About the day » Monday August 5, 1720Calender converter

• Jan Pieters, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Dirrixs van Lingen, Utrecht († 1720)
• Anna Jacobsdr van Seldert, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1779)
• Catharina Eijmals, Heythuysen († 1741)
• Bouwen Aartsz Roest, Spijkenisse († 1788)
• Bernardus van Lingen, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexander Frederik Christoph Graaf van Schulenburg, Schricke († 1801)
• Jonas Bond, Canterbury, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1810)
• Jan Franciscus De Decker, Bornem († 1811)
• Jan Pieters, Grootegast, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland

• Gerardus Cornelis Euverst (Euvers) (87), Wervershoof,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Marguerite Renard (49), Rouvray-Catillon,76440,Seine-Maritime,Normandie, Friesland, Nederland
• Maartje Cornelis Tas
• Maria Neys (67)
• Leendert Oelofse (30), Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika
• Anna Cornelia Huijgens (21), Zandvliet, bisdom Antwerpen
• Jacobus (Kobus) Adriaensz Jonkman (43), Oost Indië
• Maartje Cornelis TAS
• Magdalena Van Swalm (34), Sint-Maria-Latem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Gerardus Cornelis Euverst (87), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1626 » Richard Ottley, English politician († 1670)
• 1662 » James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian († 1728)
• 1681 » Vitus Bering, Danish explorer († 1741)
• 1694 » Leonardo Leo, Italian composer († 1744)
• 1749 » Thomas Lynch Jr., American commander and politician († 1779)
• 1797 » Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer († 1879)
• 1802 » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist († 1829)
• 1811 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer († 1896)
• 1813 » Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist († 1896)
• 1815 » Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica († 1901)

• 1600 » John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Scottish conspirator (b. 1577)
• 1610 » Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)
• 1633 » George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (b. 1562)
• 1678 » Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619)
• 1729 » Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)
• 1743 » John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)
• 1778 » Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)
• 1778 » Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756)
• 1792 » Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 21 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
• February 29 » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
• March 24 » Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
• August 14 » The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
• October 20 » Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
• November 9 » The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.

The temperature on August 5, 1720 was about 14.0 °C.