About the day » Monday October 26, 1744Calender converter

• Anna BREDEVELD, Leiden, Province of South Holland, Netherlands († 1780)
• Christoffel Haarsma, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1790)
• Abraham Leinbach, Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania († 1790)
• Anna Bredevelt, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Zwage, Wijnjeterp († 1826)
• Frederik Robert Toewater († 1797)
• Anna (Johanna) Bredeveld, Leiden († 1780)
• Everardus BRAET, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gerrit Bergh van den, Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1785)
• Anna Van der Elst, Leefdaal

• Georges Le Scellin (62), Riec-sur-Belon, Finistère, France
• Joanna Catherina Van Goethem (27), Kemzeke (B)
• Charles De Barge (76), Violaines, 62138, FRANCE
• Louis Langlois (59)
• Gerardus Post (2), Delft
• Adrienne LAGACHE, Comines,59560,Nord,Hauts-de-France,France,France
• Dries Rosegaarde (6), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Claude REVEL (41), Le Passage,38490,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Jonathan Tuthill (37), Goshen, Orange, New York
• Rosa VANDENDRIESSCHE (48), Moorslede, 8890, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1694 » Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer and academic († 1758)
• 1747 » Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer († 1804)
• 1757 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1823)
• 1759 » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice († 1794)
• 1768 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician († 1844)
• 1794 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour († 1881)
• 1795 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist († 1872)
• 1797 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano († 1865)
• 1799 » Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress († 1883)
• 1800 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal († 1891)

• 1671 » Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
• 1675 » William Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
• 1686 » John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)
• 1717 » Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
• 1751 » Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
• 1764 » William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
• 1773 » Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
• 1803 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
• 1806 » John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
• 1817 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• February 22 » War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
• July 4 » The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
• September 30 » War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.

The temperature on October 26, 1744 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.