About the day » Wednesday September 16, 1744Calender converter

• Ann Pilcher, Elham, Kent, England
• Anna de Wolf, Haarlem
• Alida Steur, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Adrien Joseph WICCART, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, 62736, Pas de Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France († 1810)
• Cornelis Fransz Roest KNSV-ZSW, Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1776)
• Cornelia Mulder, Groningen († 1817)
• Antoine Delaroche, Mérigny, 36119, France
• Antoine-Jean Méloche, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States († 1808)
• Antonia Siegbertus Boenders, Oosterhout
• Adélaïde Philippine de Durfort († 1819)

• Anna Maria Barbara Guenther (59), Nagold, Wurttemburg, Germany
• Johann Heinrich Sautmann, Haselünne
• Pierre GILMONT (64), Corroy-Le-Grand, 1325, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Mercy Phillips (2), E. Bridgewater, MA
• Anna de Maeyer (76), Puurs
• Hendrik Nijssen, Zaamslag
• Japick Willemsz. Moerman (57), Maasland
• Robbert Jansz van Loohuijsen (74), Amsterdam
• Helena Jansdr Den Haan (39), Rijpwetering, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joseph Lambinon, St André, Luik, België

• 1666 » Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist († 1716)
• 1678 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1751)
• 1716 » Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor and actor († 1798)
• 1722 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general († 1799)
• 1725 » Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author († 1815)
• 1745 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal († 1813)
• 1777 » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier († 1836)
• 1782 » Daoguang Emperor of China († 1850)
• 1823 » Francis Parkman, American historian and author († 1893)
• 1823 » Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist († 1895)

• 1672 » Anne Bradstreet, English poet (b. 1612)
• 1701 » James II of England (b. 1633)
• 1736 » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (b. 1686)
• 1792 » Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
• 1803 » Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
• 1819 » John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1824 » Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)

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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 September 16, 1744 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel en zeer betrokken.