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• Cornelis van Berkel, Tilburg, NL († 1784)
• Amelberga Kappaert (Cappaert), Hontenisse
• Cornelius (Cornelis) V-B van Berkel (van Berckel), TiIburg († 1784)
• Cornelius (Cornelis) van Berkel, tilburg († 1784)
• Corneli(u)s (Cornelij) van Ber(c)kel, Tilburg († 1784)
• Christina Jacobs Decker, Blaricum, naam moeder: Stijntje Joosten
• Anna Catharina Reith, Großenlüder, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Adrianus Josephus Spijkers, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christian Richstein, Hemschlar, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Cornelia Consthoff (Kumsthoff), 's-Hertogenbosch († 1805)

• Maria Claesdr Outgeld (84), Delft
• Georges Dieu, Frameries,7080,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique
• jerifaes gerritsen van someren (51)
• cornelis pietersz volkers (70), heilo
• Pierre LOSSON (72), Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold,57740,Moselle,LORRAINE,FRANCE
• Pieter Leendertsz Hooftman (42)
• Marie Marguerite TROTTIER (40), Batiscan, Mauricie Region, Quebec, Canada
• Gerharda van Wickeren (van Wyckeren) (52), Weeze, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Martha Germonpre, Terneuzen
• Benjamin Ward (1), Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

• 1628 » Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician († 1704)
• 1661 » Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat († 1730)
• 1715 » Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor († 1797)
• 1720 » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author († 1797)
• 1744 » Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön († 1770)
• 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
• 1791 » James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States († 1868)
• 1792 » Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist († 1882)
• 1794 » Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author († 1856)
• 1805 » Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic († 1879)

• 1605 » Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (b. 1551)
• 1616 » William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (b. 1564)
• 1625 » Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
• 1695 » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1702 » Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
• 1781 » James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
• 1784 » Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
• 1792 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
• 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Jacob
7. Petrus
8. Willem
9. Hendrik
10. Jacobus
11. Jean
12. Gerrit
13. Johann
14. John
15. Dirk
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Catharina
5. Joanna
6. Johanna
7. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
9. Neeltje
10. Mary
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Petronella
14. Jannetje
15. Aaltje
16. Elizabeth

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
• March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
• June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
• August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
• August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
• September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

The temperature on April 23, 1717 was about 9.0 °C.