About the day » Monday January 2, 1741Calender converter

• Johann Christoph Beutler, Kirchheim, Unter Teck, Wuerttemberg
• Adriana Smekens, Diessen
• Huig Versluys, Gouda
• Ariaentje Cornelisse van Zijl, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1748)
• Joannes Hermelinck, Delden
• Bárbara Moreira de Castilho, Monsenhor Horta, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Gesina Catharina Gründer, Dersum († 1770)
• Adriaan Habraken, Sint-Oedenrode
• Cornelis Cornelsz Hollander den, Noordwijk
• Henricus van de Luijtelaer, Woensel

• Bruijn Jacobs van der DUSSEN (80), Gouda, 6027, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Francois Plante (72), Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Jacob Gerritsen Renesse (82), Ede
• Franciscus Frenken (25), Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• jacob jansz visser (51), 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
• Bertrand de Narbonne-Talairan, Agen
• Anna Catharina Bartmann (91), Horn (bij Lippstadt)
• Jakob Gerritsen van Renesse (82), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Jacob Gerritsen Van Renesse (82), Ede (Gld) NL
• Anne Montagu (66), Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain

• 1647 » Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader († 1676)
• 1699 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan († 1757)
• 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
• 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
• 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
• 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
• 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
• 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
• 1827 » Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician († 1914)
• 1833 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician († 1893)

• 1613 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
• 1614 » Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
• 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
• April 10 » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
• May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
• June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
• July 15 » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
• July 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.

The temperature on January 2, 1741 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.