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• Franciscus Eijsermans, Turnhout (België) († 1793)
• Elisabetha den Ouden, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Claasen, Blesdijke, Friesland, Nederland († 1782)
• Aegie Volkers, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Lefeber, Utrecht († 1780)
• Anna Van den Bergh, Westmeerbeek, Antwerpen, België († 1796)
• Christina Huijgens, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Poel van der, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Lefeber, Utrecht († 1780)
• Bukel Christaansz. du Cerf, Delft

• Isabella Clara Beernaert (9), Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Henricus Adrianus Olijslagers (Olislagers) (68), Veghel
• Anne Mosseley, St Mary
• Willem Corneliszoon Hemelop (69), Hazerswoude
• Jan Schenkeveld, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Marie-Louise Lalonde (0), Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Ile de Montreal, Québec
• Catharina Kohkhepp (74), Ramholz, Schlüchtern, Hessen
• Henricus Adrianus Olijslagers (68), Veghel
• Neeltje Pleune Breetvelt (61)
• Aaltje MEIJLINK, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1632 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist († 1723)
• 1637 » Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher († 1712)
• 1650 » Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist († 1704)
• 1675 » Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire († 1749)
• 1713 » Marie Fel, French soprano and actress († 1794)
• 1763 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator († 1839)
• 1784 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker († 1885)
• 1788 » Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet († 1879)
• 1798 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter († 1866)
• 1804 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic († 1891)

• 1601 » Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (b. 1546)
• 1633 » Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)
• 1642 » Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (b. 1582)
• 1655 » Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
• 1669 » William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
• 1672 » John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
• 1725 » Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
• 1799 » Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
• 1821 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• August 1 » George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
• August 7 » The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.
• September 11 » Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
• September 18 » George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.

The temperature on October 24, 1714 was about 12.0 °C.