About the day » Monday May 11, 1744Calender converter

• Cornelia van Duren, Zeeland
• AGNES VAN BELLEGHEM, SINAAI,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Aart Drost, Ermelo († 1796)
• Adriana Korenman, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria VAN PELT, Brecht († 1748)
• François MARECHAL, Flachères,38690,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE († 1744)
• CLARA BERVOETS, Pulderbos († 1814)
• Cornelia Aarts van Duuren, Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Emanuel, Albertus ALGOET, Pittem,8740,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België († 1829)
• Adrianus Bogaerts, Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Joannes van Bael (3), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aarjen Cornelisz Strop (77), Den Helder, Nederland
• Johanna Ramak (62), Dordrecht
• Sibille Nathan Emerik, Metz, Moselle, France
• Anders Sandels (72), Hedemora, Dalarna, Zweden
• Andreas Sandel (72), Kopparberg, Sweden
• Henricus van Tilborg (66), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aarjen Strop, Den Helder
• Catharina Dirks de Mooij (60), Rotterdam
• Toussaint Beaudry (72), Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada

• 1715 » Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist († 1739)
• 1752 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist († 1840)
• 1797 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician († 1867)
• 1811 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician († 1893)
• 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)

• 1610 » Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)
• 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
• 1778 » William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
• 1779 » John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
• 1812 » Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)

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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 11, 1744 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken helder.