About the day » Monday March 5, 1742Calender converter

• Hendrik van der Drift, Schipluiden († 1815)
• Elisabeth Duijck, Bassevelde (B) († 1816)
• Anne Pétronille DE MARTEAU, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Diigna van Campen, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Hendricx ( Hendriks ), Venray, Limburg, Nederland († 1827)
• Anna Bakker, Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Joosten, Buggenum
• Godefridus Joannes COPAL, Best, 3327, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Claas de Jong
• Aeltje Willemse van Soelen, Geldermalsen (NL) († 1835)

• Gijsbert Pet (19)
• Joanna Margaretha Judith Nuyl, te (49), Arnhem
• Cornelia de With
• Bartje Daamen Stuijvenberg, Jutphaas
• Adrianus De Herde (89)
• Cornelius van der Voort (47), Den Haag
• Hester Henriette Hendrietta de Vree (29), Arnhem
• Dirk Dirksz van Krimpen (0), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Carolus Denewet (48), Ruiselede (B)
• Joanna Margaretha Judith te Nuijl (49), Arnhem

• 1713 » Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar († 1776)
• 1713 » Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop († 1783)
• 1723 » Princess Mary of Great Britain († 1773)
• 1733 » Vincenzo Galeotti, Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer († 1816)
• 1739 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and physician († 1819)
• 1748 » Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist († 1810)
• 1748 » William Shield, English violinist and composer († 1829)
• 1750 » Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French scholar and academic († 1805)
• 1751 » Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator († 1829)
• 1774 » Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer († 1842)

• 1622 » Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
• 1695 » Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)
• 1726 » Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)
• 1770 » Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)
• 1778 » Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)
• 1815 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
• 1827 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
• 1827 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1829 » John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)
• 1849 » David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)

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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 5, 1742 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw hagel.