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• Helena Boomkens († 1807)
• Arnoldus Nassen, Martenslinde-Bilzen
• Anna Wouters, Olen († 1800)
• Godefridus Steen, Sint-Michielsgestel (Noord-Brabant)
• Gerhard Elspas, Capellen/ Geldern († 1781)
• Arnoldus NASSEN, Martenslinde, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België
• Abraham Gerrit Angermond, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1764)
• Ephraim Payson, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States († 1769)
• Grietje Weijburg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hendrik Evertsz Fakker, Haarlem

• Gerrit Maartense Cleijweg (41)
• Laurent van Leeuwe (51), Adegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Cornelia IJsbrands Heemskerck (39)
• Franziska Barbara v.Welz (58), WilhermsdorfFrk
• Jannertge IJsbrands Heemskerck (34)
• Joseph HUSTED (66), Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Claas, Garderen
• Jerusa Bagley, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Joseph Husted **** (64), Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
• Francisca Barbara Van Welz (52)

• 1713 » Pierre Jélyotte, French tenor († 1797)
• 1729 » Thomas Percy, Irish bishop and poet († 1811)
• 1732 » Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
• 1735 » Isaac Low, American merchant and politician, founded the New York Chamber of Commerce († 1791)
• 1743 » Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States († 1826)
• 1747 » Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans († 1793)
• 1764 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1830)
• 1769 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator († 1830)
• 1771 » Richard Trevithick, Cornish-English engineer and explorer († 1833)
• 1780 » Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse († 1868)

• 1612 » Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai (b. 1585)
• 1635 » Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (b. 1572)
• 1638 » Henri, Duke of Rohan (b. 1579)
• 1641 » Richard Montagu, English bishop (b. 1577)
• 1695 » Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (b. 1621)
• 1716 » Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (b. 1648)
• 1722 » Charles Leslie, Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650)
• 1793 » Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763)
• 1794 » Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright and poet (b. 1741)
• 1826 » Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• May 7 » The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
• May 15 » James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
• June 26 » Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
• November 22 » Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
• November 30 » King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
• December 17 » War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.

The temperature on April 13, 1718 was about 11.0 °C.