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• Deborah Boone Bennett, Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1753)
• Ariaantje van der Weijde, Katwijk
• Abel Sturmesant, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelius Govaerts Buijsen, Essen, Région Flamande, Belgique († 1767)
• Elisabeth Pietersdr. Does, Kranenburg Dld († 1785)
• Elisabeth Pieters DOES, Kranenburg, Duitsland († 1785)
• Cornelis Kromhout, Leiden
• Bernardus de Boer, Den Helder († 1721)
• Anton Frans Peter Teulings, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• AnnEtje Lucasse Hoorn van, Hackensack NJ († 1783)

• Cornelis Wilemsz Oor, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Pietersz. Groeneweg (52), Klaaswaal
• Anne LE PAGE (80), Sainte-Suzanne-sur-Vire, 50556, Manche, Normandie, France
• Hans Jacob Reitenauer (86), Durstel, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Barbara Pietersdr Groeneweg (52), Klaaswaal
• Barbera Pieters GROENEWEG (52), Klaaswaal
• Huijbert Corszn van der Sman (67)
• daniël cornelisz koppenol (61), hoogvliet (rotterdam)
• Barbara Pietersd Groeneweg (52), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbera Pietersd Groeneweg (52), Klaaswaal

• 1620 » Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar († 1668)
• 1626 » Christina, Queen of Sweden († 1689)
• 1660 » Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg († 1715)
• 1661 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and inventor († 1751)
• 1662 » James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish colonel and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland († 1711)
• 1707 » Charles Wesley, English missionary and composer († 1788)
• 1725 » Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and theologian († 1791)
• 1734 » Jean-Baptiste Rey, French conductor and composer († 1810)
• 1800 » James Watney, English brewer and businessman († 1884)
• 1824 » John Hall, English-New Zealand politician, 12th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1907)

• 1645 » Nur Jahan, empress consort of the Mughal Empire (b. 1577)
• 1651 » William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath, English lawyer and politician (b. 1580)
• 1692 » Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (b. 1626)
• 1737 » Antonio Stradivari, Italian instrument maker (b. 1644)
• 1787 » Soame Jenyns, English poet and politician (b. 1704)
• 1799 » Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and historian (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)
• 1829 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)

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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 December 18, 1720 was about 7.0 °C.