About the day » Sunday December 4, 1746Calender converter

• Aan Jans, Dronrijp, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1811)
• Albert (Aalbert) Jacobsz van Essen, Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaderianus de Graft, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Jans Hebeltjes, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltjen Arendsen ten Sloese, Bathmen († 1775)
• Adrianus van der Valk, Loosduinen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1817)
• Aaltjen Schreven, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert van Essen, Stichts Veenendaal
• Aaltjen Hogenesch, Gieten
• Albert van Essen, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland

• Jan Pieters LEEUWENBURG (1)
• Gerrit Willems Broekhuis (46), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan Schaap
• Andreas Josephus van den Eijnde (67), Lierop,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Agnes Jans, de Buurkerk in Utrecht
• Cornelis Rijks SCHOUTEN (5), Landsmeer, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Roobroeck (56), Waregem
• Elisabeth Salien, Rillaar
• Jacoba Van Doorne (71), Zottegem
• Agnes Jans, Utrecht

• 1660 » André Campra, French composer and conductor († 1744)
• 1667 » Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer and educator († 1737)
• 1670 » John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1742)
• 1713 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic († 1786)
• 1777 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman († 1849)
• 1795 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic († 1881)
• 1798 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France († 1881)
• 1817 » Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author († 1845)
• 1835 » Samuel Butler, English author and critic († 1902)
• 1844 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1914)

• 1649 » William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)
• 1679 » Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1680 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 » Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 » John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)

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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 December 4, 1746 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken geheel betrokken.