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• Cornelis de BRUIJN, Dordrecht († 1812)
• Cornelis (Kornelis) Matthijszn de Bruin (de Buijn), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1812)
• Anna Barents SMIT, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Charles BRISMONTIER, Épaux-Bézu,02400,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE († 1740)
• Charles Joseph Du Bois, Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
• Cornelis Matthijsz de Bruijn, Dordrecht, zh.nld († 1812)
• Andreas Jacobus Van Ammel, beerse
• Anna Maria Stouffer, Londonderry, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1798)
• Catherine Miller, Garden Twp., Chester, Pa., Verenigde Staten († 1785)
• Cornelis Snaphaan, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1820)

• Johan (Dr.) van Hasselt (70), Arnhem
• Adam Henricx Kommers, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Giuseppe BONOMO (54), Pantelleria,91017,Trapani,Sicile,ITALIE
• Geesje (Gijfje, Geertje) Tijhoff (Feijhof) (56), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Joanna Clara Focquenier (34), Kortemark,8610,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Leonardus Peeters Van Ginneken (63), Essen
• Geertruda Da (76), Leiden
• Grietjen te Selle, Miste, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johan Johansz van Hasselt (71), Arnhem (GL)
• Marie Louise Pector (73), Mettet,5640,Namur,BE

• 1705 » Farinelli, Italian castrato singer († 1782)
• 1709 » Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organist († 1779)
• 1712 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king († 1786)
• 1732 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier († 1799)
• 1739 » Jean Nicolas Houchard, French General of the French Revolution († 1793)
• 1746 » Gustav III of Sweden († 1792)
• 1749 » Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1806)
• 1754 » Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor († 1820)
• 1761 » Louis Klein, French general († 1845)
• 1763 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician († 1831)

• 1595 » Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1529)
• 1626 » Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
• 1639 » Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
• 1666 » Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1709 » George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
• February 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
• February 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
• March 22 » Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
• May 16 » The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
• November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

The temperature on January 24, 1739 was about 8.0 °C. There was 92 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.