About the day » Monday April 24, 1747Calender converter

• Cornelis van Zuijlen, Noordwijk († 1809)
• Afra Pieters Roozendaal, Wervershoof († 1786)
• Anne Françoise GRANDPREZ, STAVELOT, Liège, Belgique
• Eilardus Josephus - Eilard Koop, Klein Fullen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Christyn (Stien, Stijntje) Teyes, op de Heide, St Nicolaasga, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Jans-, Finsterwolde, Nederland
• Cornelis Leendertsdr van der Vaart, Schipluiden († 1833)
• cornelia joannes van Peer, Rucphen
• Benjamin Giblett, Pawlett, Somerset, England († 1770)
• Bernardus Scholte Fleer

• Maria PARIDAENS (75), Pamel
• Helena Agnes SILLEN (57), Swalmen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aagtje Darscher (2), Den Helder
• Elisabeth Bantert (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Marie RODT (57), Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Jacobus Naus (68), Kessel Netherlands
• Jacob Cooke (94), Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA
• Niesje Geurde van Emiclaar (39), Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonius Vercauteren (3), Haasdonk (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Aert Jans OOMS (58)

• 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
• 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
• 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
• 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
• 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
• 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
• 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
• 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
• 1862 » Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist († 1957)

• 1617 » Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
• 1622 » Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
• 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)

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

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

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 31 » The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
• May 14 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
• October 25 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

The temperature on April 24, 1747 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.