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• Frederike Louise van der Does, 's Gravenhage († 1811)
• Gerrit Bergman, Voorschoten
• Anna Elisabeth Bruijls, Amstenrade,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria PULLEN, Hedikhuizen, 3646, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1807)
• Adrianus Konings
• Antje Pieters, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth van Rossum, Dornick
• Cornelis Pietersz van der Hoeven, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1818)
• Cornelis Pieterse van der Hoeve, Monster
• Arnoldus GODDEN, Zeddam

• Gijsmar Hendrik Gijsmar van Meerwijck (57), Nieuwkuijk, North Brabant, The Netherlands
• Louise De LA ROCHE (65), Lusignan, 86600, France
• Benedict XIII Orsini, 12th Duke of Gravina, Pope of the Catholic Church (81)
• Laurens Aerts Andewegh (51), Numansdorp, Nederland
• Jannetje Ariens van Velden (72), Zoetermeer
• Joseph Dillon (42)
• Anna Ottilia Trautmann (74), Lambsborn, Bayern, Germany
• Jannetje Ariensdr van Velden (72), zoetermeer (zuid holland)
• Bastiaan Koekkoek (64)
• Maria Dutra (75), Cedros, Horta, Faial, Açores, Portugal

• 1705 » Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician († 1781)
• 1728 » Peter III of Russia († 1762)
• 1783 » Catharina of Württemberg († 1835)
• 1788 » Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph († 1873)
• 1791 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer († 1857)
• 1794 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico († 1876)
• 1801 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal († 1890)
• 1817 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright († 1893)
• 1821 » Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons († 1871)
• 1836 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer († 1891)

• 1590 » Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
• 1595 » Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)
• 1677 » Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
• 1715 » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
• 1730 » Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
• 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
• 1824 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
• 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• April 8 » Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
• July 8 » An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000km (620mi) of Chile's coastline.
• October 1 » Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
• October 22 » Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
• November 18 » The future Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.

The temperature on February 21, 1730 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: mist.