About the day » Monday August 21, 1747Calender converter

• Abraham van der Spek, Berkel, Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1834)
• Hendrik Plak(ke) of Plakker, Noord-Scharwoude († 1819)
• Bernardus Van Meele, Eksaarde, Lokeren, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1747)
• Dimphna Mies, Roosendaal († 1824)
• Henrich Albert - Albert Heumann, Krüssel, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1768)
• Hermannus Henricus Sanders, Denekamp († 1786)
• Jacob Moens, Colijnsplaat
• Hendrik PLAKKE († 1819)
• Anthonie Ferdinand Simeon Le Roy Heer van Rocq-sur-Sambre, Ath, Henegouwen († 1782)
• Gummarus Mees, Berlaar, Antwerpen, België

• Hugues CAILLET (47), Claveyson,26240,Drôme,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Waltherus Wauters (72), Schriek
• Hermen Pullen (32)
• Joannes Dominicus Lauwers (39), Meulebeke
• Aart van Mierlo, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joannes Andreas van der Aa (33), Casteren
• Johannes Herling (4), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Joannes Van Gaeten (67), Testelt, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie
• Bernardina Sweers
• George Friedrich KREIJSSIG (41), Oederan, Sachsen, D

• 1725 » Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator († 1805)
• 1754 » Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician († 1833)
• 1754 » William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting († 1839)
• 1765 » William IV of the United Kingdom († 1837)
• 1789 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic († 1857)
• 1798 » Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher († 1874)
• 1800 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician († 1880)
• 1801 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician († 1876)
• 1813 » Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician († 1891)
• 1816 » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic († 1856)

• 1673 » Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (b. 1599)
• 1689 » William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)
• 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)

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  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 21, 1747 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken vochtig.