About the day » Thursday October 12, 1724Calender converter

• Hendrik (Teunisz) ten Cate, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1813)
• Arnold Jacob Henrich Mauritz von Pabst, Kleef, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Nicolai Willems, Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Christiaen Grim, Rotterdam († 1806)
• Hendrik ten Cate, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1813)
• Apollonia Gouweleeuw, Rotterdam
• Catharina VAN WEZENBEEK, Kalmthout
• Gerardus Grob, Pannerden († 1784)
• Francoise Garand, Beaumont, Quebec, Canada († 1788)
• Annetje Teunissen, De Vuursche

• Walig, Huisduinen
• Adrianus Andries Dirven (48)
• Cornelis Coole (50), Sassenheim
• Wilm Albertsz Glashorst, Soestdijk
• Helena BROERS (72), Simpelveld
• Cornelis Pieterszn Coole (50), Sassenheim
• Floris Ariensz van Eijsbergen
• Menso HEIJDENRIJCK (80), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Willem Le Grelle (78), Antwerpen
• Petrus Willemse (10)

• 1614 » Henry More, English philosopher († 1687)
• 1687 » Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer († 1750)
• 1710 » Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut († 1785)
• 1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
• 1792 » Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist († 1860)
• 1798 » Pedro I, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
• 1801 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1873)
• 1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
• 1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1840 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress († 1909)

• 1632 » Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese commander (b. 1549)
• 1646 » François de Bassompierre, French general and courtier (b. 1579)
• 1654 » Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (b. 1622)
• 1678 » Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1621)
• 1679 » William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617)
• 1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
• 1730 » Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
• 1758 » Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)

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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 October 12, 1724 was about 9.0 °C.