About the day » Thursday May 1, 1738Calender converter

• Antje Pieters Schaap, Katwijk aan Zee († 1814)
• Catharina van den Bosch, Alkmaar
• Andreas Koek, Veene, Roelofarendsveen
• Cornelis Hermans Schuts, Schaijk (N.Br)
• Eleonora Dorothea, of Trebur, Strknb, H-Dr († 1806)
• Elisabeth Neher, Athens, Green, New York
• Adrianus LONCQ
• Catharine Read, Groton, Middlesex Co., MA
• Anna Maria VAN PELT, Kasterlee, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1795)
• Adriane Wagemakers, Wagenberg († 1738)

• Helena BURGHSTEIJN, Culemborg
• Jacques Jacques Boulé Jacques Boulét Boulét (74), Montmagny, Québec, Canada
• Catharina Crijnen (40), Swalmen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Andreas Verstraeten (91)
• Jacques (Jacques Boulé Jacques Boulét) Boulét (74), Montmagny, Québec, Canada
• Frederik te Vaarwerk, Gelselaar
• Adrianus Rappye (47), 8570 Anzegem BE
• Arent Hendricks (5)
• Catharijntje Friene (Vrijne, Verrijne) (31), Oostvoorne
• Catharina Heijboer (29), Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1672 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician († 1719)
• 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
• 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
• 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
• 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
• 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
• 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
• 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
• 1821 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia († 1897)
• 1824 » Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic († 1904)

• 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
• 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
• 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
• 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)

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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.
• 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 1, 1738 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: hagel sneeuw en betrokken.