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• Christine Beltman, Bocholt
• Fransina Staf, Hien &, Dodewaard († 1812)
• Grace Stackhouse, Falls Township, Pa († 1814)
• Gerrit Johannese de Mare, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1833)
• Johann Henrich Schehre
• Joannes Kirchoff, Menzelen, Gemeinde Alpen, Duitsland († 1730)
• Hermann Busch, Womelsdorf, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1772)
• Elisabeth LITZLER, Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Maria Timmerman, Sijsele (B) († 1751)
• Gerrit Johanneszn de Mare, Den Haag († 1833)

• Ebbe Claesz Jansz Ebbensz Heerschop (80), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Klaas(Jongeleen) Knegt, Zevenhuizen
• Joos AMEYE (66), Lendelede, Belgique
• Merritje Wulfertz, Maarn
• Ebbe Claesz Jansz Ebbensz (82), Blaricum, Koptienden Laatste: 1742-49
• Franciscus Xaverius van der Marsche (alias van der Mast) (70), Utrecht
• Klaas Leenderts Jongeleen Knegt, Zevenhuizen
• Ebbe Claasz Heerschop (80), Blaricum, North Holland, Netherlands
• Konrad Thurnher (56)
• Johannis Jansz. van der Zee (1), Delft

• 1621 » Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet († 1695)
• 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
• 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
• 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
• 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
• 1830 » Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1915)
• 1831 » John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola († 1888)
• 1836 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1914)
• 1838 » Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company († 1898)
• 1838 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company († 1917)

• 1623 » Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
• 1689 » Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
• 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
• 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
• 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
• 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
• 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Hendrik
4. Joannes
5. Pieter
6. Johannes
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. John
13. Jean
14. Dirk
15. Johann
16. Thomas

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Johanna
5. Catharina
6. Joanna
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Elizabeth
14. Aaltje
15. Mary
16. Jannetje

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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 July 8, 1730 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken.