About the day » Tuesday May 30, 1741Calender converter

• Antoine Joseph Bonnel, Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE († 1742)
• Franciscus Josephus Van Peteghem, Lochristi († 1765)
• Adriana Verhoeven, Udenhout
• Grietjen Arents SMIDT, Heino (Raalte), Overijssel, Nederland († 1818)
• Cornelia Eestermans, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Verhoeven, Udenhout
• Gerrit van Zeijl, Bunnik († 1804)
• Aagje Stoffels Stark († 1796)
• Gerrit Symonsz Vlaming, Oosterend, Texel, The Netherlands († 1828)
• Elisabeth Rensingh, Rotterdam, Groenendaal

• Anna Maria Wilhelmusd BROCKEN (46), Vught
• André Patry (59), St-Michel, Qc., Canada
• Hubertus Gerardus KUIJPERS (37), Cromvoirt,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arent Arentse Verduyn, Delfshaven
• Cornelis van Obdam (68), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Fijken Adriaan Brekelmans, Haaren, Gemeente Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Defevere (66), Snellegem
• Gerardus van Roessel (1), Tilburg
• François DELAIRE (74), Saint-Maulvis (80140), Picardie, France
• Jacob De Boom (70), Lekkerkerk, South Holland, The Netherlands

• 1686 » Antonina Houbraken, Dutch illustrator († 1736)
• 1718 » Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1793)
• 1719 » Roger Newdigate, English politician († 1806)
• 1757 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1844)
• 1768 » Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general († 1815)
• 1797 » Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist († 1873)
• 1800 » Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal († 1883)
• 1814 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic († 1894)
• 1814 » Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist († 1876)
• 1819 » William McMurdo, English general († 1894)

• 1670 » John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (b. 1597)
• 1696 » Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1638)
• 1712 » Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (b. 1645)
• 1718 » Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch-English general (b. 1670)
• 1744 » Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (b. 1688)
• 1770 » François Boucher, French painter and set designer (b. 1703)
• 1778 » José de la Borda, French/Spanish mining magnate in colonial Mexico (b. ca. 1700)
• 1778 » Voltaire, French philosopher and author (b. 1694)
• 1829 » Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (b. 1774)
• 1832 » James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (b. 1765)

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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.
• 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.
• 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 15 » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
• 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.

The temperature on May 30, 1741 was about 20.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: helder regen.