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• Elisabeth TROOST, Dordrecht
• Guillaume Colpin, Velroux
• Jantie Gulik, Den Helder († 1739)
• Catrina Helps, Amsterdam
• Elisabeth Engel, Bebra
• Jantien Warnes Terwisga, Oldemarkt, Ijsselham, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Henricus Hendricks, Balgoij,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Berends Schotanus, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1805)
• Aaltje Berends Schotanus, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1806)
• Josias Maasbach, Tiel († 1817)

• Ida Segels, Spaubeek (Beek), Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Duivenvoorden (0), Noordwijkerhout
• Ludovica De Vos (60), Schorisse
• Immetje Klaas van Sanen, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Philipps (31)
• Immetje Klaas van Sanen of Saterdag (79), Alkmaar
• Jan Meeuwsen, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Marijtje Christiaens, St. Annaland gem. Tholen Zld. NL
• Joannes Andries (74), Duffel
• Frederick Dersjant

• 1717 » Jacques Saly, French sculptor and painter († 1776)
• 1723 » Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian († 1816)
• 1737 » Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese shōgun († 1786)
• 1754 » Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, princess of Baden († 1832)
• 1756 » Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer and educator († 1792)
• 1761 » Jacob Hübner, German entomologist and author († 1826)
• 1763 » Wolfe Tone, Irish rebel leader († 1798)
• 1770 » Moses Waddel, American minister and academic († 1840)
• 1771 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War († 1848)
• 1771 » Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright († 1820)

• 1668 » Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar (b. 1620)
• 1776 » Benjamin Huntsman, English businessman (b. 1704)
• 1787 » Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (b. 1723)
• 1800 » Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (b. 1719)
• 1810 » Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (b. 1755)
• 1815 » Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
• 1820 » Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian general, economist, and politician (b. 1770)
• 1837 » William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1840 » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)

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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.
• 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.
• October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
• November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

The temperature on June 20, 1739 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.