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• Angélique Madeleine de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet († 1783)
• Abraham Baukes Molenmaker, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1809)
• Claas Jans Voerman, Oostzaandam († 1806)
• Henricus Beltgens, Merkelbeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Jacobus Jaspersz Noot, Tiel († 1749)
• Jeanne Marianna Guiot Pin, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joanna Maria Jansens, Minderhout (BE)
• Gerardus Joannes Mulder (Willems), Dalfsen
• Jantje Jans Israel, Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Johannes Herchelroth, Warwick, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States († 1814)

• William Dawson Of Heworth, Farlington & North Ferriby (55), bur 14.07.1740
• Anna Rosina Goram (61), Oelsnitz / Vogtland
• Anna BOURS (81), Elsloo,1556-1795,Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid,Verenigde Nederlanden
• Pierre Thevelein (50), Houtem
• Maria Jansdr van Leeuwen, Rhenoy, West Betuwe,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Harm Wubbes (75), Winschoten
• Claude BRAQUARD (33), Moussy-Verneuil, 02531, Aisne, Picardie, France
• Georg Matthias van Borcke (69), Kostrzyn-nad-Odra (Küstrin), Lebuskië, Polen
• Neeltje Hendriks SWARTBOL (0), Alblasserdam
• Anna Boers (81), Elsloo, Limburg, Nederland

• 1671 » Jacques d'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician († 1732)
• 1675 » Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general († 1747)
• 1676 » Caspar Abel, German historian, poet, and theologian († 1763)
• 1696 » William Oldys, English historian and author († 1761)
• 1721 » John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar († 1807)
• 1743 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician († 1816)
• 1755 » Michel de Beaupuy, French general († 1796)
• 1785 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist, playwright, and diplomat († 1851)
• 1795 » Eleanor Anne Porden, British Romantic poet; wife of the explorer, John Franklin († 1825)
• 1801 » Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist († 1858)

• 1723 » Claude Fleury, French historian and author (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Richard Bentley, English scholar and theologian (b. 1662)
• 1766 » František Maxmilián Kanka, Czech architect (b. 1674)
• 1774 » James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley, Irish field marshal (b. 1682)
• 1780 » Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (b. 1713)
• 1789 » Bernard-René de Launay, French politician (b. 1740)
• 1789 » Jacques de Flesselles, French politician (b. 1721)
• 1790 » Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (b. 1717)
• 1809 » Nicodemus the Hagiorite, Greek monk and saint (b. 1749)
• 1816 » Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general (b. 1750)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
• June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
• June 26 » A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
• August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
• October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
• October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.

The temperature on July 14, 1740 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder.