About the day » Friday August 18, 1747Calender converter

• Arnoldus Rommers, Sprundel
• Egied VAN DER AUWERA, Putte, 12029, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1748)
• Dirk Engelsz Sloot of Loot, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1754)
• Arnoldus Rommers, Sprundel
• Catharina Elisabeth Verboeket, Herten, Limburg, Netherlands
• Elizabeth (Cupers) Kuepers, Nederweert
• André Batard, Maillet, 36110, France
• Geeraerd Van Craenenbroeck, Doel, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Dirk Sloot, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1754)
• Anna Schock, Manor, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1820)

• Joannes Eggen (0), Heer
• Gerrit Harmens, St Nicolaasga, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• François LÉORAT (9)
• Elizabeth Price (54), Charles, Maryland, United States
• Lucas Geens (43), Tienen (Oplinter), Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Gershom Clarke (49), Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
• Adam Mylius (17), Red Hook, Dutchess, New York, Colonial America
• Joanna Fijen, Merksplas
• Abraham Matthyse Ten Eyck (47), Hurley, Ulster, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Lemmens (67), Testelt, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie

• 1685 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist († 1731)
• 1692 » Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon († 1740)
• 1700 » Baji Rao I, first Peshwa of Maratha Empire († 1740)
• 1720 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician († 1760)
• 1750 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor († 1825)
• 1754 » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer († 1833)
• 1774 » Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician († 1809)
• 1792 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1878)
• 1803 » Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General († 1881)
• 1807 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia († 1893)

• 1642 » Guido Reni, Italian painter and educator (b. 1575)
• 1648 » Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1615)
• 1683 » Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
• 1707 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1660)
• 1765 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
• 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
• 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
• 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)

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 August 18, 1747 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken helder.