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• Joanna Maria de Laet, Diessen
• Andreas van den Broek, Casteren
• Andreas van den Broeck, Casteren († 1765)
• Joannes van de Velden, Dinther
• Catharina Otten, Den Haag
• Hendrijn van Someren, Werkhoven
• Anna Catharina Avonts, Tielen († 1817)
• Johannes Henricus Jurjens Bos, Oldeholtpade, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf
• Antonius Selten, Wanroij
• Gertrudis HANSSEN, Elen, Dilsen-Stokkem, Province of Limburg, Belgium

• Maria Anna Susanna Auguste Josefa von Stingelheim (46)
• Jacques Louis de Rouvroy de Saint Simon (47)
• Guilielmus Smit (71), Leiden, Nederland
• Catharina Jacoba WITTOECK (0), Lokeren,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• François Mols (59), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anthony van der Heim (52), ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Gerrit Harmsen Hemminck (44)
• Jan van Centen (51)
• Francis Thornton (8)
• Leenaert Mertensen van Ackeren (70), Wouw (Looken)

• 1661 » Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain, explorer, and politician († 1706)
• 1714 » Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author († 1800)
• 1722 » Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and academic († 1803)
• 1723 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic († 1792)
• 1731 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut († 1796)
• 1749 » Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress († 1810)
• 1796 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher († 1875)
• 1821 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science († 1910)
• 1841 » Nikolai von Glehn, Estonian-German architect and activist († 1923)
• 1858 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1931)

• 1647 » Masaniello, Italian rebel (b. 1622)
• 1664 » Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (b. 1616)
• 1686 » John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
• 1691 » François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1641)
• 1729 » Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (b. 1683)
• 1747 » Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)
• 1770 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (b. 1726)
• 1796 » George Howard, English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
• 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
• April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
• June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
• October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

The temperature on July 16, 1746 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder.