About the day » Wednesday May 20, 1739Calender converter

• Frances Shands, Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, United States († 1833)
• Antonius Faes, Meer, Hoogstraten, België
• Anna Teyens, van, Beetsterzwaag († 1800)
• Eustache MALCHAIR, Oreye (Lens-sur-Geer),4360,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Hendrik de Visser, Dordrecht († 1742)
• David Barr, Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States († 1812)
• Agnes Fairweather, Lethnot And Navar,Angus,Scotland
• Dirk Blanchar, Pieterskerk, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertruij van Dalen, Haarlem († 1816)
• Anna "Sophia" Bernardina Schweling, Münster,Regierungsbezirk Münster,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany,Ludgerikerk

• Cornelia Matthijssen de Rijck (59), Essen (B)
• Joannes VAN BOGAERT (75), Moerzeke,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Gijsbertus Johannes Verschueren (60), Nieuwstadt
• Bartha ten Nuyl (86), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abigail Buck (56), New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
• Franciscus Verwilgen (57), Hamme
• Marie Thérèse Paulette de La Combe
• Joannes Pen (54), Duffel
• Cornelia Matthijssn de Rijck (59), Essen (Belgie)
• Johannes Carolus Cämmerling (0), Bigge

• 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)

• 1645 » Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)
• 1648 » Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)
• 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)

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 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
• 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 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 May 20, 1739 was about 15.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken.