About the day » Thursday August 16, 1742Calender converter

• Claas Leutjes, Wognum († 1743)
• Henricus Huyskens, Aldekerk, Rheinland-Pfalz, Duitsland
• Catharina Lamberechs, Ranst, Provincie Antwerpen
• Antonius van KASTEL, Zevenbergen
• Cornelia van Lambaart, Delft, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Bockhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacobus Jacobusz van der Spijck, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Joanna" Joanna Maria Joanna Maria, s-Hertogenbosch, NL († 1825)
• Henricus Snepvangers, Zundert († 1743)
• Jacoba Claesdr. Vinckesteijn, Leiden

• Marie DEMANGE (42), Chantecorps, 79340, France
• Anna Francisca de Lille (47), Adegem (B)
• Jannitje Benning (7), Leiden
• Théodore Jean baron de Waha (54), Neerlinter, Brabant flamand (Belgique)
• Petrus Defraeye (68), Westkerke, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Francisco Ruiz DeValdes (112), Villa De Manzanillo, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain
• Deborah Macy (63), Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
• Marie le Large (57), Tours, Frankrijk
• Anna De Povere (49)
• Mary Davie #0906**10b (63), Montgomeryshire, Wales

• 1650 » Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer († 1718)
• 1682 » Louis, Duke of Burgundy († 1712)
• 1744 » Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor († 1804)
• 1761 » Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1815 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator († 1888)
• 1816 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor († 1820)
• 1820 » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick († 1892)
• 1821 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic († 1895)
• 1831 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec († 1901)
• 1832 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist († 1920)

• 1661 » Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (b. 1608)
• 1678 » Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1705 » Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 » Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)

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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 August 16, 1742 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.