About the day » Saturday October 4, 1738Calender converter

• Antoine Gaston, Saint Chamant, Cantal, Frankrijk
• David LeSueur, Jr., King William Parish, Goochland County, Province of Virginia († 1769)
• Augustin LEFAIX, Corps-Nuds, 35150, France († 1796)
• Andries Johannes Donders, Tilburg, Nederland († 1785)
• Catharina Kranenborg, Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Aaltjen Oosterhuis, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Van Eeckelen, Nispen
• Catherine MONSEUR, Soumagne,4630,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Damen Willemsz van Dijk, Monster, 2681, Nederland († 1783)
• David Lesueur, Manakinton, Cumberland, Virginia, United States († 1769)

• Christian Karl Bock von Blaesheim und Gerstheim (6), Blaesheim, Bas-Rhin, Elzas, Frankrijk
• Arnoldus van Lieshout (24), Son
• Dirk Claasz de Koning (64), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette Wilhelmine van Heiden (42)
• Arie Janszn Rodenburg (72), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christianus Bruno Verdonck, Vrasene
• Dirk Claaszn de Koning (64), Rijnsburg
• Cornelis Nulck van der NOLK (53), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Liekens (77), Heist Op den Berg
• Cathrijn Bouleijn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1657 » Francesco Solimena, Italian painter and illustrator († 1747)
• 1694 » Lord George Murray, Scottish Jacobite General († 1760)
• 1720 » Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator († 1778)
• 1723 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist and author († 1798)
• 1759 » Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic († 1803)
• 1768 » Francisco José de Caldas, Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence († 1816)
• 1787 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France († 1874)
• 1793 » Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician († 1862)
• 1807 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East († 1864)
• 1814 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator († 1875)

• 1646 » Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1586)
• 1660 » Francesco Albani, Italian painter (b. 1578)
• 1661 » Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (b. 1625)
• 1669 » Rembrandt, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1606)
• 1680 » Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer, designed the Canal du Midi (b. 1609)
• 1743 » John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (b. 1678)
• 1749 » Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
• 1821 » John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (b. 1761)
• 1827 » Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1851 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
• 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.

The temperature on October 4, 1738 was about 13.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen en betrokken.