About the day » Thursday October 29, 1739Calender converter

• Cecilia SEGERS, Wambeek,1741,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1743)
• Cornelia van ETTEN, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adam Goverse Kas, Brouwershaven
• Bernard Conrad Billenkamp, Ankum (D) RK Sint Nicolaas
• Arjaantje Ariens Krijgsman, Zevenhuizen († 1796)
• Anne Cloutier († 1739)
• Arjaantje Krijgsman, Zevenhuizen († 1796)
• AbraHAm SImonsz Bonefaas, Capelle/IJssel († 1823)
• Cornelis van Vianen, IJsselstein († 1811)
• Anna Barbara Hess, Bern, Switzerland

• Leendert Hendriksz Legestee (75), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Pierre BERNARD (68), Saint-Jean-de-Monts, 85160, France
• Frouke Tysses (6)
• Jacob Maartensz Clop (70), Hardinxveld
• Marguerite Provencher (74)
• Geertruy van Broeckhuijsen (0), Gorinchem
• Clara Van de Walle (0), Gent St Baafs
• Adrianus Franciscus Van de Walle (0), Gent St Baafs
• ANNA VAN RANSBEECK (64), ZANDVLIET,ANTWERPEN,BELGIE
• Jean Louis BELOT (0), Neuville Bourjonval, 62, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France

• 1682 » Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian, explorer, and author († 1761)
• 1690 » Martin Folkes, English mathematician and astronomer († 1754)
• 1704 » John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1757)
• 1740 » James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author († 1795)
• 1808 » Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist († 1873)
• 1812 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright († 1907)
• 1815 » Dan Emmett, American composer († 1904)
• 1822 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal († 1902)
• 1831 » James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia († 1916)
• 1832 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint († 1869)

• 1590 » Dirck Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522)
• 1618 » Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554)
• 1650 » David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575)
• 1666 » Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)
• 1666 » James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)
• 1783 » Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)
• 1804 » Sarah Crosby, the first female Methodist preacher (b. 1729)
• 1829 » Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)

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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.
• May 16 » The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
• September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
• September 18 » The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
• October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.

The temperature on October 29, 1739 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken.