About the day » Thursday August 5, 1734Calender converter

• Elizabeth Peterson Thweatt, Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1794)
• Johanna Catrina Taixier, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleijdis Silder, Denekamp
• Anna Catharina Happee, Schiedam
• Elizabeth Jacobs SIMMONSE, Brielle,Zuid-Holland,NEDERLAND
• Adamus Timmers, Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Wubbe KUITER, Lingen,Germany
• Adamus Tijmmers, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Emerentiana Oostveen, Amsterdam, rooms katholieke kerk "de Toren" († 1734)
• Anna Maria Marien, Lier 2500, Antwerpen, Belgie

• Annetje Borst, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertruijdt Pietersen Gouw (0), Amersfoort
• Clara Timmermans (33), Horn, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna ZUM BUTTEL (67), Rastede,26180,NIEDERSACHSEN,DEUTSCHLAND,Loy,Ammerland
• Jancke Jochums (6), Breinermoor Moorhausen,Germany
• Faes Hendricksz Leegendijck (78), Charlois, zh.nld
• Henricus Meyerink, Meierinck (59), Oldenharen, Haren
• Clara Timmermans (33), Horn
• Heinrich Meyering (59), Altharen
• Jannetge Leenderts Borst (74), Poeldijk

• 1662 » James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian († 1728)
• 1681 » Vitus Bering, Danish explorer († 1741)
• 1694 » Leonardo Leo, Italian composer († 1744)
• 1749 » Thomas Lynch Jr., American commander and politician († 1779)
• 1797 » Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer († 1879)
• 1802 » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist († 1829)
• 1811 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer († 1896)
• 1813 » Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist († 1896)
• 1815 » Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica († 1901)
• 1827 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil († 1892)

• 1600 » John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Scottish conspirator (b. 1577)
• 1610 » Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)
• 1633 » George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (b. 1562)
• 1678 » Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619)
• 1729 » Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)
• 1743 » John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)
• 1778 » Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)
• 1778 » Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756)
• 1792 » Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)

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 August 5, 1734 was about 25.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.