About the day » Sunday April 16, 1747Calender converter

• Anna Maria Jakobi, Klüsserath, Schweich, Trier, Mosel, Preußen († 1819)
• Aaltijn Hindriks, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1756)
• Adrianus Schrauwen, Zundert, Nederland († 1808)
• Aaltje Cornelis' Smit, Venhuizen († 1786)
• Anna Maria Isabella van Asten, Chaam, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1813)
• * Maarten Goudappel, Delft († 1810)
• Aaltje Klompenhouwer, Wisch († 1791)
• Anna Maria Bruijnseels, Etten-Leur
• Aaltjen Klomphouwer, Wisch, Gelderland, Nederland († 1791)
• Sjoukje Evers Ecoma, Oldeboorn

• Jost Klingspor (0), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Christoph Heinrich DELBRÜCK (74), Stuer, Neustrelitz (DUI)
• DENIS ALBERT, FLERON
• Maria Maartensdr. (Marijtje) Duijndam (61), Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland
• Denis Denis Jacqz JACQZ dit FASSOTTE (57), Fléron, 62038, Liege, Belgique
• Catherine Vandenplas, Oudergem
• Johann August von Ponickau (70)
• Antoinette Eustasia Crozat (21), Parijs
• Elizabeth Cabot (0), Salem, Salem, New Jersey, United States
• Maria, Francisca ALGOET (10), Oostrozebeke,8780,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België

• 1682 » John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant († 1744)
• 1697 » Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer († 1778)
• 1728 » Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist († 1799)
• 1730 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician († 1795)
• 1755 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter († 1842)
• 1786 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land († 1847)
• 1800 » George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician († 1888)
• 1808 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior († 1864)
• 1821 » Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter († 1893)
• 1823 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic († 1852)

• 1645 » Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
• 1687 » George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
• 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
• 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
• 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
• 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)

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 16, 1747 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder.