About the day » Monday August 7, 1747Calender converter

• Jacobus Baele, Balegem († 1830)
• Catherine,joseph Harvent, Blaton,7321,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 1794)
• Charles Jeansonne, New Brunswick, Canada († 1798)
• Helena Timmermans, Maasland
• Elizabeth De Pauw, Kerksken in de Sint-Martinuskerk
• Ardijna van WELSENIS, Dordrecht
• Joanna Jacoba Winne, Sijsele,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Heymerus Bouwmeester, Vaassen
• Conelius Oomen
• Ardijna van Welsenis, Dordrecht († 1747)

• Andries Alberts (71), Schokland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Joannes Wilhelmus van de Wetering* (39), Oostelbeers (NBr.), Oirschot (NBr.)
• Dorothy Pendleton (90), Stonington, New London, Connecticut, UNITED STATES
• Andries Albertszoon ALBERT (67), Ens (Schokland), Noordoostpolder
• Jan Gillisz Ketting (38), Scheveningen
• Joannes Wilhelmus van de WETERING (39), Oostelbeers, 4068, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hans Thomas KOHLERT (46), Graslitz,35801,Karlsbader Region,NORDWESTEN,TSCHECHIEN
• Gerrit Sierensz Maarlevelt (78), Naaldwijk
• Johan Hendrik Gallee (47), Vorden
• Jacobus van der Heijden, Utrecht

• 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
• 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
• 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
• 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
• 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)

• 1632 » Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (b. 1575)
• 1635 » Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (b. 1591)
• 1639 » Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
• 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
• 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)

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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 7, 1747 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.