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• Elisabeth van Dinther, Gemert
• Asa Goodell Sr., Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1837)
• Franciscus Hoekx, Bergeijk († 1809)
• Cornelis van Noort, Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Anna Katharina WEISS († 1823)
• Franciscus Hoeckx, Bergeijk († 1809)
• Agata Hendrickse Spruijt, Vinkeveen en Waverveen (De Ronde Venen)
• Helena Laars, Leiden († 1839)
• Jacob Cornelisz, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Arie Hendriksz van der Meer, Naaldwijk († 1785)

• Aalt van de Vliert, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Frederich Jacob Daüde (1), Fröschen, Höhfröschen, Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Cornelia Simon Jacob Cuypers (51), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Joanna Frederickx (9), Lier, Antwerpen, België
• Helena van Rens (38)
• Andreas Van Sluys (54), Blankenberge
• Gerrit Janz van Leeuwen, Rijswijk
• Isabella Van Craeijnest (0), Leke
• Frederik Pieterse Knollenburg
• Jenneke adrriaen vennix, Berkel-Enschot

• 1715 » Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French artist († 1790)
• 1732 » George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States († 1799)
• 1749 » Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist and theorist († 1818)
• 1778 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator († 1860)
• 1788 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author († 1860)
• 1796 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist († 1874)
• 1796 » Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary († 1837)
• 1805 » Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter († 1848)
• 1806 » Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher († 1875)
• 1817 » Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic († 1880)

• 1627 » Olivier van Noort, Dutch explorer (b. 1558)
• 1674 » Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)
• 1680 » La Voisin, French occultist (b. 1640)
• 1690 » Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (b. 1619)
• 1731 » Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)
• 1732 » Francis Atterbury, English bishop (b. 1663)
• 1799 » Heshen, Chinese politician (b. 1750)
• 1816 » Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)

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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 February 22, 1746 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: sneeuw omtrent helder.