About the day » Tuesday October 24, 1741Calender converter

• Eliphal Slack, Stonington, New London County, CT
• Joanna Hendrik Snoeijs († 1813)
• Anna Maria Adriaan van der Schoot, Loon op Zand
• Anna peek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1813)
• Joanna Peek, Utrecht († 1813)
• Henricus Volmar, Hilden North Rhine Westphalia Germany
• Joanna Maria Manders, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Joanna Maria Jacobus Manders, Deurne († 1790)
• Iemkje Douwes, Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Gerrit Jelles Bakker, Stiens, Friesland, Nederland († 1779)

• Egidius EVERAERTS (55), Veerle
• Catharina van DINTER (87), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Francies Annens (47), Temse
• Anna Isabella Maes (3), Temse
• Hubrecht Maartensz van der Werf (67), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Grietie Pieters Smallenburg, Hilversum
• Hieronimus Franciscus (Beurtels) Beutels (0), Scherpenheuvel
• (Stillborn) Schelling (0), Klaaswaal, Nederland
• Francois LEROUGE (78), La Croixille, 53086, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France
• Elisabeth Reijnder Manders (66), Deurne

• 1650 » Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist († 1704)
• 1675 » Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire († 1749)
• 1713 » Marie Fel, French soprano and actress († 1794)
• 1763 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator († 1839)
• 1784 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker († 1885)
• 1788 » Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet († 1879)
• 1798 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter († 1866)
• 1804 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic († 1891)
• 1811 » Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor († 1885)
• 1830 » Marianne North, English biologist and painter († 1890)

• 1633 » Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)
• 1642 » Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (b. 1582)
• 1655 » Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
• 1669 » William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
• 1672 » John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
• 1725 » Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
• 1799 » Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
• 1821 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)

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.
• 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.
• August 10 » King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
• September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

The temperature on October 24, 1741 was about 12.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: regen betrokken.