About the day » Saturday May 17, 1738Calender converter

• Antonia Smets, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas
• Anna Paters, Oss
• Catharina Wagemakers, Ginneken en Bavel
• Bartholomeus van der AA, Weelde, 2381, Antwerpen, België († 1786)
• Adriaan Vermeulen, Hardinxveld († 1822)
• Cornelia Timmermans, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1815)
• Catharina VAN DIJCK, Vremde, Vremde, Antwerpen, België
• Cornelis Boekeinan, Den Helder
• Jacoba Gerits, Bakel en Milheeze
• Adrianus Verdonck, Bergeijk

• Gerardus Jan (Gerit Geerit de Lepper (33), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aarjaantje Dirksdr (Adriaantje, Ariaantje, Aryaantje, Dirkse) van der Wier (72), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Gerardus Jan (Gerit Geerit) de Lepper (33), Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Jeanne Ferin (39), Thoricourt,7830,Hainaut,BE
• Gerardus de Lepper (33)
• Aarjaantje Dirksdr van der Wier (72), , 's-Gravendeel, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Henry Cauche (66), St-Omer
• Benoite CUSIN (71), Saint-Didier-de-Bizonnes,38690,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Anna Margaretha Bauer (66), Fronhofen
• Guillelmus Loete (0), Ronsele, Belgium

• 1682 » Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate († 1722)
• 1698 » Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter († 1752)
• 1706 » Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian († 1780)
• 1718 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1778)
• 1732 » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer († 1817)
• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)

• 1643 » Giovanni Picchi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1571)
• 1727 » Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 » Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
• April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
• May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
• May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
• July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
• July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

The temperature on May 17, 1738 was about 17.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen onweer.