About the day » Monday January 15, 1742Calender converter

• Col. Thomas Blackburn, Rippon Lodge, Prince William, Virginia († 1807)
• Anna Catharina Crott, Raeren,Lüttich,Wallonien,Belgien
• Anne VILLERET, Paulnay, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France († 1745)
• Hendrick Janxs Sypersma, Oosterlittens, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1787)
• Divera Dijkstaal, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Bernarda Dhaenens, Maldegem (B) († 1775)
• Dorothee Moreau, Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada († 1790)
• Henrica, Hendrina Couwenberg, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ariaentje van Vredendael, Utrecht
• Henrica Cauwenberg, Oisterwijk († 1779)

• Bastiaan Jaarsveld (72)
• Adam Jacob Smits, Nijmegen
• Anne Marie Cleijssins, Breda
• Antoine HEUNEUSE (80), Vaulx-Vraucourt, 62159, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE
• Cornelia COREBLOMS, Hoogeloon, 3766, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hoofs (78), Baardegem Aalst, België
• Antonia "adriaensen" Cluijters (54), Dongen
• Cornelia Leendertsdr Hoogwerf (57), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Diana de Vere
• Catharina Margaretha Geisbauer (79), St. Johann (Saarbrücken) D

• 1671 » Abraham de la Pryme, English archaeologist and historian († 1704)
• 1674 » Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright († 1762)
• 1716 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician († 1778)
• 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
• 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
• 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
• 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
• 1803 » Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author († 1811)
• 1809 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician († 1865)
• 1812 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar († 1885)

• 1623 » Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)
• 1672 » John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
• 1683 » Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
• 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)

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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 January 15, 1742 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: mist vochtig.