About the day » Saturday December 23, 1747Calender converter

• Aldegundis Andreae Meulders, Erp, Nederland
• aaltje van rumpt, ooltgensplaat (goeree overflakkee) († 1748)
• Antonius Muijen, Asten († 1792)
• Elisabeth Schulte, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1828)
• Aldegundis Andreae SMULDERS, Erp, 3557, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina van der Lans, Den Haag († 1836)
• Cecilia Isabella Van Schooten, Temse, 9140, België († 1777)
• Aldegonde Leus, Rutten, Tongeren, Limburg, België († 1827)
• Geertruij Jan Roeff († 1826)
• Etje Mennen Stumborg, Eilsum, Emden Ostfrisland, Germany († 1788)

• Anna Denis(Colpin)
• Henricus Fleuren (22), Arcen, Limburg, Nederland
• Corstiaan Jansz. Storm (31), Monster
• Cornelia Pouwelsdr de Moeije (39), IJsselmonde
• Corstiaan Jansz. Storm (31), Monster, ZH, Nederland
• Corstiaan Janszn Storm Van Leeuwen (31)
• Corstiaan Storm (31), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Janse Antheunisse (0), Oostkapelle
• Corstiaan Jansz Storm (31), Ter Heijde
• Geertruit Bonnink (49), Winterswijk

• 1690 » Pamheiba, Indian emperor († 1751)
• 1713 » Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna († 1749)
• 1732 » Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame († 1792)
• 1745 » John Jay, American jurist and politician, 1st Chief Justice of the United States († 1829)
• 1750 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony († 1827)
• 1758 » Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician († 1834)
• 1766 » Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist († 1852)
• 1777 » Alexander I of Russia († 1825)
• 1790 » Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar († 1832)
• 1793 » Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan († 1863)

• 1675 » Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
• 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
• 1761 » Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
• 1763 » Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
• 1771 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
• 1779 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1789 » Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)
• 1795 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1805 » Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)

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 December 23, 1747 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.