About the day » Monday May 4, 1716Calender converter

• Anton Schwartz, Bocholt
• Judoca Petrusdr Meyfroyt, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Catharina Gielen, Schaesberg, Limburg, Nederland († 1794)
• Lijdia de Munter, Axel
• Agnes Thijssen, Mheer, Limburg, Netherlands
• Christophe CLAUDE, Vallerange, Moselle, Grand Est (Lorraine), France († 1793)
• Anna Catharina von Halem, Aurich († 1797)
• Anna Cornelis Leenhouwers, Tilburg († 1786)
• Catharina Gielen, Schaesberg,, Limburg, Nederland
• Jurre Westerbaan, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland

• Joannes (Joes) Beckers (46), Amstenrade, Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aukjen JANS (1), Dronryp, Menameradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Eduward Boddens (47), Amsterdam (Oude Kerk)
• Barbelgen Jansen (70), Bergen op zoom, The Netherlands
• Guillaume Le Naour (54), Nizon, Pont-Aven, Finistère, France
• Petronilla Lissens (29), Lebbeke, O-Vl, België
• Barbeltgen Jansen, Bergen op Zoom
• Eduard Boddens (47), Amsterdam, kerk: Oude Kerk
• Jan Arijensz. Maet (40)
• Toriaens Catharina, Poppel, Antwerpen, België

• 1654 » Kangxi Emperor, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
• 1655 » Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the piano († 1731)
• 1677 » Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, French noblewoman (d.1749)
• 1715 » Richard Graves, English minister and author († 1804)
• 1733 » Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor († 1799)
• 1752 » John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts († 1825)
• 1757 » Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City († 1816)
• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)

• 1626 » Arthur Lake, English bishop and scholar (b. 1569)
• 1677 » Isaac Barrow, English mathematician and theologian (b. 1630)
• 1684 » John Nevison, English criminal (b. 1639)
• 1729 » Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)
• 1734 » James Thornhill, English painter and politician (b. 1675)
• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• July 8 » The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
• August 5 » Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): One-fifth of a Turkish army and the Grand Vizier are killed in the Battle of Petrovaradin.
• August 21 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.

The temperature on May 4, 1716 was about 10.0 °C.