About the day » Sunday December 29, 1743Calender converter

• Abraham Willemz van Poelgeest, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Slegers, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Graaf Van Bylandt, Nijmegen (Gld) NL († 1819)
• Abraham Poelgeest, Leiden
• Adriaan van Mourik, Zwaluwe († 1769)
• Abraham Jansz (Abraham Ravestein) Vermaat, Delfshaven († 1779)
• Abraham Willemz van Poelgeest, Leiden
• Alexander Graaf van Bylandt, Nijmegen (Gld) NL († 1819)
• Arij Bravenboer, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1755)
• Ariaentje Gonda, Vlaardingen

• Johannes Kenting, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barbara Klaase Kilsdonk (49), Amsterdam
• Johannes Matthias Strauss (7)
• Laurens Grofhalt
• Margaretha (Rappier) DRAPPIER, Oud-Heverlee,3050,Vlaams-Brabant,Vlaander,BELGIË
• Tietie HAIES (9), Hellum, Siddeburen, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Tet Roelofs (1), Workum
• Susanna Nicasi (54), Buggenhout
• Maria van Camp (34), Waarloos
• Geertruid van Delen, Gelderse Toren

• 1633 » Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar († 1692)
• 1709 » Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress († 1762)
• 1746 » Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader († 1805)
• 1766 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric († 1843)
• 1796 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist († 1877)
• 1800 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer († 1860)
• 1808 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States († 1875)
• 1809 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1898)
• 1816 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist († 1895)
• 1844 » Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. († 1906)

• 1634 » John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
• 1661 » Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
• 1689 » Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
• 1720 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
• 1731 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
• 1737 » Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
• 1785 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
• 1807 » Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Joannes
4. Johannes
5. Pieter
6. Hendrik
7. Willem
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Johann
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Joanna
5. Johanna
6. Elisabeth
7. Cornelia
8. Catharina
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Mary
12. Grietje
13. Elizabeth
14. Jannetje
15. Adriana
16. Aaltje

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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 29, 1743 was about 3.0 °C. There was 178 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.