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• Antje Alberts, Stedum
• Adrianus sevenbergen, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1821)
• Agie den Haan, Werkenddam
• Anna Maria van Driel, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Willems van der Pijl, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ariaantje van der REE, strijen († 1823)
• Adrianus Zevenbergen, pernis (rotterdam) († 1821)
• Adriana Anna Zijlmans, Raamsdonk († 1831)
• Aafje Pieters BOL, Oostzaandam
• Agie Joosten den Haan, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1750)

• Janke Sybes Andringa (47)
• Joanna Hofmans, Vurste,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Geertruij Hendriksen van de Geer (3), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jean FORT (63), La Garnache, 85710, France
• Ann Brownell (91), Rhode Island, British America
• Elisabeth COUWENHOVE (55)
• Beatrix Jacobsdr. van Duijn (62), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Janke (Jantje, Jantie) Sybes (Sijbes) Andringa (47)
• Maria Margaretha Linck (19)
• MARIA VAN DEN BRANDEN (21), HAMME,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE

• 1696 » Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano († 1778)
• 1719 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet († 1803)
• 1725 » Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author († 1798)
• 1788 » Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author († 1862)
• 1788 » Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist († 1848)
• 1789 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician († 1871)
• 1792 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada († 1840)
• 1798 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic († 1874)
• 1805 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1875)
• 1814 » Henry L. Benning, American general and judge († 1875)

• 1672 » Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (b. 1654)
• 1720 » Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647)
• 1742 » James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 » Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 » Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 » Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)

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

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  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 2, 1747 was about 6.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: regen hagel.