About the day » Tuesday August 1, 1724Calender converter

• Aeltje Gijsbertse Stelboer, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Derk Cornellis, Middelbert
• Elisabeth RAEIJMAEKERS, Kasterlee
• Abigail Carey, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States († 1766)
• Claas Stiva, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Alleleyn, Sippenaeken (B)
• Gerrit Ruys, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Gerrit Ruijs, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje Cornelis, Enkhuizen
• Anna Bergmans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Evert van Heeckeren (31), Laren
• Joanna Maria De Bouck (2), St-Amands
• Jacob Vijversz van Rijswijk (74)
• Barbara Vranckx (4), Everberg
• Jacob Vijverssen van Rijswijck (69)
• Denis Schapendonk
• Arnoldus Wilhelmi Smits (56), Dongen
• Jacob Vijversz van Rijswijck (69), Veen N-B
• Cornelis Johannes Bergmans (50)
• Henry Heaven (6), Cromhall, Gloucestershire, England

• 1659 » Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter († 1734)
• 1713 » Charles I, German duke and prince († 1780)
• 1714 » Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic († 1782)
• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)

• 1603 » Matthew Browne, English politician (b. 1563)
• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 28 » The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
• April 7 » Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
• November 11 » Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
• December 7 » Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.

The temperature on August 1, 1724 was about 15.0 °C.