About the day » Friday April 4, 1738Calender converter

• Cornelia van den Boom, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1816)
• Anna Couwenbergh, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Ruijtenburg, Herkingen († 1788)
• Berendina aan Meerdinkveldboom, Winterswijk Woold
• Afijn, Heiligerlee
• Catharina Petronilla Zaman (Saman), Sinaai († 1780)
• Antonij WENSINK, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Berentjen Piepers, Miste, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arnold Ignace Graaf (Graff)
• Arien van Offeren, Buren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1740)

• Hezekiah Mason (33), Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America
• Hilletje Bastiaensz. Van Der Stoep (35), Hoogvliet
• Joannes Baptista Van Eetvelde (15), Sint-Niklaas
• Arie Willemsz RUIJTENBERG (2)
• Henricus Stevens, Kranenburg (Dld), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Franciscus STOFFELS (84)
• Joannes Jacobus Pfadt (33), Leimersheim, Germany
• Maria Barbara Rebstock (72), Talheim bei Tübingen
• Jost Spies (1), Birkefehl, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Hendricus Stevens, Kranenburg (Dld), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1676 » Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer († 1760)
• 1688 » Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer († 1768)
• 1718 » Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar († 1783)
• 1752 » Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer († 1837)
• 1760 » Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan organist and composer († 1797)
• 1762 » Stephen Storace, English actor and composer († 1796)
• 1772 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement († 1810)
• 1780 » Edward Hicks, American minister and painter († 1849)
• 1785 » Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer († 1859)
• 1792 » Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician († 1868)

• 1643 » Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1583)
• 1661 » Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish field marshal (b. 1580)
• 1743 » Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678)
• 1761 » Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (b. 1722)
• 1766 » John Taylor, English librarian and scholar (b. 1704)
• 1774 » Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1728)
• 1792 » James Sykes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1807 » Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer and academic (b. 1732)
• 1817 » André Masséna, French general (b. 1758)
• 1841 » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)

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. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Neeltje
10. Adriana
11. Trijntje
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.
• 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 April 4, 1738 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: zeer betrokken en regen.