About the day » Monday August 21, 1747Calender converter

• Franciscus Lenders, Meijel
• Derck Bunting, Terborg en Silvolde
• Jacobus van Spreeuwenburg († 1810)
• Jacob Moens, Colijnsplaat
• Hendrik Plak(ke) of Plakker, Noord-Scharwoude († 1819)
• Gerrit Gerritse, Scheveningen
• Dimpna Mies, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1824)
• Henrich Albert - Albert Heumann, Krüssel, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1768)
• Gummarus Mees, Berlaar, Antwerpen, België
• Frouke Edes, Muntendam (NL) († 1825)

• Johan Bernard Laurens de Vassy (43), Veere,Gemeente Veere,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Joanna Coenen (0), Asselt, Nederland
• Jost Schneider (2), Zinse, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Egidius PISSENS, Lebbeke,9280,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Tytie Clasis (32)
• Hugues CAILLET (47), Claveyson,26240,Drôme,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Hille Focken Gattermanns (74), Trebendorf (Duitsland), Nederland
• Walterius Wouters (74), Schriek
• Joannes Dominicus Lauwers (39), Meulebeke
• Johannes Herling (4), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1725 » Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator († 1805)
• 1754 » Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician († 1833)
• 1754 » William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting († 1839)
• 1765 » William IV of the United Kingdom († 1837)
• 1789 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic († 1857)
• 1798 » Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher († 1874)
• 1800 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician († 1880)
• 1801 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician († 1876)
• 1813 » Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician († 1891)
• 1816 » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic († 1856)

• 1673 » Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (b. 1599)
• 1689 » William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)
• 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)

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. Elizabeth
12. Trijntje
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 August 21, 1747 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken vochtig.