About the day » Monday April 24, 1741Calender converter

• Anna Maria De Laet, Schilde, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Catharina Schult, Nordhofen, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1834)
• Egidius Brouwers, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1789)
• Brerent Rotman, Geesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hendrik Hofstede, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1796)
• Agnes Matthias van der Linden, Buggenum
• Adriana Schellekens, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Helena BRUGMAN, Beek († 1770)
• Berent Rotman, Geesteren
• Catherine Barbara Suter, Karlsruhe, Germany († 1798)

• Jacobje Reijers (49), Heemskerk
• Hannah Bisbee (84)
• Johannes BAUER (48), Mesch / Maastricht
• Lijdia (Lidowy) Cornelisse Huijsman (80), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelberga van Cleemput (5), Temse
• Joannes Baptista Hellebuyck (0), Tielt
• Wilton (0), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Lijdia Cornelisd HUIJSMAN (81), Oude-Tonge
• Christina Vandevelde (78), Klerken
• Benjamin Floyd (41), Medford, Massachusetts

• 1620 » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician († 1674)
• 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
• 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
• 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
• 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
• 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
• 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
• 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
• 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)

• 1617 » Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
• 1622 » Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
• 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)

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 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
• 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 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 April 24, 1741 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.