About the day » Wednesday February 22, 1741Calender converter

• Ferdinandus Franciscus Missuwe, Leffinge († 1789)
• Augustinus Caels, Weelde, Ravels, Belgium († 1814)
• Elisabeth Hooft, 's Gravenhage († 1820)
• Christian Schmeyer, Macungie Twp Bucks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1761)
• Cornelis Wijngaarden van, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• cornelis jurfaasz van RIETSCHOTEN, dordrecht († 1822)
• Augustinus Caels, Weelde (België) († 1814)
• Elizabeth* Wood, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten († 1810)
• Cornelis Jurfaaszn van Rietschoten, Dordrecht († 1822)
• Bernardus Lonnee, Zyfflich, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany († 1831)

• Abraham Jansz PREESMAN (34), Oud-Beijerland
• Jannetje Barnhoorn (24), Noordwijk
• Huijgh van der Voort (41), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Esther Morse (26), Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• abraham PREESMAN (34), oud-beijerland
• Cornelis Sebastiaen Mous (36), Nispen-Essen
• Jannetje Pietersdr Barnhoorn (24), Noordwijk
• Henry Gignilliat (49)
• abraham jansz preesman (33), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Hendrik van Isselmuden

• 1715 » Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French artist († 1790)
• 1732 » George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States († 1799)
• 1749 » Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist and theorist († 1818)
• 1778 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator († 1860)
• 1788 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author († 1860)
• 1796 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist († 1874)
• 1796 » Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary († 1837)
• 1805 » Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter († 1848)
• 1806 » Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher († 1875)
• 1817 » Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic († 1880)

• 1627 » Olivier van Noort, Dutch explorer (b. 1558)
• 1674 » Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)
• 1680 » La Voisin, French occultist (b. 1640)
• 1690 » Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (b. 1619)
• 1731 » Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)
• 1732 » Francis Atterbury, English bishop (b. 1663)
• 1799 » Heshen, Chinese politician (b. 1750)
• 1816 » Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)

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

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  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.
• May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
• 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 22, 1741 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.