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• Adelheidis Tenholdt, Werth
• Anna Hermans, Amsterdam
• Cornelia Cornelis Botermans, Riel († 1812)
• Catharina GEERTS, Elingen, 23064, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Aart Johan Verstolk Heer van Zoelen en Aldenhagen, Rotterdam († 1786)
• Elisabeth van de Vossenberg, Gemert († 1800)
• Cecilia Dorothea Schotborgh, Curaçao,NA
• Dirk Janssen
• Amelberga Janssens, Temse († 1747)
• Dorothe Liesabeth Christian, Hartum,Westfalen,Prussia

• Anna Danijs (29), Hamme
• Catharina De Nil, Puurs (Antwerpen, België)
• Angelika Pressler (52), Dirmingen, Eppelborn, Saarland, Germany
• Jaquemina Willemijn Hendrick EIJMANS, Veldhoven, 4305, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Thomas (24), Le Pin, 36158, France
• Catharina de RONDE (76), Binkom,, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Jacobus Jonckheere (82), Koekelare,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anne Poultney (81)
• Adrianus Borrens, Sint-Denijs-Boekel,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Geertje Claas (69), Enkhuizen

• 1705 » Nicolas Chédeville, French musette player and composer († 1782)
• 1726 » William Prescott, American colonel († 1795)
• 1745 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician († 1813)
• 1751 » Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic († 1826)
• 1753 » Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1815)
• 1759 » Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist († 1813)
• 1774 » Vicente Sebastián Pintado, Spanish cartographer, engineer, military officer and land surveyor of Spanish Louisiana and Spanish West Florida († 1829)
• 1784 » Judith Montefiore, British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist († 1862)
• 1792 » Eliza Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire († 1859)
• 1794 » William Carleton, Irish author († 1869)

• 1626 » John Dowland, English lute player and composer (b. 1563)
• 1762 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
• 1771 » Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678)
• 1773 » Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701)
• 1778 » Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)
• 1790 » Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)
• 1806 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725)
• 1810 » Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767)
• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
• June 28 » A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
• July 9 » French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
• August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
• September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
• December 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

The temperature on February 20, 1745 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: hagel helder.