About the day » Thursday August 23, 1742Calender converter

• Caspar Brogh, Breda
• Anthonia Rijnsewijn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bartholemeus Glas, Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1802)
• Cornelia (Neeltje) Arkensteijn, Cralingen († 1816)
• Anne Catherine Halleux, Charneux, Liège, Belgium († 1797)
• Allegondis (Nicolaus "nicolaas" Kerckhoffs) Leijsdonk van Lijsdonck Verleijsdonck, Geldrop († 1817)
• Aldegondis - Allegonde - Gonde van Lijsdonck, Hulst, Geldrop-Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• James Booy
• Bartholomeus Ariensz Glas (Klok, Klock), Warmenhuizen († 1802)
• Jeanne Catherine JÉRÔME, Honnay, 5570, Namur, Belgique († 1831)

• Joanna Theresia Verbauwede (Verbauwe) (47), Waregem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Tanneken Cornelis de Regt, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Maria Catharina Heirbaut (2), TEMSE
• Marie Jeanne LOEZ (78), Hénin-Beaumont, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
• Grietje SWART (SCHWARTING) (1), Krommenie
• Joanna VANDERBAUWEDE (VERBAUWHEDE) (46), Waregem
• Mary Rowe
• Ariaantje Cornelissen van Schaik (2), Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joanna Theresia Verbauwede (47), Waregem, België
• Henricus VAN GORP, Lichtaart, Kasterlee, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium

• 1724 » Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant († 1796)
• 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
• 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
• 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
• 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
• 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
• 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
• 1829 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian († 1920)
• 1843 » William Southam, Canadian publisher († 1932)

• 1628 » George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592)
• 1652 » John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
• 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)

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 August 23, 1742 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.