About the day » Sunday May 20, 1742Calender converter

• Barber Filips Baartman, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje STRAVER, Babylonienbroek
• Anthonij Sebus van Almen, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Backx, Halsteren
• Abraham Cornelisse (Lockerbol) Lokkerbol, Rotterdam († 1801)
• Anna Bakx, Halsteren
• Bartje Jacobs Stolk, Maassluis Z.H
• Aaltje van der Sterre, Waddinxveen
• Amand Martin, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1815)
• Aalbert Bastiaenszn van der Harst, Scheveningen († 1792)

• Laurent Delahaij (63), Beaumont
• Gerrit Vreek Jacobsz (38), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Marguerite Roy dit Châtellereau (59), Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, QC, Canada
• Bernardus Martinus Blondeel, Loppem
• Jakob Krämer (24), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Erik Vrijheer Sparre (41)
• Margaretha Alheid Brickwedde (66), Ankum (D) RK Sint Nicolaas
• Antonius Geertsen Backx (53), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Grietje Oosterman (2), Mijnsheerenland
• Anna Eeckhout (50), Teralfene, Vlaams Brabant, Graafschap Vlaanderen

• 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)

• 1648 » Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)
• 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
• April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

The temperature on May 20, 1742 was about 9.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.