About the day » Sunday February 23, 1738Calender converter

• Aalbert de Ronde, Apeldoorn
• Abraham Moens, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert PIETERS, Beilen,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Jacobus Moens, Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Aaltjen, Hijken
• Adriani Goossen van Beusecum van BEUSEKOM, Mill en Sint Hubert († 1777)
• Anna Maria Heijnckman, Maastricht (NL)
• Aeltien Claasd Hogeboom, Veessen,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• "Andries" Gabrielsz Scheper, Giessendam-Peursum
• Abraham Fabrie, Bladel († 1746)

• Gertrude HOEBANTS, Boutersem, 24016, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Fijken van Andel (69)
• Clement Derynck (1), Koolskamp
• Gertrudis HOEBANT, Boutersem,3370,Vlaams-Brabant,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Adriana Verlinden (55), Herenthout, België
• Anna Margaretha Ripperda (71), Oosterwijtwerd, Gron
• Catharina Heijlands (28), Werkendam
• Beerent Tjackes PYR (38), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Flynt Quincy (16), Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Jacob Kradolfer, Batavia

• 1646 » Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shōgun († 1709)
• 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1767)
• 1685 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer († 1759)
• 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)

• 1603 » Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
• 1620 » Nicholas Fuller, English politician (b. 1543)
• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)

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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 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

The temperature on February 23, 1738 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw.