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• Johann Georg Reimold, Muhlbach, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany († 1813)
• Cornelis Jansz van Noortwijk, Delft
• Barbe Benoite OST, Bassilly,7830,Hainaut,BE
• Joanna Batchelder, Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States († 1826)
• Jacobus de Klerk, Leiden
• Benjamin Ward († 1780)
• Elisabeth Souveryns
• Jacobus de clercq│Kler, Leiden († 1817)
• Berbera Hendriksdr. Uijttenbogaart, Zwijndrecht († 1747)
• Cornelius Hasersloot, Den Haag

• Dingene Michiels VERHAGEN (85), Lage Mierde, 5094, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Frederik Adolfsz Melchior (7)
• Gerrit Cornelisz Pater (69), Broek in Waterland, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Dimpna Michiel Verhagen (85), Lage Mierde
• Guilielmus Teughels (72), Hombeek
• Henry SCELLIER (68), Frucourt, 80490, Somme, Picardie, Hauts-de-France, France
• Françoise BERNARD (40), Le Perrier, 85300, France
• Abraham Egeling (2)
• Henricus Coenen Beesd van (51), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1734 » Naungdawgyi, Burmese king († 1763)
• 1737 » Anton Losenko, Russian painter and academic († 1773)
• 1740 » Samuel Arnold, English organist and composer († 1802)
• 1744 » Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour († 1754)
• 1755 » Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire († 1773)
• 1782 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican insurgent leader and President of Mexico († 1831)
• 1805 » Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic († 1875)
• 1809 » John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer († 1851)
• 1810 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy († 1861)
• 1814 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé († 1890)

• 1653 » Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
• 1655 » Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. 1572)
• 1660 » Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (b. 1649)
• 1723 » Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician, French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1656)
• 1759 » Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
• 1784 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (b. 1713)
• 1796 » Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (b. 1759)
• 1802 » Franz Aepinus, German-Russian philosopher and academic (b. 1724)
• 1806 » Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1737)
• 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)

•  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.
• 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.
• 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 August 10, 1741 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.