About the day » Friday May 19, 1741Calender converter

• Cornelius Holierhoek, Vlaardingen
• Egidius Sanders, Helmond
• Clara Blankers, Kruisland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bareld Jans Koops, Peize, Drenthe, NETHERLANDS († 1826)
• Angelique Viau, Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada († 1824)
• Aaltje Jans van Houten, Gorredijk, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aeltje Jans, Gorredijk
• Adrianus van Moerkercken, Leiden
• Francesca Butler Vrouwe van Lude († 1798)
• Arnoldus van Eck, Utrecht

• Eldert Pluijm (61), Zwijndrecht
• Fransiscus Pieterse, Zegge, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Franciscus Van Ham (5), Valkenswaard (NL)
• Johannes De Rover (57), Driel
• Fokjen Hendriks HUGON (9), Warkum (Workum), Nijefurd, Súdwest-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland
• Daniël de Blécourt (60), Duisburg (D)
• Francisca Cauvet (82), Troisvilles (F)
• Jan Philipsz Van LOO (1), Goedereede
• Janna van der Gouwe (19), Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• Judik Bleessen Branderhorst (1), Eethen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1639 » Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble († 1665)
• 1700 » José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician († 1770)
• 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
• 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
• 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
• 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
• 1795 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist († 1873)
• 1827 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1896)
• 1832 » James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer († 1886)
• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)

• 1623 » Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1542)
• 1637 » Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
• 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
• 1795 » James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
• 1795 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
• 1798 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1821 » Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)

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.
• 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 May 19, 1741 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.