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• Joannes Cornelius De Hert, Rumst, 2840, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1793)
• Jacob Joseph VERGOUWEN, Hoogstraten, 13014, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1775)
• Elizabeth Haines, Northampton Twp., Burlington Co., New Jersey, United States
• Helena Allelein, Epen († 1716)
• Johannes Brust, Darmstadt (Duitsland) († 1717)
• Derk Klaas Gort, Hoogeveen (Drenthe) († 1779)
• Hannah Brimhall, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1838)
• Albert VOORHEES, Long Island, Suffolk County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1784)
• IJbeltje IJnses, Oldeboorn, Friesland, Nederland
• Joannes Schrooten, Tongerlo

• Marten Bartels (59), Lehmdermoor, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Elisabeth SCHILLEMANS (69), Schoten, 2900, Antwerpen, België
• Gerrit van Wijn (23), Den Haag
• Harm Jansz Zwier (25), Steenwijk
• Maria ROX (40), Opglabbeek (B)
• Neeltje IJsbrandsdr Puijck van Velzen (42), Wassenaar
• Johann Friedrich Graf von Elter (70)
• Afra Beake (31), ST Mildred, Canterbury
• Annigen Gysberts van Lakervelt
• Leendert Sprang, van (1)

• 1626 » Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist († 1676)
• 1630 » Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer († 1673)
• 1659 » Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter († 1734)
• 1713 » Charles I, German duke and prince († 1780)
• 1714 » Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic († 1782)
• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)

• 1603 » Matthew Browne, English politician (b. 1563)
• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)

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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 August 1, 1716 was about 20.0 °C.