About the day » Monday May 20, 1737Calender converter

• Hendrik van Wijk, Slijk Ewijk en Oosterhout, Gelderland, Nederland
• Henricus Wolters, Leuth, Gelderland, Nederland
• Daniel Meijers, Spaubeek (Beek), Limburg, Nederland († 1797)
• Dirk Dubbels, Schokland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Barbara Horsch, Germany
• jacques bernardin BOITTE, Elouges (Belgium) Hainaut († 1795)
• Christianus Coloos, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1737)
• Hendrica (Henderse, Hinderse) Elferink (Elfering, Elverink), Beltrum († 1823)
• Alexander Van de Catzijne, Nederbrakel,9660,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE († 1815)
• Alexander Wolters, Beek

• Lydia Dirksdr. Leentvaar, Ridderkerk
• Bartholomeus Brandenburg (60), Overschie
• Neeltje Cornelisdr van Es (33), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catarina Smits (72)
• maartje abrahamsdr hekkenhoek (89), overschie (thans rotterdam)
• Cornelia Ariesdr. Velthoen (27), Simonshaven
• Louise Catharina van Tettau (65)
• Claes Lourensz. Meerswijck (0), Alkemade
• Anna Maria Lippens (1), Sleidinge (B)
• Cornelis Jansz Schrijver (38), Oostzee

• 1664 » Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect († 1714)
• 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)

• 1645 » Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)
• 1648 » Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)
• 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• March 28 » The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
• September 20 » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
• November 4 » The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
• December 24 » The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.

The temperature on May 20, 1737 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.