About the day » Tuesday December 17, 1743Calender converter

• Henrich van Zwienen, Millingen
• Gilbert Livingston - Esq., Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1806)
• Catharina Theodora Schade, Utrecht, oud-katholiek
• Hermanus Van Duin, Zegveld, Utr., Neth
• Gabriel van Gammeren, Hedikhuizen
• Gabriel FONTAINE, Savigné-sur-Lathan, 37340, France († 1832)
• Antonius Cleophas, Stramprooi
• Anne WETZEL, Burnhaupt-le-Bas, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Feikje Boukes, Wartena, Nederland († 1788)
• Dirkje Van Campen, Everdingen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands

• Antony Ouwens (6), IJsselmonde
• François VERONNEAU (50), Saint-Jean-de-Monts, 85160, France
• Grietje Tymens (4), Giethoorn
• Elizabeth Blundell
• Hessel Lammerts (47), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Gerritje Willemsdr van Geest, Naaldwijk
• Hendrikus Witmaeckers (56), Schinnen (Schinnen) (Limburg)
• Antonius Winckens (39), Schinnen
• Grietje Timens (4), Giethoorn
• Anna Laurenti van Lockven, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1685 » Thomas Tickell, English poet († 1740)
• 1699 » Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator († 1775)
• 1706 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist († 1749)
• 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
• 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
• 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
• 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
• 1797 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer († 1878)
• 1807 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist († 1892)
• 1812 » Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter († 1880)

• 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
• 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
• May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
• June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
• September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

The temperature on December 17, 1743 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder.