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• Bernardina van Riswick, Wehl
• Cornelius Hommel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Grietje RIJKES, Vierhuizen
• David Sutherland
• Adrianus Lucas van der Valck, Heukelum, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Francisco Pereira da Rosa, Freguesia de Cedros-Igreja Paroquial de Santa Barbara,Portugal
• Bernardina Riesewick-, Wehl, Nederland
• Cornelia van den Boom, Bergen op Zoom
• Jacobus, Franciscus Hoste, Ruiselede († 1755)
• Jacobus Franciscus Hoste, Ruiselede († 1755)

• René De Lavoie (74), Petite-Rivière, Québec, Canada
• Margaretha RICKENDS, Völlen
• Aefje Dirksz Groen
• Impje Dirks' Rooleeuw (22), Enkhuizen
• Anna Elisabeth Bauwens (81), Oudegem België
• Maria Francesca van Schwarzenberg (54)
• Joost Bouwens, Zaamslag
• Jan Idses (47), Sneek
• Marij de Rijke (68), Axel
• Maria Francisca van Schwarzenberg (54)

• 1678 » Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida († 1762)
• 1678 » Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France († 1757)
• 1699 » Maria Josepha of Austria († 1757)
• 1708 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor († 1765)
• 1724 » Claude Balbastre, French organist and composer († 1799)
• 1730 » Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist († 1799)
• 1731 » František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer († 1799)
• 1756 » Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria († 1801)
• 1765 » Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin († 1825)
• 1795 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1874)

• 1691 » Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)
• 1695 » Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)
• 1709 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
• 1722 » Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
• 1744 » Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
• 1745 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
• 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
• 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
• 1779 » Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• March 24 » Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.

The temperature on December 8, 1731 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken.