About the day » Monday April 17, 1730Calender converter

• Gjalt Martens (Gjolt, Geolt) Koldijk, Hempens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Verhaegh, Meijel
• Geelt Martens, Hempens (Friesland)
• Gjalt Martens († 1772)
• Cornelius Lassooij, Roosendaal
• Catharina Hoebergen, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1814)
• -Petrus Terwijn, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1814)
• Anna Christina Ensminger, Mattsall, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France († 1733)
• Catarina Hooberge, Asten
• Catherine BUCHER, Dessenheim, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE

• Adrianus van Ginhoven (53), Ravels
• Joost Marcelisz van Bruijnisse (58), oude tonge (goeree overflakkee)
• Anna VerKauteren (38), Temse
• Georgius VAN DROOGENBROECK (64), Pamel
• Joana Josefa Antónia de Brito (54)
• Margaretha Barbara Möllenkolk (69), Bad Laer, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Emmanuel Théodose d'Auvergne de la TOUR (62)
• Emmanuel de la Tour d'Auvergne (62)
• Emmanuel Théodose de la TOUR-D’AUVERGNE (62)
• Catherine Meyer (66), Ormersviller, Moselle, Lorraine, France

• 1676 » Frederick I of Sweden († 1751)
• 1683 » Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist († 1729)
• 1710 » Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician († 1767)
• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)

• 1669 » Antonio Bertali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1605)
• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)

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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 April 17, 1730 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder.