About the day » Friday May 1, 1744Calender converter

• Cornelis Andriessen Makkinje, Huijsen († 1817)
• "Maria Sophia" Philippine Eva Valentine Walburga von Boos zu Waldeck und Montfort, Mainz, Allemagne († 1834)
• Catharina Elisabeth Wetzels, Born
• Edme ROGER, Saulles, 52464, Haute Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France († 1792)
• Carolina Vervooren, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Hendriks Duiff, Franeker
• Anna Maria Danckaert, Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Gabriel Merritt, Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States († 1776)
• Catharina Maria Isebree, Goes,Gemeente Goes,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1826)
• Anna Maria Vercaeren, Erps († 1747)

• Jenne van den Vetketel
• Philip C Lee (89), Blenheim, Charles, Maryland, United States
• Dirkje Thomas De Boo (66)
• Dirkje Thomas de Boo (47)
• Aaltje Dirks, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Catharina van RIEL (35), Mierlo, 3981, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirkje Thomasdr van Boo (66), Alblasserdam
• Cornelis Arentsz van Olst (51), Hill, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abigail SHERWOOD (73), Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Mary Sherwood (77), Greenfield, Connecticut, United States

• 1672 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician († 1719)
• 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
• 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
• 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
• 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
• 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
• 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
• 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
• 1821 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia († 1897)
• 1824 » Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic († 1904)

• 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
• 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
• 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
• 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)

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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 May 1, 1744 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: omtrent helder.