About the day » Sunday October 7, 1742Calender converter

• Albert Zibelts ten Have, Blijham, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleyda Hasebrock, Quendorf, Bentheim, Deutschland
• Anje Jacobs
• Adriana Sijmens Verkuijl, Drongelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1796)
• Anthonius Scheurs, Heumen en Malden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arendje Ariens Hoek, Katwijk († 1810)
• Anthonius Scheurs, Heumen († 1800)
• Albert Sijbolts ten Have, Blijham († 1814)
• Albertje Alberts Kraai, Vlagtwedde (gem. Westerwolde)
• Anna Elisabetha Melskens, Schaesberg,, Limburg, Nederland

• Mathieu Rouse, Violaines, 62138, FRANCE
• Jean DANIELOU (56), Névez,29920,Finistère,Bretagne,FRANCE
• Berentje Jacobs
• Bastiaan van der Steen (6), Pernis
• Willemken Scholten (37), Lochem
• Maria Ariens Van Der LEUR (8)
• Benjamin Hickman (65), Westtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
• Teunis Gerritsz COOL (47)
• Aart Jacobsz Van Der JAGT (9)
• Jeanne Joseph DOUMONT (12), Ham-Sur-Sambre, 5190, Namur, Belgique

• 1713 » Granville Elliott, English general († 1759)
• 1728 » Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware († 1784)
• 1744 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg († 1819)
• 1746 » William Billings, American composer and educator († 1800)
• 1748 » Charles XIII of Sweden († 1818)
• 1769 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit († 1846)
• 1786 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1871)
• 1798 » Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman († 1875)
• 1819 » Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot († 1905)
• 1821 » Richard H. Anderson, American general († 1879)

• 1637 » Victor Amadeus I, duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
• 1651 » Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (b. 1559)
• 1653 » Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
• 1708 » Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
• 1772 » John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
• 1787 » Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
• 1792 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1793 » Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
• 1796 » Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
• 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)

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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 October 7, 1742 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.