About the day » Thursday February 23, 1747Calender converter

• Helena van Cauwenberch, Veldhoven
• Hendrik Geerts, Eestrum, Friesland, Nederland († 1819)
• Catharina Geelen, Veldwezelt († 1819)
• Henrica Devenijns, Oss
• Engelina (Angela, Engel) Tijink (Tijhuis), Noord-Deurningen
• Anneke Confurius, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles "Ferdinand" FOLIE, Lasne-Chapelle-Saint-Lambert,, Brabant wallon, Belgique († 1832)
• Angela Tijman, Noord-Deurningen
• Elisabeth Janse van de Ven, Made, Nederland († 1789)
• Catharina Cotte, Delden

• Judith de Wijs (42), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands,Noorderkerk
• Charlotte Anderson
• François COLLOMB (57), Morzine, 74110, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FRANCE
• Aaltje Egberts (45), Staphorst, ov.nld
• Petrus Marinusse Vroonland (38), 's-Heerenhoek Z
• !Helena Oligschläger (80), Bettikum, Nordrhein Westfalen, Allemagne
• Berent Scholte Fleer (77), De Lutte,Losser
• Clara Maria Duerinck (33), Temse
• Franciscus Van der Hoeven, Haacht
• Marie Brochard (66), Ardelay, 85500, France

• 1646 » Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shōgun († 1709)
• 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1767)
• 1685 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer († 1759)
• 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)

• 1620 » Nicholas Fuller, English politician (b. 1543)
• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)

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. Jannetje
15. Mary
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 February 23, 1747 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.