About the day » Wednesday August 23, 1747Calender converter

• Aaltje Francken, Enkhuizen
• Aafje Frans, Lutjebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1825)
• Arend Popken, Vries († 1834)
• Arend Alberts Popken, Zeege († 1834)
• Augustin de Loffre, Troisvilles (F) († 1749)
• Cornelia Jacoba Martens, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1831)
• Aafje Lakeman, Noordwijk, Nederland
• Aafje Lakeman, Noordwijk
• Col. John Richbourg, Sr., Clarendon County, South Carolina († 1838)
• Anna Elisabeth Voncken, Heerlen, Nederland

• Cornelis, Eemnes-binnen
• Eva van DORSTEN (59), Rotterdam, 6240, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Aertz Bax (81), Wijk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Benjamin Pearkes (0), Belbroughton, Worcestershire, UK
• Anna Katharina Keller (75), Oberjosbach, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Aegtje Jansdr SMITS (77)
• Annetie Jacobs Coloos (72), Oegstgeest
• Claes Luitjes (75), Nieuwolda
• Catharina van Gennep (62), Balen, Antwerpen, BelgiÁe
• Cornelis Hartgerse Suijk, Eemnes-binnen

• 1724 » Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant († 1796)
• 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
• 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
• 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
• 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
• 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
• 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
• 1829 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian († 1920)
• 1843 » William Southam, Canadian publisher († 1932)

• 1628 » George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592)
• 1652 » John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
• 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)

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 23, 1747 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.