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• Alida Aartsen de Haan, Nw-Lekkerland († 1815)
• Adrianus de Lepper, Udenhout
• Adam C Woods, Greenbrier, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1826)
• Adriaan Rijken (Rijke), Dordrecht
• Adriana Korebijter, Axel Nederland († 1812)
• Adriana de Koorenbijter, Axel († 1812)
• Aarjen Pietersz Molenaar, Petten
• Aartje Brouwer, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Bravenboer, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Koorenbijter, Axel († 1812)

• Jan Geurtsen (3), Veenendaal
• Elsken Dercksen Hemminck, Vorden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Matthias VOSSEN (1), Heythuysen, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Balthens Swemer (66), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
• Jan Reints Ilbrink (0), Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Simon Jans Haxe
• Gerrit Eijmerts van de Griend (42), Noordeloos, Netherlands
• Marie Reine CHATELAIN (3), Bettegney Saint-Brice
• Maria Theunisz van Elst (12), Woudenberg
• Jacobus Smet (64), Sint-Niklaas

• 1629 » Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Austrian archduchess († 1685)
• 1644 » Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer († 1704)
• 1686 » John Balguy, English philosopher and author († 1748)
• 1696 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer († 1755)
• 1762 » George IV of the United Kingdom († 1830)
• 1773 » Karl Faber, Prussian historian and academic († 1853)
• 1774 » Robert Southey, English poet and author († 1843)
• 1831 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist and scholar († 1891)
• 1852 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus († 1890)
• 1856 » Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist († 1917)

• 1638 » Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
• 1674 » Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602)
• 1689 » Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
• 1778 » Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714)
• 1809 » Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
• 1810 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
• 1822 » Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1769)
• 1827 » William Blake, English poet and painter (b. 1757)
• 1829 » Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (b. 1760)
• 1848 » George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (b. 1781)

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 12, 1742 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.