About the day » Saturday May 20, 1747Calender converter

• Krijnen, Baarle-Nassau, Nederland († 1747)
• Elisabeth Rohe, Tinnen, Haren (Ems)
• Anthonius van Oostveen, Schalkwijk, UT, Nederland
• Joes Bernardus Wilmerinck, Dankern, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Caleb Ramey, OVERWHARTON PARISH, STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, Verenigde Staten
• James Bussell, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States
• Jacob PROBASCO, Colts Neck, Monmouth, New Jersey
• Gerard De Boulle, Luik († 1825)
• Charles Mathieu († 1800)
• Grietje Sybolts, Tinallinge

• Akke SJOERDS (24), Wâldsein (Woudsend), Wymbritseradiel, Súdwest-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland
• Cornelis Ruijls, Zaamslag
• Jacobus Jacobs (49), Nederweert
• Cornelia Ariens Troost (51), Middelharnis
• Cornelia Arens Troost (50), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• cornelia arentze troost (50), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)
• Charles CASSEL (77), La Couture,62252,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Jacques Antoine Blondel (0), Vieille-Chapelle, 62851, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Cornelia Arentse Troost (50), Middelharnis
• Elisabeth Vleminckx (68), Ruisbroek, 2870, Puurs, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)

• 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)

•  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 May 20, 1747 was about 10.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.