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• Cornelia Jansdr van Beek, Noordwijk († 1750)
• Bernardus Lavaerts, Bornem († 1800)
• Jeltje Gabes, Oranjewoud († 1773)
• Anna Maria Deswaene, Alveringem,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Cornelia Jansdr. van Beek, Noordwijk
• Claas Gijsbertsz Boshuijsen, Laren († 1805)
• Jean Cazaux († 1817)
• Jacoba Verheije Steengracht, Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland († 1747)
• Arieaantje Simons de Vos, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel († 1803)
• Anna Mechtildis Coenen, Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland

• Jan Gerritsz Breedijk (44), Waarder, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Henrich Hahn (27), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Cornelis van Eck (52), Driesum
• Anna Gertrud Kramer Derrick (84), Niedersalbach, Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany
• Maria van der Kooij, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Marijtje Pleune van der Kooij (48)
• MARGARETHA COUMANS (74), Beek
• Dirk VLIETLAND Czn (58)
• Cornelis van Eck (52), Driesum
• Genoveva Maes

• 1659 » Henry Every, English pirate († 1696)
• 1710 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic († 1761)
• 1719 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator († 1783)
• 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
• 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
• 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
• 1789 » Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia († 1833)
• 1799 » James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar († 1840)
• 1833 » Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States († 1901)
• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)

• 1651 » Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (b. 1612)
• 1672 » Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)
• 1672 » Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
• 1680 » William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
• 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
• 1707 » Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
• 1773 » Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
• 1785 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)

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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 20, 1742 was about 13.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.