About the day » Friday January 8, 1734Calender converter

• Brice Carpentier, Oisy-le-Verger, 62638, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1779)
• Cornelius Hellingwerf, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Gerrits Appelman, Hoogkarspel († 1734)
• Anna Gerrits (Gemini) Appelman, Hoogkarspel, Drechterland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dominicus Cant - Kant, Vrasene
• Antonia Chardon, Lissabon, POR († 1800)
• Angelique Loiselle, Montréal, Quebec, Canada († 1734)
• Anna Gerritsdr. Appelman, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Snaas, Wassenaar
• Anna Maria Christiani Tacx, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1765)

• Neeltje Cornelisd HOOGSTRATEN (6)
• Anna Gerrits, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Megteld Dani‰ls (Salet) (4), Amersfoort
• Ann Barnett (92), Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States
• Soetie Jacobs Bom
• Hugh Lee (64), Southside, Appomattox, Virginia, United States
• Maria Ehlen (72), Rachtig, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Cornelis van Mierlo, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Krijn Laurensz ESSEBOOM (50)
• Catarina Catrijna Katrijna van Pelt, Delft

• 1735 » John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University († 1815)
• 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)
• 1812 » Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1871)
• 1817 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician († 1893)
• 1821 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey († 1904)

• 1642 » Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1564)
• 1664 » Moses Amyraut, French physician and theologian (b. 1596)
• 1707 » John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
• 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
• 1789 » Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
• 1794 » Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
• 1815 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)
• 1825 » Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)
• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.

The temperature on January 8, 1734 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.