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• Agie Mudde, Lekkerkerk
• Albert Jans Jellema, Makkinga, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Agie (Aagje) Thomasse Mudde, Lekkerkerk († 1806)
• Christiaan Frederic Matthias Staack, Kiel Duitsland († 1831)
• Anna Maria Catharina Bauer, Adenau, Rhinel., Prus († 1775)
• (1) Jacobus de Bree, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1809)
• Anna Jans Gooijer, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1809)
• Adrianus Westerlaken, Bruchem
• Aldegonda van Hatert, Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina van der Hoeven, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1833)

• Maria Cornelia de Paepe (51), Lembeke
• Elisabeth Jennes, Herselt
• Aantje Aentje Bastiaense Middagh (63), Leerbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Michel Florent Xavier Englebert Ponthieure de Berlaere, Louvain paroisse St Quentin
• Klaas Van Gijzel (62), Weerde
• Harmen Jansen Pas[ser] (76), Silven bij Loenen
• John Briscoe (34), Charles, Maryland, United States
• Johann (Joes) Ververs (61), Donsbrüggen, Dld
• Mathias Thiebes (71), Oberdollendorf, Königswinter, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Aantje Bastiaansdr Middagh (63), Leerbroek, Zederik, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1705 » Charles-André van Loo, French painter († 1765)
• 1710 » Louis XV of France († 1774)
• 1725 » Abraham Clark, American surveyor, lawyer, and politician († 1794)
• 1734 » William Stacy, American colonel († 1802)
• 1739 » Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Paris Bourse († 1813)
• 1748 » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher († 1832)
• 1759 » Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic († 1824)
• 1760 » Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer and educator († 1837)
• 1797 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons († 1871)
• 1809 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic († 1857)

• 1637 » Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
• 1738 » Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
• 1781 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
• 1818 » Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
• 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
• 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
• 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
• 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
• 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
• 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)

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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.
• 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.
• 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 February 15, 1741 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder.