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• Catharina Canters, Stevensweert († 1784)
• Christina van den Brink, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1807)
• Derk Jansen Kroes, Wijthmen († 1780)
• François de Boysseulh, Boisseulh, 24046, France († 1807)
• Catharina Kolen KOOLEN, Bladel, 3338, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1781)
• (Anna) Christina van den Brinck, Arnhem († 1807)
• Catharina Van Ransbeeck, Zandvliet
• Arentje Arentsdr van der Klok, Heenvliet
• Antonius de Cock, Breda († 1726)
• Jeanne Catherine LAVAL, Bailonville, Marche en Famenne, Luxembourg, Belgique († 1792)

• Arij Thonisz van Schie, Noordwijk
• George ETCHELLS (77), Ashton, Lancastershire, England
• Joanna Van Berckelaer (68), Ruisbroek, 2870, Puurs, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Bernardus Braxhoofden (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, pro deo
• Duke. Henry Bentinck of Portland (44)
• Cornelia Janssen Matthijssen
• Bartholomeus Bruyndonckx (64), Heist op den Berg
• Anthonie Riemens, Zaamslag
• Lucas Goerts van der BROECK, Tongelre
• Jannetien jans Snel (38), Huijsen, DTB-20

• 1656 » John Leake, Royal Navy admiral († 1720)
• 1694 » Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer († 1772)
• 1715 » Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and academic († 1769)
• 1719 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright († 1797)
• 1729 » George Leonard, American lawyer, jurist and politician († 1819)
• 1753 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight († 1809)
• 1790 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor († 1866)
• 1799 » Oscar I of Sweden († 1859)
• 1804 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer († 1864)
• 1807 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician († 1882)

• 1644 » Brian Twyne, English academic, antiquarian and archivist (b. 1581)
• 1648 » Antoine Daniel, French missionary and saint, one of the eight Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601)
• 1742 » Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
• 1754 » Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (b. 1680)
• 1761 » Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689)
• 1780 » Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)
• 1787 » Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
• 1821 » Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1826 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
• 1826 » Thomas Jefferson, American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• February 13 » Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26.
• February 19 » The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
• May 9 » Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
• October 28 » The novel Gulliver's Travels is published.

The temperature on July 4, 1726 was about -13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.