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• Elisabeth Renaud, Maastricht († 1767)
• Christiaan Diederich Ohm, Minden Stadt, Pruisen († 1823)
• Anna Mommens, Veltem, 3020, België
• Anna Mommens, Veltem
• Hendrik Janszn van Galen, Honselersdijk († 1813)
• Anna Maria Daniel van Osch, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1792)
• Antonia Jansen van der Henst, Vlijmen (NB NL)
• Elisabeth Beijes, Nederweert (Limburg) († 1812)
• Cornelia Gijsberta Egeling, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1832)
• Anna Maria Daniel van Osch, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1792)

• Gerardus Stijnen (72), Beek
• Antoine dit Pierre Demichel (60), Gros-Chastang, 19089, Corrèze, Limousin, France
• Antoine ALLART (69), Chalandry,02270, Frankrijk
• Joseph Heinrich Drop (51), Oesede-Dröper, Fürstbistum Osnabrück
• Jan Ariens Brantjes (62), Starnmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Henricus Walderbos, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Françoise Achin dit Andre (78), Basilique, Notre Dame, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
• Joannes Arentsze Brantjes, Starnmeer
• Marguerite MEREAU (41), Etableau, 37350, France
• Herm Sligtenhorst (53), Gildehaus

• 1656 » Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist († 1725)
• 1687 » Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Prussia († 1757)
• 1698 » Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor († 1765)
• 1749 » William Blount, American politician († 1800)
• 1753 » Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1814)
• 1773 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator († 1838)
• 1794 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter († 1872)
• 1804 » David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic († 1891)
• 1824 » Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist († 1874)
• 1829 » Théodore Aubanel, French poet († 1886)

• 1679 » Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
• 1697 » Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
• 1726 » John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
• 1772 » Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
• 1776 » Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)
• 1780 » Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
• 1793 » John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
• 1797 » James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
• 1814 » Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
• 1827 » Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)

• 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 26, 1748 was about 1.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw.