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• Evert Hermannus MOLLEMAN, Dalfsen
• Graaf Frederik Willem van Limburg Stirum, meppel († 1747)
• Asa Baldwin, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States († 1811)
• Antje Keijzer, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1773)
• Frederik Willem Graaf van Limburg-Stirum, Meppel,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1747)
• Frederik Willem van Limburg Stirum, Meppel († 1747)
• Graaf. Frederik Willem van Limburg Stirum, Meppel († 1747)
• Elisabeth Gielen, Helchteren, 3530, België († 1798)
• Friedrich Wilhelm v.Limburg-Styrum, Montpellier († 1747)
• Dorothea Blauwvoet, Rotterdam († 1762)

• François Guilliaemsz. van Bleyswijk (66), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joanna Van Hoeck (64), Mariekerke (Antwerpen, België)
• Feltrum de Vries
• Gerrit janzn van Vrijaldenhoven (72), nijmegen
• Dorothea von Pfalz-Veldenz-Lützelstein (65), Straßburg, Elsaß, Frankreich
• Mary Hilliard ** (34), Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Philip IJsbrantsz Barendregt (Barendrecht) (90), Barendrecht
• Gerrit Jansz van Vrijaldenhoven (72), Nijmegen
• Marie DELESTANG (27), Saint-Romain-sur-Vienne, 86220, France
• Adriaan Rotteveel (59), Delft

• 1612 » Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman († 1651)
• 1629 » John III Sobieski, Polish–Lithuanian king († 1696)
• 1686 » Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator († 1768)
• 1753 » Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian († 1828)
• 1768 » Louis Desaix, French general († 1800)
• 1786 » Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician († 1836)
• 1786 » Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1861)
• 1801 » Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist († 1865)
• 1828 » Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician († 1897)
• 1840 » Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist († 1922)

• 1673 » Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
• 1676 » Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)
• 1720 » Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1785 » Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
• 1786 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
• 1809 » Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)
• 1814 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
• August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
• September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

The temperature on August 17, 1723 was about 17.0 °C.