About the day » Friday December 4, 1739Calender converter

• Dirk Leendertse Boer, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1827)
• Egon van Kessel, Driel († 1791)
• Gerret de Kruijff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacob SCHOENMAKER, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1792)
• Jacob Pietersz Schoenmaker, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1792)
• Jacob Pieterse Schoenmaker, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1792)
• Dirk Boer, Oud-Beijerland
• Anna Elisabeth Conincx, Bemelen, Limburg, Nederland († 1743)
• Jacobus Hendriksz Huijs, Maassluis
• Dirk Leendertszoon Boer, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1827)

• Franciscus Michiels (54), Lommel
• Bastiaan Scheffer (0), Rotterdam
• Maria Dewitte (83), Aartrijke, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Catharina Adelheid Westenfeld (78), Windheim, Westphalia, Germany
• Gertrudis Tomasse (Strijers) (56), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henricus Franciscus Claes (34), Geel
• Jacobus Huijs (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• John Cause Caws (83)
• Maartje Huijs (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Scheffer (0), Rotterdam

• 1647 » Daniel Eberlin, German soldier and composer († 1715)
• 1660 » André Campra, French composer and conductor († 1744)
• 1667 » Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer and educator († 1737)
• 1670 » John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1742)
• 1713 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic († 1786)
• 1777 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman († 1849)
• 1795 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic († 1881)
• 1798 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France († 1881)
• 1817 » Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author († 1845)
• 1835 » Samuel Butler, English author and critic († 1902)

• 1637 » Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (b. 1592)
• 1642 » Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1585)
• 1649 » William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)
• 1679 » Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1680 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 » Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 » John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Joannes
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Hendrik
7. Petrus
8. Jacob
9. Willem
10. Jacobus
11. Gerrit
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Johann
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Joanna
5. Johanna
6. Catharina
7. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Elizabeth
12. Grietje
13. Mary
14. Jannetje
15. Aaltje
16. Adriana

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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 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on December 4, 1739 was about 10.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.