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• Anne Marie BOYDENS, Middelkerke, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1789)
• Abraham Bosschieter, Ilpendam
• Aeltjen Kluivers, Eibergen († 1817)
• Aaltje Rister, Utrecht († 1822)
• Antonet de Swart, Meer (NL) († 1804)
• Anna Cornelisdr Koppenol, Hoogvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Kluivers, Eibergen († 1817)
• Anna Cornelisdr Koppenol, Hoogvliet
• Adrien Adriaansz Geleijns, Etten-Leur
• Angeneta Dane, Willemstad

• Angela Nicolai Swolfs (44), Poppel, Ravels, Antwerp, Belgium
• Joannes Jansen (54), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Melsen van Ghijsel (28), Waspik, Nederland
• Ann Marriott (41), Staverton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
• Dirk Jansz Snip (7), Petten
• Joannes Franciscus Steven de Hont (60), Antwerpen (België)
• Christiaan Bloemen (71), Oldenzaal
• Eibert Hendriks
• Joanna De Doncker, Grimbergen
• Dirk Leendertsz Huijser

• 1669 » Anne Marie d'Orléans, queen of Sardinia († 1728)
• 1677 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general († 1748)
• 1724 » John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician († 1781)
• 1730 » Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author († 1788)
• 1770 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic († 1831)
• 1785 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru († 1841)
• 1795 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician († 1885)
• 1803 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian († 1895)
• 1809 » Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States († 1891)
• 1812 » Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary († 1869)

• 1611 » Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)
• 1635 » Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
• 1664 » Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
• 1748 » James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1782 » John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
• 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• 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.
• April 10 » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 27, 1741 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder.