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• Dirk van Boetzelaer, Leiden († 1819)
• Antonius Gooris, Pellenberg († 1814)
• Dirk van den Boetzelaer, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1819)
• Dirk, Baron Van Boetzelaer, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1819)
• Elisabeth Houtmeyers, Tessenderlo, Limburg, Belgie († 1805)
• Albertus Miltenburg, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Lloyd, Monroe, Sussex, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1815)
• Anna Gertrudis Bons, Elst († 1816)
• Dirk van den BOETZELAER, Leiden († 1819)
• Aagtje Fjipkes Jans (Antje, Aachje) van der Werf, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1812)

• Joachimus Joannes Nepomucenus Kostlunger (1)
• Catharina Van Broeck (75), Tielrode
• Marguerite BOURDEIL (7), Chalonnes-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Jannigje Meertens Hollander (59), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Helene Josephine Gertrude von Beesten, Bentheim,,Lower Saxony,Germany
• Aegidius Sijmons (85), Temse
• Jacob Gommerts van Mannekes (58), Maasland (aangifte)
• Joachim Rutgerus (Rutger) Jochems (69), Maasbracht
• Guillelmus Cornelissen Crijnen (61), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Adrianus van Hese (63), St. Gilles

• 1705 » William Cookworthy, English minister and pharmacist († 1780)
• 1710 » Caffarelli, Italian actor and singer († 1783)
• 1713 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author († 1796)
• 1716 » Felice Giardini, Italian violinist and composer († 1796)
• 1722 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer († 1793)
• 1724 » Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia († 1790)
• 1748 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author († 1836)
• 1777 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1792 » John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English soldier and politician, Lord Privy Seal († 1840)
• 1794 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer († 1847)

• 1675 » Richard Bennett, English politician, colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
• 1684 » Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
• 1687 » Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619)
• 1704 » Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
• 1748 » William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
• 1782 » Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
• 1788 » Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
• 1795 » Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
• 1814 » Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)
• 1817 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)

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

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. Mary
14. Jannetje
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 April 12, 1746 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.