About the day » Saturday December 2, 1741Calender converter

• Asher Strong, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1813)
• Cornelia Gastel van, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Maartensz Olijrhook (Holierhoek), Pernis
• Gijsbert de Vos, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Gerardus Bots, Borkel, Nederland († 1820)
• Anna Adelheit Knebel, Engter,,Neder Saksen,Duitsland († 1745)
• François Philippe DELHAYE, Bully-les-Mines,62160,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1741)
• Gerardus Bots, Borkel (en Schaft) († 1820)
• Anna Landis, Upper Salford Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1789)
• Dirk Olijrhoock, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Antefridus van Kessel (43), Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antefridus Ansfried van Kessel (43), Maasdriel
• Catharina Theresia VAN OSSELAER (40), Melsele
• Geertruid Ulpherts Wyrsum (36), Baflo 24
• Jan Kortschot, Ratum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andrew Bartholomew I (70), Wallingford, New Haven, CT
• Boudewijn Smet (62), Temse
• Hannah FRISBIE (60), Branford, New Haven, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
• Jacob Tijssen van der Bruggen (55), Vught (N.Br)
• Jean Jacques Watteau (58), Wattrelos, 59650, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

• 1694 » William Shirley, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay († 1771)
• 1703 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer († 1759)
• 1738 » Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general († 1775)
• 1754 » William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York († 1809)
• 1759 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society († 1828)
• 1760 » John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General († 1806)
• 1760 » Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator († 1826)
• 1810 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle († 1892)
• 1811 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture († 1885)
• 1817 » Heinrich von Sybel, German historian, academic, and politician († 1895)

• 1665 » Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)
• 1694 » Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
• 1719 » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
• 1723 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
• 1726 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
• 1747 » Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
• 1748 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
• 1774 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
• 1814 » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• 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 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
• 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 December 2, 1741 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: hagel regen.