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• Ernest Gottlob, Duke of Mecklenburg, Mirow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany († 1814)
• Abigail Whitney, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States († 1766)
• Jan de Krijger, Axel († 1806)
• Fridericus Joannes Frercks, Wippingen, Emsland († 1799)
• Joanna Ernestina Huygen, Munsterbilzen
• Henricus Teurlings, Ginneken
• Joanna Monnier, Den Haag
• Gijsbert Knaapen, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1816)
• Gijsbert Wouter Knapen, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• catherine jh. DELANOIS, Eugies (Belgium) Hainaut

• Jan Claasz Goes van der, Pijnacker
• Johann Wilhelm Kirschhöfer (0), Bendorf-Rhein
• Joannes DE GREEF (67), Niel,2845,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Anna Gutscoven, Alken, Limburg, België
• Jan Claesse van der GOES (95), Pijnacker
• Jan Claasz Van der Goes (95), Pijnacker
• Bethia Root (39), Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Joseph GAGNON (61), Quebec, Cap Nat, Quebec, Canada
• Jacobus Kok (9), Den Haag
• Leonora Bladel, van (8), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1669 » Anne Marie d'Orléans, queen of Sardinia († 1728)
• 1677 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general († 1748)
• 1724 » John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician († 1781)
• 1730 » Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author († 1788)
• 1770 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic († 1831)
• 1785 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru († 1841)
• 1795 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician († 1885)
• 1803 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian († 1895)
• 1809 » Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States († 1891)
• 1812 » Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary († 1869)

• 1611 » Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)
• 1635 » Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
• 1664 » Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
• 1748 » James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1782 » John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
• 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)

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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 27, 1742 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.