- Sharp, Richard (born 1759–died 1835), English politician, member of Parliament, wit, academician
- Smirnov, Yakov Ivanovich (born 1759–died 1840), Russian churchman, diplomat
- Smith-Stanley, Elizabeth, countess of Derby [née Farren] (born c. 1759–died 1829), Irish actress, aristocrat
- Snyder, Simon (born 1759–died 1819), American politician
- Walter, William (born after 1759), English newspaper editor, civil servant
- Wilberforce, William (born 1759–died 1833), English politician, member of Parliament, abolitionist, philanthropist, sectarian, Claphamite
- Williams, Helen Maria (born 1759–died 1827), English author, novelist, poet, translator
- Wilson, Richard (born 1759–died 1834), English lawyer, horse-breeder, politician, member of Parliament
Deaths
- Anne, Princess Royal & princess consort of Orange (born 1709–died 1759), German aristocrat, princess
- Bentham, Alicia [formerly Mrs Whitehorn(e); née Grove] (died 1759), English home-maker
- Berjon, Jean (born 1685–died after 1759), Swiss businessman
- Blount, Teresa (born 1688–died 1759), English gentlewoman, Recusant
- Boulanger, Nicolas Antoine (born 1722–died 1759), French civil engineer, civil servant
- Boullier, David (born 1699–died 1759), Dutch [unknown occupation]
- Cahusac, Louis de (born 1706–died 1759), French author, playwright, librettist
- Cartier, Pierre (born 1698–died 1759), Swiss churchman, Protestant, geologist
- Coke, Thomas, 1st earl of Leicester [5th creation] (born 1697–died 1759), English aristocrat
- Forbes, Brigadier-general John (born 1707–died 1759), Scottish army officer
- Gist, Christopher (born c. 1706–died 1759), American explorer, topographer, civil servant, surveyor
- Guéret, père Jean Louis Gabriel, abbé Guéret (born 1678–died 1759), French churchman, Gallican, theologian
- Hoensbroeck, Frans Arnold Adriaan Jan van, markies van Hoensbroeck (born 1696–died 1759), Dutch aristocrat
- La Virotte, Louis Anne de (born 1725–died 1759), French physician, journalist
- Le Sage, père Georges Louis (born 1676–died 1759), French physicist
- Le Tellier de Souvré, Amable Emilie, comtesse de Saint-Hérem (born 1731–died 1759), French aristocrat
- Limborch, Hendrik van (born 1681–died 1759), Dutch artist, painter, engraver
- Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de (born 1698–died 1759), French mathematician, biologist, astronomer, academician
- Murphy, James [French] (born 1725–died 1759), Irish lawyer, author, playwright
- Pereira, père Diego, baron d’Aguilar (born 1699–died 1759), Portuguese Jewish, banker, tobacco-merchant, courtier, civil servant, financier
- Polier de Bottens, Reverend Doctor Georges (born 1675–died 1759), Swiss churchman, academic, author
- Rich, Edward, 8th earl of Warwick (born 1695–died 1759), English aristocrat
- Robinson, Jacob (died 1759), English bookseller
- Saulx-Tavanes, Cardinal Nicolas Charles de (born 1690–died 1759), French churchman
- Sterne, Jacques (born 1695–died 1759), English churchman
- Stopford, Reverend James, bishop of Cloyne (born c. 1697–died 1759), English churchman
- Warburton, John (born 1682–died 1759), English antiquarian, cartographer, tax-official, herald, collector
- Ward, Caesar (born 1710–died 1759), English printer
- Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury (born 1708–died 1759), English diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
