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• Ambrosius Franciscus Swinkels, Lieshout († 1805)
• Albert (Reemerink ~ Reimerink) Derkink, Rossum († 1818)
• Ambrosius Franciscus Swinkels, Lieshout, Nederland († 1805)
• Aalt Janzen, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1778)
• Albert Derkink (Remerink, Reimerink), Rossum,Dinkelland († 1818)
• Andries Oosterlaan, Delft
• Cornelius MATTHEEUSSEN, Oostmalle, Malle, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1764)
• Ambrosius Fransiscus Swinkels, Lieshout, Laarbeek, Nederland († 1805)
• Harm Jans Klungel, Meeden († 1794)
• Ambrosius Swinckels, Lieshout († 1805)

• Marie Jeanne Douchy
• Thérèse Rolandeau dite Laurendeau (INFANT) (0), Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
• Petronella Wisselaer (77), Schaerbeek
• ANNA MARIA VAN OOSTENRIJCK (43), HEIST-OP-DEN-BERG
• Johan Aelbert van LIESHOUT
• Marinus Davidsz. Groenewegen (41), Sint-Maartensdijk
• Anna Or Anne de LABBIE (76), Melen Soumagne Liège
• Judith Kimball (59)
• Marinus Davidse Groenewegel (41), Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Johan Aelbert Lieshout

• 1702 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician († 1788)
• 1717 » Blind Jack, English engineer († 1810)
• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)

• 1594 » Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)
• 1621 » John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)

•  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.
• 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.
• September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

The temperature on August 15, 1741 was about 18.0 °C. There was 136 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.