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• Adrianus de Maet, Pauluspolder, Zeeland, Nederland († 1740)
• Cornelis Meuwisz Krijnen, Eemnes († 1740)
• Geertrudis Willems Spee, Gouda
• Coenradus (Conradus) Jacobs Cornelissen, Zeeland (N.Br.) († 1793)
• Antonius Franciscus Leonard DAGHELET († 1808)
• Geertruijdt Bouwmeester, Amersfoort († 1795)
• Guilielmus Wis, Delft
• Cornelia de Bruijn, Ijsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1795)
• Grietje Bauermann, Emden, Hann., Pruss
• Anna Hoffschulte, Drievorden († 1771)

• Christoph Knechtel (66)
• Jean Vatinel (92), Tôtes, 76700, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
• Christoph Knechtel (66), Práche, Czech Republic
• Heinrich Krützkamp (93), Dröper
• Aeltje [Arijsdr] Voogt (66), Hoogvliet, Nederland
• Arien Evertsz van den Bergh (63), Ridderkerk
• Heinrich Krützkamp (93), Dröper, Georgsmarienhütte
• Herbert Pleune (69), Noordeloos
• Hendrick Evertsz van den Bergh (66), Ridderkerk
• Aaltje Ariensd VOOGT (66), Hoogvliet

• 1651 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar († 1695)
• 1655 » Francis Nicholson, British Army general and colonial administrator († 1727)
• 1684 » Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician († 1757)
• 1729 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer († 1811)
• 1755 » Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War († 1813)
• 1780 » Piet Retief, South African ruler († 1838)
• 1793 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist († 1831)
• 1795 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist († 1856)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist († 1902)
• 1817 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith († 1892)

• 1595 » John Hawkins, English admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1532)
• 1623 » Josaphat Kuncevyc, Lithuanian archbishop (b. c. 1582)
• 1667 » Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598)
• 1671 » Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (b. 1612)
• 1742 » Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• 1793 » Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)
• 1793 » Lord George Gordon, English politician (b. 1751)
• 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Joannes
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Hendrik
7. Jacob
8. Petrus
9. Willem
10. Jacobus
11. Gerrit
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Johann
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Joanna
5. Johanna
6. Catharina
7. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Elizabeth
12. Grietje
13. Mary
14. Jannetje
15. Aaltje
16. Adriana

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
• March 22 » Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
• September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
• September 18 » The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
• October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
• November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

The temperature on November 12, 1739 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.