About the day » Saturday August 11, 1742Calender converter

• Evert SPIERLINGS, Hengelo, 5116, Overijssel, Nederland († 1810)
• Francoise Benoit, La Prairie, La Prairie, Quebec, Canada († 1813)
• Dirk Jans KES, Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1809)
• Albertjen Hindriks, Veendam
• Adriana Maria LOON,VAN, Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Heiltje Hindriks Blauwpot, Appingedam, Niederlande († 1813)
• Heiltje Hindriks Blaupot, Appingedam (doopsgezind) († 1813)
• Anna Jans Van Boekel, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Gerarda Exalto d'Almaras, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1817)
• Adriana Maria Jacobi van Loon, Oosterhout, NB, Nederland († 1828)

• Martinus Lambertsz Klijn, Laren
• Dirk Willemsz Balkenende (49), Noordwijk
• Maria LEMMENS (80), Veerle Belgie
• Hanna Weiser (0), Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Joannes Franciscus Van de Walle (2), Merendree
• maria cornelisdr PIJL (77), alblasserdam
• Gertrudis Janssen, Weert
• Joannes Zwols (Ewals), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Benajah Dunham (57), Piscataway, New Jersey
• Sgt. Caleb Brainard (66), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten

• 1673 » Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer († 1754)
• 1718 » Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec († 1791)
• 1722 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician († 1797)
• 1748 » Joseph Schuster, German composer († 1812)
• 1778 » Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician († 1852)
• 1794 » James B. Longacre, American engraver († 1869)
• 1807 » David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician († 1886)
• 1808 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician († 1892)
• 1816 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania († 1882)
• 1833 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 1899)

• 1596 » Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
• 1614 » Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
• 1656 » Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
• 1725 » Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)
• 1774 » Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (b. 1722)
• 1813 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Joannes
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Hendrik
7. Petrus
8. Willem
9. Jacob
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. John
13. Jean
14. Dirk
15. Johann
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Joanna
5. Johanna
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Cornelia
9. Neeltje
10. Grietje
11. Mary
12. Elizabeth
13. Trijntje
14. Aaltje
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
• April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

The temperature on August 11, 1742 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.