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• Gesina Tieke
• Hendrica van Doornik, Amersfoort
• Hendrica Boenink
• Antoine GARNIER, Biol,38690,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE († 1778)
• Hendrika Hendriks van Doornik, Amersfoort
• Henricus van den Heuvel, Oirschot
• Digna Wilhelmina Westerwijk, Goes
• ELIZABETH ACKER († 1808)
• Anna, Maria Vermoesen, Moorsel
• Egidius De Wolf, Wieze († 1802)

• John Smead (20), Quèbec, Canada
• Jan LEEUWENBURGh (63), Barendrecht
• Jan Jacobs WELHOEK (55)
• Leopold I, Prince of von Anhalt-Dessau (born Askanier), Fürst (70), Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Charles Spencer (1), Young, Texas, United States
• Arien Hendricksz Kamp (53), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dieuwkemina Huber (0), leeuwarden
• Jeanne Baudry (0), Candé, 49440, France
• Anna Maria De Pauw (4), Sleidinge, België
• Guillaume Walthéry (53), Soumagne 4630, Luik, Belgie

• 1713 » Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist († 1801)
• 1718 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author († 1800)
• 1727 » Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist († 1806)
• 1763 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer († 1846)
• 1770 » William Wordsworth, English poet († 1850)
• 1772 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author († 1837)
• 1780 » William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian († 1842)
• 1803 » Flora Tristan, French author and activist († 1844)
• 1803 » James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago († 1859)
• 1811 » Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher († 1881)

• 1719 » Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)
• 1739 » Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)
• 1747 » Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)
• 1761 » Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)
• 1766 » Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
• 1767 » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734)
• 1789 » Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)
• 1789 » Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722)
• 1801 » Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724)

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 April 7, 1747 was about 8.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken.