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• Edward Belt, Prince George's County, Maryland
• Cristine LEGRAS, Bucy-Saint-Liphard (Saint-Liphard)
• Basile Veilleux, Montmorency, 1654534, Quebec, Canada († 1826)
• Epke MEINERTS Draaisma, Sneek, Nederland († 1789)
• Egbert Jans Houkes, Ureterp († 1834)
• Anna Maria Oomen, Princenhage
• Geertruijt WISSELINK, Varsseveld, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Anthonie van Valcarcel Prins van San Giorgio, Alicante, Valencia († 1808)
• Anna Maria Oomen, Princenhage, Nederland († 1817)
• Egbert Jans Houkema, Ureterp († 1834)

• Aarjen Korff, Den Helder
• Aaltje Sijmons Fontijn (79), Scheveningen
• Aaltje Simons Fontijn (79), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Simons Fonteijn (79), Scheveningen
• Catharina Taselaar (53), Wissenkerke
• Aaltje Simons Fontijn (79), Scheveningen
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Böhne (41), Eppendorf
• Dingmannus Cornelis Hellemons (49), Oud Gastel
• Aaltje Cornelisse Hogendijk (59), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• (722) Sylvain GITTON (63), Santranges, 18240, Centre, FRANCE

• 1754 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist († 1842)
• 1767 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States († 1845)
• 1779 » William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1848)
• 1790 » Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician and academic († 1861)
• 1791 » Charles Knight, English author and publisher († 1873)
• 1809 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia († 1876)
• 1809 » Karl Josef von Hefele, German bishop and theologian († 1893)
• 1813 » John Snow, English physician and epidemiologist († 1858)
• 1818 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician († 1924)
• 1821 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist († 1895)

• 1644 » Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (b. 1576)
• 1657 » David Pardo, Dutch rabbi and scholar (b. 1591)
• 1673 » Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615)
• 1711 » Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1645)
• 1820 » Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)
• 1832 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)
• 1842 » Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1849 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)

• 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.

The temperature on March 15, 1748 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.