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• Helena Haeghmans, Beek, gemeente Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Gerardus Petrus (Gerard) van Roon, Vlaardingen († 1820)
• Etienne Figuiez, Halle,Saksen († 1730)
• Anna Walburgis Alers, Wesuwe, Haren
• Anne Ulbes NOORDENBOSCH, Aldtsjerk (Oudkerk), Tytjerksteradiel, Fryslân, Nederland († 1818)
• Benjamin Landman, Zuidland († 1810)
• Anna Walburgis Ahlers, Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Daniel Jouve, Prarostino, Torino, Italy
• Gerritje van OOSTERWIJK, Dordrecht
• Henrickus Schouw, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Bartje (1), Harderwijk
• Jacoba De Vos, Godewaersvelde, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Herbert de Haas (74), IJzendoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Eleonore Eusebia van Schrattenbach (67), Krainburg, Karinthië
• Jean Pierre Baguette (56), Raer, Aubel, Belgique
• Herbert Willemsz de Haas (70), IJzendoorn
• Jeanne LE CLERCQ (OU LECLAIRE) (36), Zoteux,62650,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Joannes Baptiste Lannoo (Lannois) (66), Wingene
• jacques jacob MASSY (72), Cuesmes (Belgium) Hainaut
• Joanna Seps (23), Rucphen

• 1682 » Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate († 1722)
• 1698 » Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter († 1752)
• 1706 » Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian († 1780)
• 1718 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1778)
• 1732 » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer († 1817)
• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)

• 1643 » Giovanni Picchi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1571)
• 1727 » Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 » Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)

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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 May 17, 1730 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.