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• Bernardus van TIENEN, Dordrecht
• Anna Helena Borsten, Baarle Nassau († 1730)
• Goyert van Soestbergen, Utrecht († 1792)
• Heinrich Reuss-Zu-Gera, Gera (Thüringen) D († 1802)
• Anna Catharina Ferron, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Dymphna EYCKMANS, Meerhout, 2450, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1750)
• Adrianus Loos, Beerse, Antwerpen, België († 1787)
• Adrianus LOOS, Beerse, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1787)
• Ari Rimmelzwaan, Voorburg († 1738)
• Christine Elisabeth van Reventlow, Altenhof († 1728)

• John Nichols (52), Woodbury, Connecticut
• Joannes Dekens, Gooik, Belgie
• Arij Huijgensz van den Bosch (49), Zoetermeer
• Elisabeth Eleonore van Ramin (29)
• Benjamin Lester (61), New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
• Ann Goodloe (67), Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Jean Chauvin (70), Québec, Québec, Canada
• Johann Conrad Weber (42), Berghausen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland, 35614, Asslar, D
• Johannes Deuster (20), Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Joannes Meersman (76), Beveren (Haasdonk), Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1608 » Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France († 1660)
• 1620 » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician († 1674)
• 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
• 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
• 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
• 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
• 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
• 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
• 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)

• 1617 » Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
• 1622 » Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
• 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• April 11 » Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
• August 30 » Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.
• September 8 » A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
• November 27 » The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.

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