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• Hans Gerbens († 1761)
• Henricus Roelofs, Emmerich († 1826)
• Godeliva Vermoesen, Moorsel
• Helena De de Wit, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1748)
• Henricus Johannes Roelofsen, Emmerich, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany († 1826)
• Jacobus van Egmond, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerardus FRANCEN, Oploo(N-Br.)
• Anna van Altenhuijsen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1754)
• Abigail Fairbanks, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1818)
• Anna Maria Joanna van Kempen, Echt, Limburg, Nederland († 1800)

• Gerardus Groenen (70), Helden
• JEAN LE GOUEFF (63), SURZUR
• Ida (IJtjen) Gijsberts Prins (37)
• Jan Antoon VAN WAESBERGHE, Elst
• Marinus Gijsbrechts van ACHTMAEL (64), Nispen-Essen
• Jacques DELETANG (69), Coulombiers, 86600, France
• Gerardus GROENEN (70), Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Franciscus Adrianus De Jager, Bavegem
• Elisabeth van Bredehoff (74), Hoorn, N.H
• Cornelis Arien Pullen, Uitwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1686 » Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain († 1742)
• 1727 » Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer († 1810)
• 1745 » Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States († 1807)
• 1758 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general († 1820)
• 1762 » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1833)
• 1780 » Charles Nodier, French librarian and author († 1844)
• 1783 » David Cox, English landscape painter († 1859)
• 1784 » Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts († 1850)
• 1810 » Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author († 1892)
• 1814 » Sadok Barącz, Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist († 1892)

• 1676 » Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)
• 1688 » Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620)
• 1698 » Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (b. 1655)
• 1707 » George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)
• 1743 » Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French theorist and author (b. 1658)
• 1768 » Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
• 1771 » Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace (b. 1700)
• 1776 » Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)
• 1793 » John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
• 1798 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)

• 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 April 29, 1748 was about 5.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen betrokken.