About the day » Sunday January 7, 1748Calender converter

• Aleijdis Demarbaix op het Roebers, Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Longenecker, Lebanon, Pennsylvania († 1823)
• Barbara (Barbarij) Jans Valk, Soest
• Aart Rosa, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelbertus (Theenagel ~ Teijnagel) Tijnagel, Appeltern (West Maas en Waal)
• Albert Egges Stheeman, Scheemda († 1829)
• Adrianus Kuijlenburg, Nieuwpoort († 1820)
• Aldegundis Reijntjes, Hommersum (Deu)
• Anna Maria Haezaerts, Bierbeek († 1837)
• André GOFFINET, JAMOIGNE (Les Bulles), Luxembourg, Belgique († 1805)

• Laurentius van der Poel (63), Oudenbosch
• Elisabeth VAN EECKHOUTTE (67), Hulste, 8531, Harelbeke, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Helena Catharina Cools (8), Bouwel Grobbendonk, België
• Apollone Françoise COUGNET (40), STAVELOT, Liège, Belgique
• Catharina de Leeuw, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aybe Emken (54), Esens
• Kaatje van Hulst (0), Katendrecht, Niederlande
• Jan Egberts Stoel (1)
• Françoise-Marguerite Delpeche-Dalpé (69), Saint-Sulpice, L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Québec, Canada
• Bastiaentje Cornelisdr. Pijl (72), Alblasserdam, Nederland

• 1685 » Jonas Alströmer, Swedish agronomist and businessman († 1761)
• 1706 » Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher († 1751)
• 1713 » Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian director and manager († 1785)
• 1718 » Israel Putnam, American general († 1790)
• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)

• 1658 » Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician, 1st Governor of the New Haven Colony (b. 1590)
• 1694 » Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)
• 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
• 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
• 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
• 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)

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

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

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
• August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
• October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
• October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.

The temperature on January 7, 1748 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.