About the day » Friday March 16, 1742Calender converter

• Cornelia van Alphen, Rotterdam
• Coendert (Koendert) Gerritsen, Bennekom
• Aart van DIJL, Dordrecht
• Claas de iongh, Hoorn († 1747)
• Cornelia Arijensd van Luijk, Pernis, zh.nld
• Eetie Obbes, Midwolda (gem. Oldambt) († 1807)
• Anje, Beerta
• Birde Jacobs Opdam, Irnsum, Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina DEVENIJNS, Ename,9700,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1787)
• Annitje Gijsbertsd Gooijer, Huizen († 1779)

• Ariaantje Rietveld (0), Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Daniel Davitsz Boulongne (69), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Corstens Versteegh (47), Rhenoy, Beesd
• Barbara Otte, Welden,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Magdalena Weiser (17), Ephrata Cloisters, Ephrata, Pa
• Eleonore Louise Gonzaga (55)
• Cornelia Cornelsdr Melissant (57), dirksland (goeree overflakkee)
• Ariaantje Pleune Rietveld (0), Noordeloos
• Eleonore Luisa Gonzaga (55)
• Egbert Hendriks Verrosmeulen, Vierlingsbeek

• 1729 » Maria Louise Albertine († 1818)
• 1741 » Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist († 1816)
• 1744 » Nicolas-Germain Léonard, French poet and novelist († 1793)
• 1750 » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer († 1848)
• 1751 » James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States († 1836)
• 1753 » François Amédée Doppet, French general († 1799)
• 1760 » Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and writer († 1832)
• 1766 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer († 1875)
• 1771 » Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter († 1835)
• 1773 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province († 1836)

• 1649 » Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)
• 1679 » John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
• 1721 » James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)
• 1736 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1710)
• 1737 » Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)
• 1738 » George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)
• 1747 » Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)
• 1838 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)

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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 March 16, 1742 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.