About the day » Thursday December 8, 1729Calender converter

• Gerrit Govertsz Rietmulder, Delft
• Johannis Gordijn, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend LAGAS, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• George Michael Ranck, East Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1813)
• Maria Catharina Straub, Zimmern (A. Engen), Baden, Germany
• Maria Hendrickx, Cuijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Marie GUYOT, Seingbouse, 57644, Moselle, Lorraine, France
• Maria Catharina Potten, Broekhuizen
• Andreas Schilling, Gilgenburg, Losendorf, Stuhm, Westpreußen, Deutschland
• Jacob Daniëls, Zuidbroek

• Abraham eswIlder (49), Rotterdam
• Guillaume VILLE (66), Ferrières-en-Gâtinais,45210,Loiret,Centre-Val de Loire,FRANCE
• Frerick Engels ten Velthuis (62), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Janna (Jantje) Wemmers (88)
• Gerritien Everts, Huijsen
• Beeltje, Harderwijk
• Jean Jacques KLEIN, Saint-Jean-Saverne,67700,Bas-Rhin,ALSACE,FRANCE
• Gerritien Everts, Huijsen
• Barbe Sergent (82), Belle-Eglise, 60060, Oise, Picardie, France
• Georges BASTIEN (85), Brantigny

• 1678 » Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida († 1762)
• 1678 » Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France († 1757)
• 1699 » Maria Josepha of Austria († 1757)
• 1708 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor († 1765)
• 1724 » Claude Balbastre, French organist and composer († 1799)
• 1730 » Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist († 1799)
• 1731 » František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer († 1799)
• 1756 » Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria († 1801)
• 1765 » Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin († 1825)
• 1795 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1874)

• 1680 » Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English lawyer and politician (b. 1606)
• 1691 » Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)
• 1695 » Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)
• 1709 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
• 1722 » Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
• 1744 » Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
• 1745 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
• 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
• 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• July 30 » Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.
• November 9 » Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
• November 29 » Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.

The temperature on December 8, 1729 was about 4.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken.