About the day » Friday July 21, 1747Calender converter

• Gerrit Jansz de Kreij, Schelluinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1830)
• Jan Jonker, Wold
• Bernardus de BRUIJN, Utrecht
• Gerrit Willem van Balveren, Tiel (Gld) NL († 1798)
• Jan Frederik van Gelder, Amersfoort
• Gerrit Willem van Balveren, Tiel († 1798)
• Anna Dingeman Vermeulen, Groot-Zundert († 1813)
• Egidius (Valkenborgh) Valkenborg, Lanaken
• Berber Dirks, Marrum/Westernijkerk († 1813)
• Elias Mulder, Amersfoort

• Augusta Sophie Friederike von der Pahlen (60), Huljel (Hulja), Kadrina, L��ne-Virumaa, Estland
• Jean Arnaud (19), ( Villar d'Abas ) Uvernet-Fours
• Joannes De Meyer (66), Boom
• Claude Nicolas BILLION (0), Sogny-en-l'Angle, 51 Marne, Grand Est, France
• Judocus Stevens (61), Velzeke-Ruddershove,, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Joost Leeuwenburg (60), Klaaswaal
• Jantjen Oldenhuijsinge (77), Zuidbarge gem. Emmen
• Heijltje van Harmelen (13), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Maatje Pietersd GOUTSWAERT (29)
• Joannes Steegen (61), Eigenbilzen, België

• 1648 » John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general († 1689)
• 1654 » Pedro Calungsod, Filipino catechist and sacristan; later canonized († 1672)
• 1664 » Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat, British Ambassador to France († 1721)
• 1693 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1768)
• 1710 » Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist († 1792)
• 1783 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general († 1853)
• 1808 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian, academic, and politician († 1864)
• 1810 » Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist († 1878)
• 1811 » Robert Mackenzie, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland († 1873)
• 1816 » Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters († 1899)

• 1688 » James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)
• 1793 » Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1796 » Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)
• 1798 » Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)
• 1798 » François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
• 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)

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 July 21, 1747 was about 19.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.