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• Joannes Francicus Beekmans, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas
• Aleida STARING, Duiven, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Joesph Wragg († 1750)
• Henri MICHAUX, Rèves, 6210, Hainaut, Belgique († 1780)
• Joanna Verwey, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas van Asch, Sevenum († 1723)
• Jacob Leendertsz van Gemert, `s-Gravendeel, zh.nld († 1788)
• Aleida (Aaltje) Staring, Duiven
• Anna Deumens, Jabeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Hendrik van ZON, Zeelst († 1786)

• Eijcken Jan Willems van Vlijmen, Dinther
• Hippolyte de Béthune (77)
• Feytse Fookes
• Eijken van Vlijmen, Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacomina Meijvisch ( Mijves) (21), Minderhout
• Jacobus Leendertsz van Gemert (60), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara COWAN (50), Clogher, Donegal, Ireland
• ANNA KATHARINA (WOLFHARDT) WOLFORD (56), Upper Leacock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
• Adam_Jan HOEVEN (75), Beek en Donk
• Jan Claasz Ton(neborier) (42), Op zee

• 1631 » Philip Henry, English minister († 1696)
• 1635 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish lawyer and politician († 1699)
• 1684 » Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet, British politician († 1746)
• 1714 » Alaungpaya, Burmese king († 1760)
• 1732 » Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist († 1785)
• 1758 » Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1794)
• 1759 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician († 1833)
• 1772 » William I of the Netherlands († 1840)
• 1787 » James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer († 1834)
• 1824 » Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar († 1891)

• 1647 » Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
• 1679 » Jean François Paul de Gondi, French cardinal and author (b. 1614)
• 1680 » Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1616)
• 1680 » Thomas Blood, Irish colonel (b. 1618)
• 1683 » John Owen, English theologian and academic (b. 1616)
• 1759 » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1770 » Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)
• 1779 » Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 » Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)

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 24, 1720 was about 17.0 °C.