About the day » Saturday August 4, 1742Calender converter

• Cornelius Peter Dirks Roosen, Moergestel
• Benjamin Allen, London Grove, Chester, PA
• Bartholomew Stearns, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1811)
• Anna Catharina Packbier, Schinnen (L)
• Grietje Teunisse Vuijken, Hoogland (Amersfoort), Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernarde BARAT PASTOURET, LABASTIDE CEZERACQ
• Grietje Hindriks, Veendam
• Anna Maria Cox († 1820)
• Catharina Hardebol, Jaarsveld
• Henricus Goossens, Deurne en Liessel († 1742)

• Dr. Buckler Partridge* (52), Baltimore Co., Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Johannes Roos (65), Cape Province, South Africa
• Karel Canon Markgraaf van Ville-sur-Illon (67)
• Catharina Henricus van de SANDE (77), Best, 3327, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Marie Jeanne le Clercq (8), Inchy (F)
• Harmen Luitjes (57), Kropswolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Maria Adriaan Teunisse, Berlicum
• Anthonij van Breda, Rotterdam
• Marie Joseph Basquin, Inchy,59540,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,France
• Imke Jans Goldsmid (47), Meeden

• 1701 » Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar († 1757)
• 1704 » Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans († 1752)
• 1719 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist († 1767)
• 1721 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1803)
• 1755 » Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor († 1805)
• 1792 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright († 1822)
• 1805 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1865)
• 1821 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church († 1881)
• 1821 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton († 1892)
• 1834 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher († 1923)

• 1639 » Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)
• 1718 » René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
• 1727 » Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
• 1741 » Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
• 1778 » Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)
• 1792 » John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)
• 1795 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)
• 1804 » Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (b. 1731)
• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)

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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 4, 1742 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.