About the day » Friday May 1, 1711Calender converter

• Adrianus HEIJNEN, Wouw,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Gertrudis (Gertruij) Erritkamp, Hülm (Pruissen)
• Dirkje Willemsdr. van Swieten, Voorschoten
• Engeltie Nacke (Nak, Nakke), Amsterdam
• George Craib, Cairnhill, Grange, Banffshire, Scotland († 1794)
• Jacob Hoek, Molenaarsgraaf
• Gertruda Vossenbergh (Forsenborg), Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland
• Cornelia (van) Cats, Nijmegen († 1786)
• Jan MARISSEN, Sleen,, NEDERLAND
• Jean MOUTON, IZEL, Luxembourg, Belgique

• Johanna Ursula Katharina de Thuillières, Porrentruy, Suisse
• Jan Rotmans (61), Winterswijk
• Johanna Philiberte Le Camus de Pont-Carré (48)
• Rene Rotmers, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne DE BRUYN, Galmaarden
• Antonius Cornelius Vughts (27), Gemonde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Claasje Rook (45)
• Julienne MOQUET (42), Billé, 35025, Ille et Vilaine, Bretagne, France
• Madalena de Miranda (77), Itu, São Paulo, Brasil
• Jacob Smaling (34), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1602 » William Lilly, English astrologer († 1681)
• 1672 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician († 1719)
• 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
• 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
• 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
• 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
• 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
• 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
• 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
• 1821 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia († 1897)

• 1555 » Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
• 1572 » Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
• 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
• 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
• 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
• 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• February 24 » The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
• August 22 » Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
• September 22 » The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.

The temperature on May 1, 1711 was about 12.0 °C.