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• Constantinus van Overveldt, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1746)
• Anna Margeretha Bakker, Leeuwarden († 1818)
• Charles François de CAMPION de MONTPOIGNANT, Saint Ouen De Pontcheuil, Eure (27), Haute Normandie, FRANCE († 1822)
• Alexis MANDEVILLE, Sorel, Montérigie, Qc († 1823)
• Egbert Uijterwaal, Schalkwijk († 1802)
• Egbert Uijtewaal, Werkhoven († 1802)
• Catharina [Petrus] Sleddens, Vessem
• Antonia Bols, Borkel
• Claesje Pieterse, Heemskerk
• Clasina Catharina Hutten, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Jacobine van Vietinghoff-Schell (72)
• Karel van Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (2)
• Krijna van Hoften (48), Rotterdam
• Kind Cornelissen, Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bastiaen Johannesz van de WERCK (57), Veghel
• François BERTAULT (62), Le Grand-Pressigny, 37350, France
• Bastiaen van de Werck (57), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaen van de Werck (57), Veghel,Gemeente Veghel,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Elisabetha Jacobus KEMMERS (68), Oostelbeers, 4068, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Lijsbeth van den Biesheuvel (19), Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
• 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
• 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
• 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
• 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
• 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
• 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
• 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
• 1862 » Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist († 1957)

• 1617 » Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
• 1622 » Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
• 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)

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. Trijntje
13. Elizabeth
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 April 24, 1742 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.