About the day » Thursday May 1, 1721Calender converter

• Frans Christoffer Franz Christoph Milatz, Neuhaus, Lüneburg, Niedersacgaen Duitsland
• Jacobus ten Hove, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Van Bundere, Sint-Niklaas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1793)
• Isaac Clifford II († 1818)
• Clara Anna VAN DIJCK, Mechelen,2800,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË († 1760)
• Anne Elisabeth EGLIN, Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1751)
• Berend Jans Botter, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Henricus, Ewijk (Doddendaal)
• Francois Bombardier, Rivi√®re-des-Prairies, Quebec, Canada († 1721)
• Franck Delfgau, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana Egidius Judocus Zegers (41), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Bartholomew Stovell (55), Deep Bottom, Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial, Verenigde Staten
• Berent Hoebinck, Winterswijk
• Catherine Reusse (89), Valenciennes, 59606, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Anna Margaretha Gross (1), Ehringshausen D
• Anna Katharina Hauber (61)
• Hille N, Landegge
• Anna Margaretha Gross (1), Ehringshausen D
• Franciscus Abraham Carré (37), Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk
• Berent Hoebink (66), Winterswijk

• 1672 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician († 1719)
• 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
• 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
• 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
• 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
• 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
• 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
• 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
• 1821 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia († 1897)
• 1824 » Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic († 1904)

• 1572 » Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
• 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
• 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
• 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
• 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
• March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
• April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
• April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
• August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
• October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.

The temperature on May 1, 1721 was about 11.0 °C.