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• Jaonna Mariaa Croseau, Steenhuize-Wijnhuize-Herzele (Akte 445 pagina 88 van GAD 148) († 1785)
• Jan Jonk, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana van Kasteren, Cromvoirt
• Anne Marie Hauwe, Reijmersdaal, Limburg, Belgien
• Josephus ILTIS, Sewen, 68290, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1795)
• Jean KEROMNES, Poullaouen,29246,Finistère,BRETAGNE,FRANCE
• Gommar Bogaerts, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1727)
• Gijsbert van der Weijden, Dordrecht († 1808)
• Laurentius de Haas, 's-Gravenhage († 1793)
• jean françois BASTIEN, Wihéries (Belgium) Hainaut

• Willemyn Chiele den Heijer (2), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Adrianus De Vuyst (53), Aaigem
• Willemyn Chiele Dirkje Willem Willemijn Gysbert den Heijer (2), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Annet de Clermont-Chaste
• Maria Clerens (38), Everberg, 3078, België
• Nicole Arnolt (68), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Willemijn Chiele den Heijer (2), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Petrus Loostermans (0), Meer, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Vincentius van den Heuvel (20), Gemert
• Joannes DE RIJCK, Pamel

• 1631 » John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright († 1700)
• 1646 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic († 1719)
• 1686 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician († 1737)
• 1689 » Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher († 1761)
• 1711 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician († 1761)
• 1719 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat († 1791)
• 1743 » Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France († 1793)
• 1777 » Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies († 1830)
• 1815 » Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer († 1893)
• 1819 » Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1894)

• 1580 » Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (b. 1508)
• 1646 » Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
• 1654 » Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
• 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
• 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
• 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
• 1753 » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
• 1808 » Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)

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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 19, 1724 was about 18.0 °C.