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• Joannes Duijcarts, Houthem,, Limburg, Nederland
• Isaak Schuddemat, Leiden
• Joanna VAN DEN BERGHE, Velzeke Zottegem-Oost-Vlaanderen
• Josephus Winckels - Winckens - Wijnckens, Kemzeke
• Charles-Jules de Damas († 1771)
• Francisco Chacón, La Habana, Cuba († 1779)
• Adam Vrooman, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, British Colonial America († 1716)
• Claudine COILLARD, Saint-Vincent-de-Reins,69240,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE († 1772)
• Antonia Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders), Heusden, Nederland
• Joanna van Mierlo, Elshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Jeanne Renard
• Antoine GIRARD (90), Sermages (58 Nièvre), France
• Julienne JAGU (55), Plénée-Jugon, 22640, France
• Cornelis Petersz Slacht (21)
• Neeltje Jans Guiliaems (56), Sint-Maartensdijk, Tholen
• Michiel Bolhuis, van (5), Warffum
• Michiel van Bolhuis (5), Warffum, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Nederland
• Joanna Jans Francois (48), Roosendaal
• Hendrik Petersz Slacht (21)
• Jeane Renard

• 1647 » Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator († 1717)
• 1653 » Prince George of Denmark († 1708)
• 1696 » Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano († 1778)
• 1719 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet († 1803)
• 1725 » Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author († 1798)
• 1788 » Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author († 1862)
• 1788 » Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist († 1848)
• 1789 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician († 1871)
• 1792 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada († 1840)
• 1798 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic († 1874)

• 1640 » Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595)
• 1657 » Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
• 1657 » Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
• 1672 » Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1627)
• 1672 » Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (b. 1654)
• 1720 » Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647)
• 1742 » James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 » Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• February 10 » Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
• February 29 » February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar.
• April 6 » The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
• July 31 » Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
• August 17 » Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden.
• October 3 » The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.

The temperature on April 2, 1712 was about 11.0 °C.