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• Douwe Sybrens Dijkstra
• Gerrit van Duijker, Wassenaar
• Douwe Sybrens Kroes, Swichum (Leeuwarderadeel)
• Abrahamus Krijns Eppinga, Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gesina VON HEBEL
• Catharina Singer, Krottendorf bei Ligist-Krottendorf-Gaisfeld,Voitsberg,Steiermark,Österreich,8563
• Catharina Joannis Melse Catalijn Aerts, Oudenbosch, Nederland († 1828)
• Gerard MOSTERT († 1795)
• Abrahamus EPPINGA, Kollum, Noardeast Fryslân, Fryslân, Netherlands 9291
• Anna Maria De Smet, Aspelaere in de Sint-Amanduskerk

• Berent Straatman (69), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna MULLER (85), Illfurth, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Johanna Goort Janssen (29), Someren, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Wittemans (40), Werchter (B)
• Bathsheba Holmes (77), Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Jacobus de Bruijne, Zaamslag
• Joannes Aerts van Daal (79), Haps
• Georg Völkel (34), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Hendrik Timmer, Baambrugge, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Aert Evert SWINKELS (77), Aarle-Rixtel, 3265, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1683 » Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist († 1729)
• 1710 » Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician († 1767)
• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)

• 1669 » Antonio Bertali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1605)
• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)

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

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

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 31 » The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
• May 14 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
• October 25 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

The temperature on April 17, 1747 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder.