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• Antonius Henrici Glaudemans, Berlicum
• Cornelia den Ouden, Nieuwerkerk († 1763)
• Aaltje Dirks Drijfhout
• Jan Crombout, Goes
• Adriana Schalken, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henrica Dirks van der Willigen, Gemert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adrianus Alblas, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Van Steenbeeck, Leuven († 1810)
• Geurt Antoniuszn. Dominicus, Escharen
• Ariaentje Vos, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Reinder Peters Leeuw (76), 's-Heerenbroek
• Dijkwel (0), de Mijl
• Reinder de Leeuw (77), Zalk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Mathurine ANGOT (71), Bazougers, 53025, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France
• William Buckner Sr (29), Baltimore County, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Reinder Peters de Leeuw (76), Zalk, Ov, The Netherlands
• Irmiau Haim de Mosseh Levy Maduro y Dias Sardo, Curacao, Antillas Holandesas
• Irmiau Haim Levy Maduro, Curaçao
• Paulus Goossen, Rilland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Laurensz BERKEL (0), Berkel en Rodenrijs

• 1629 » John III Sobieski, Polish–Lithuanian king († 1696)
• 1686 » Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator († 1768)
• 1753 » Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian († 1828)
• 1768 » Louis Desaix, French general († 1800)
• 1786 » Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician († 1836)
• 1786 » Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1861)
• 1801 » Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist († 1865)
• 1828 » Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician († 1897)
• 1840 » Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist († 1922)
• 1845 » Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist († 1909)

• 1673 » Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
• 1676 » Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)
• 1720 » Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1785 » Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
• 1786 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
• 1809 » Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)
• 1814 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)

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

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

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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 August 17, 1731 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen.