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• Catharina Habets, Jabeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Abram de Kruis, Delft (Oude kerk)
• Anna Catharina GEVERS, Mol, 2400, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1791)
• Adam Alexander Schellardt van Obbendorf (Reichsgraf van Schellard zu Geysteren, Haen und Crapoel en van 1767 tot 1795 heer van Schinnen), Roermond († 1804)
• Jacobus van der Blom, Leiden
• Cornelis van der Drift, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1796)
• Jan Kanters, Gilze, Nederland
• Cornelis Cornelisse van der Drift, Wassenaar († 1798)
• Adrianus Appels, Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Cornelis Cornelisz van der Drift, Wassenaar († 1798)

• Grietie Dirksdr Den Hengst (4), Delft
• Elizabeth Caldwell (46), Charlotte, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Margreet Geurts (45), Wageningen
• Henricus van Gestel (75), Hilvarenbeek
• Daniël van Meinertshagen (55)
• Albertus Bronkhorst (24), Amsterdam
• Jacob Tucker, Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Daniel Cantaert, Zulzeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Antonetta Claes Everts van Doerne (28), Deurne,Gemeente Deurne,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Evert De Zwier (55), Wageningen, Gl

• 1647 » Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking († 1712)
• 1679 » Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal († 1758)
• 1760 » Pope Leo XII († 1829)
• 1764 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer († 1838)
• 1771 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer († 1831)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1778 » James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy († 1860)
• 1788 » Thomas Tredgold, English engineer and author († 1829)
• 1800 » Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar († 1865)
• 1800 » William S. Harney, American general († 1889)

• 1664 » Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610)
• 1680 » John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
• 1681 » Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
• 1701 » John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628)
• 1711 » Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
• 1752 » William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
• 1773 » George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)
• 1793 » Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)
• 1806 » Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (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 August 22, 1730 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken.