About the day » Friday January 20, 1741Calender converter

• Abraham van 't Meulenbelt, Almelo († 1774)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Appelhof, Schalkwijk († 1820)
• Anna Elisabetha ROHN
• Elisabeth Volmar, Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1805)
• Georg Schwarzenbach, Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1791)
• Adrianus Russe, Vlaardingen
• Erasmus van Goudoever, Utrecht
• Derk Jan Huender, Doetinchem,, Gelderland, Nederland
• August Everhard van Dincklage Heer van Campe, Gut Campe, Steinbild, Nedersaksen († 1830)
• Anna Koek, Veen, Roelofarendsveen

• James Harrell (78), Chowan, North Carolina, United States
• Adriana Joost Antonis (9), Reusel,,Nederland
• Catharina Lambri Gabriels VERHAUTEN (65), Mierlo, 3981, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria ARNOLD (63), Weiten-Gesäß, Hessen, D
• Angelique Gautron (39), St Michel, Quebec, Canada
• Maria Theresia Van Rappach (81)
• Jan Andries van Gils
• Maerten Jansz Vrij (66), Heenvliet
• John Sr Harrell (76), Chowan, North Carolina, United States
• Jan, de "Oude" Becx (71), Zelzate (B)

• 1703 » Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer († 1741)
• 1716 » Charles III of Spain († 1788)
• 1716 » Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and numismatist († 1795)
• 1732 » Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress († 1794)
• 1741 » Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Swedish botanist and author († 1783)
• 1755 » Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral († 1824)
• 1762 » Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian-French composer and theorist († 1842)
• 1775 » André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician († 1836)
• 1781 » Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician († 1848)
• 1783 » Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer († 1860)

• 1663 » Isaac Ambrose, English minister and author (b. 1604)
• 1666 » Anne of Austria, Queen and regent of France (b. 1601)
• 1707 » Humphrey Hody, English scholar and theologian (b. 1659)
• 1709 » François de la Chaise, French priest (b. 1624)
• 1751 » John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
• 1770 » Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
• 1779 » David Garrick, English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)
• 1810 » Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
• 1819 » Charles IV, Spanish king (b. 1748)
• 1837 » John Soane, English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• March 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
• 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.
• June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
• July 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
• September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

The temperature on January 20, 1741 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.