About the day » Saturday May 20, 1730Calender converter

• Claude Rouyer, Marats, Meuse, Lorraine, France
• Claas Overgauw, Vlaardingen
• Dirk Jans VAN VLIET, Bleiswijk, Gemeente Lansingerland, South Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelis van Gulick, Amersfoort
• Barbara Hasenbergh († 1808)
• Henrica Jeucken, Helden
• Adriana Schoors, Kapellen (B) († 1785)
• Henricus van Rosmaale, Lithoijen, Brabant, Nederland († 1813)
• Agnes Deschacht, Jabbeke, België († 1733)
• Aerrien de Gans, Everdingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1814)

• Anna Jacobs Strijbosch STRIJBOS (63), Beek en Donk, 3302, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Jan van Maeren (45), Hedel
• Dirk van Sanen (0), Durgerdam
• Herberen De HAES
• Claude MISOIR (34), Coquelles, 62239, Pas-De-Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, Hauts-De-France, France
• Hendrik Dibbetz (15)
• Apolonia Arentsdr Bom (55), 's-Gravenhage
• Charles Walker (62), Prince George's, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Christopher Joseph Yates Sr (109), Albany, Albany, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Carolus van Kooten, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1664 » Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect († 1714)
• 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)

• 1645 » Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)
• 1648 » Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)
• 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)

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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 20, 1730 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken.