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Born on Thursday October 17, 1748
- Alegonda KROL, Baardwijk, Waalwijk, 4368, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1814)
- Anna Maria Geh, Offenbach/Main, Offenbach, Starkenburg, Hessen († 1784)
- Andreas Wilhelm Wöhler, Wernigerode (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt) († 1819)
- aleida jacoba BULTE, curacao († 1832)
- Adrianus Franciscus Bal, Schelle († 1826)
- Abraham VAN WAESBERGE, Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
- Franciscus Wilhelmus Fest, Hoengen (Alsdorf), NRW (D)
- Andrew Wall, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States of America († 1792)
- Anna Elsenera van Campen
- Gerardus Petrus Herremans, Meer (België) († 1749)
Died on Thursday October 17, 1748
- Jannetje Breda (0), Noordwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Eva Arijensd van Dijk (64), Charlois, Rotterdam
- Grietje Willemsdr Dedel (36), Rijnsburg
- Jacobus Meuleman (0), Sinaai, België
- Gabriel Gabriels Huijps (59), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Benjamin STEBBINS (76), Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
- Aarjen Breet (0), Den Helder
- Eyke Nicolaas Mulders (76), Heeswijk
- Catharina Schaep, Kranenburg, DLD
- Benjamin Stebbins (74), Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 17, 1748 at Delpher
Born on October 17
- 1719 » Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic († 1792)
- 1720 » Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer († 1795)
- 1725 » John Wilkes, English journalist and politician († 1797)
- 1729 » Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic († 1817)
- 1735 » Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist († 1803)
- 1759 » Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter († 1814)
- 1760 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher († 1825)
- 1760 » Henri de Saint-Simon, French political and economic theorist († 1825)
- 1768 » Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia († 1838)
- 1779 » Louis Charles, French prince of the blood († 1808)
Died on October 17
- 1660 » Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
- 1673 » Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
- 1690 » Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
- 1757 » René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
- 1776 » Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
- 1780 » William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
- 1781 » Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (b. 1705)
- 1786 » Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
- 1806 » Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)
- 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
Names that were popular for boys in 1748
Names that were popular for girls in 1748
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1748
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
- August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
- October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
- October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
Weather October 17, 1748
The temperature on October 17, 1748 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.