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• Aart Schalck, Heukelum († 1797)
• Anna Maria Bernhardine Apollonia Philippa Gravin van Hoensbroek-Geulle, Slot Geulle, Limb († 1798)
• Aaltje Boef, Bergambacht, Netherlands
• Anna von Hoensbroech, Geulle, Pays-Bas († 1798)
• Agnes DAEMEN, Schinveld, Onderbanken, Limburg, Niederlande
• Aaltijn Klaassens, Wierum en Dorkwerd
• Anna Maria Bernardine Van Hoensbroeck († 1798)
• Adriaan Silvis, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aeltje Aerts van Putten, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltie Hoogesteger, Nisse

• Antoine Pierre MOREL (60), Montusclat,43260,Haute Loire,Auvergne,FRANCE
• Aaltjen LUCAS (49), Dallingeweer, Termunten, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Hendrina Cock (4), Den Haag
• Aechten Agatha Terwe(N)Terwe, Utrecht
• Cornelis Tijssen, Hontenisse
• Hendrik Hendriksz (1), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Claas Louwes (63), Wierum (Aduard ) Gem. Zuidhorn
• Antoine Dereymaeker (49), Tervuren (B)
• Elijsabeth (Lijsbeth Dirkz.) van Golberdingen (58), Heukelum
• Ariaantje Cornelisse Harteveld (28)

• 1653 » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1734)
• 1670 » Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1726)
• 1698 » Henry Baker, English naturalist († 1774)
• 1720 » William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1764)
• 1735 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician († 1811)
• 1737 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician († 1794)
• 1745 » Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer († 1801)
• 1753 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader († 1811)
• 1786 » John Vianney, French priest and saint († 1859)
• 1815 » Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician († 1872)

• 1668 » Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nun and saint (b. 1632)
• 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
• 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
• 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 » Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands

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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 May 8, 1729 was about 12.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.