About the day » Friday May 26, 1747Calender converter

• Christiaan Niekus, Groningen, Nederland († 1783)
• Brás Baltazar da Piedade da Silveira e Lorena, Lisboa († 1806)
• Dionysius Schils, Heerlen
• Claas den Hagenaar, Gouda
• Anna Elizabeth Shellenberger, 865 Elm Street, Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America († 1834)
• Anne Catherine Vanneste, Dadizele
• Cornelia Janssen, Diessen
• Ariaantje van Dokkum, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Elizabeth {Schellenberger} Scheib, Hatfield, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States († 1834)
• Esther (Ester) Schoonhart (Schoonhaart, Schoonaart) († 1818)

• Dymphna KERSELAERS (76), Wiekevorst, Heist-op-den-Berg, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Isabella Claessens (67), Temse
• Augustine De Le Lis (3), Violaines, 62138, FRANCE
• Isebrant Thomas (54), Uithuizermeeden
• Anna Kuijpers (59), Amsterdam
• Jacoba (Jaecquemine) MINNE (80), Lichtervelde
• Andre Lebrun (101), Thoricourt,7830,Hainaut,BE
• Joannes Voutengels (0), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Izebrand THOMAS (49), Uithuizermeeden, Hefshuizen, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Pleunen Van Der MEULEN (31)

• 1623 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher († 1687)
• 1650 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire († 1722)
• 1667 » Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist († 1754)
• 1669 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist († 1722)
• 1700 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint († 1760)
• 1799 » August Kopisch, German poet and painter († 1853)
• 1822 » Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt († 1896)
• 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
• 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
• 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)

• 1679 » Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
• 1685 » Charles II, German elector palatine (b. 1651)
• 1703 » Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633)
• 1742 » Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
• 1746 » Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660)
• 1762 » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
• 1799 » James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
• 1818 » Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
• 1818 » Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)

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 May 26, 1747 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.