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• Aaltje van de Bijtel, Putten († 1807)
• Adrianus \Guilielmus\ Raesenberg, Terheijden († 1742)
• Adrianus Geens, Heist op den Berg
• Adriana Jansen van Vueren, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Erkelens, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Bessels, Putten
• Adrianus Schonk, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltjen Pieters, Bellingwolde († 1817)
• Adriana de JONG, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Bijtel, Putten († 1807)

• Gerhard Rohe LASCHEN (85), Grossenkneten, Duitsland
• Frederik Christiaan Lodewijk van Stein Heer van Kochberg (35)
• Gossel Jans Smit (6), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha ROST (99), Schuttorf (Dld) Bentheim
• Jannetje Stoffels Kote (63), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrikjen de Haan (1)
• Adrianus Jacobs (81), Mariekerke
• Geertje Hommes
• Elizabeth Wellington (65), Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Margareta Symons (54), Zandvliet, 2040, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1658 » Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor, British Baron († 1730)
• 1712 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist († 1780)
• 1714 » Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer († 1788)
• 1726 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1799)
• 1746 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer († 1802)
• 1748 » William V, Prince of Orange († 1806)
• 1761 » Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author († 1815)
• 1799 » Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Secretary of War († 1889)
• 1804 » Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician († 1887)
• 1822 » Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp († 1882)

• 1619 » Veit Bach, German baker and miller (b. 1550)
• 1641 » Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (b. 1587)
• 1702 » William III of England (b. 1650)
• 1717 » Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)
• 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
• 1731 » Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor and academic (b. 1688)
• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)

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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.
• September 18 » The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
• November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

The temperature on March 8, 1739 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: helder.