About the day » Sunday May 4, 1738Calender converter

• Anna Wilhelmina van Limburg-Stirum, Meppel,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1805)
• Anna Catharina Horrig, Ubach, Duitsland
• Aegidius De Wachter, Puurs, 2870, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1810)
• Annetje Schaap, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1814)
• Anna Cleveringa, Leens gem. De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Wilhemina rijksgravin van Limburg Styrum, Meppel († 1805)
• Anna Janssens, Vlekkem
• Antje Pieters Schaap, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1814)
• Antje Pietersd Schaap († 1814)
• Albert Smit, Broek in Waterland (NH, NLD)

• GOVERT FLORISZ DE BRUYN (56)
• Jan Jans Zeger (6)
• Anna Van Dijck (63), Ranst
• Jan Jansen Seijgers (5), Hattem
• Arien Otto Schaap (55), Woudrichem, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Augustinus Tammens (79)
• Catherine Routhier (65), Québec, Quebec, Canada
• Jan CLAESEN (33), Meeden, Muntendam, Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Arien Ottose SCHAAP (56)
• Gijsbert Aryensz Pijl (7), Alblasserdam, zh.nld

• 1715 » Richard Graves, English minister and author († 1804)
• 1733 » Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor († 1799)
• 1752 » John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts († 1825)
• 1757 » Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City († 1816)
• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 1796 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician († 1859)
• 1796 » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar († 1859)
• 1796 » William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1862)

• 1677 » Isaac Barrow, English mathematician and theologian (b. 1630)
• 1684 » John Nevison, English criminal (b. 1639)
• 1729 » Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)
• 1734 » James Thornhill, English painter and politician (b. 1675)
• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)

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.
• 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 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 4, 1738 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: regen en betrokken.