About the day » Sunday May 19, 1748Calender converter

• Abraham Jansz Walewijn, Avezaath († 1832)
• Antje Groot, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1761)
• Adrianus Cornelisz Kattestaart, stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee)
• Arie Arieszn Ros, Scheveningen († 1814)
• Anna Maria van Oostrum, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Theresia BOYDENS, Slijpe (Middelkerke), West-Vlaanderen, België († 1808)
• Anna van den Nieuwenhuijzen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1793)
• Ariaentje Adriana Maartens Blok, Scheveningen, Nederland († 1832)
• Adriaen Plak, Zaamslag
• Ariaantje Blok, Scheveningen

• Hendrik Cornelis Hendrik de Crom (81), Wuustwezel (B)
• Henricus Cornelissen de CROM (81), Wuustwezel (Belgie)
• Anna Dingemans Delen (42), Wouw
• Anna Maria AMBROSY (77), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Dingena van der DEELEN (52), Moerstraten, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas
• Hans Hindricks (73), Weener (D)
• Claartje Willems Tasman (61), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Andriessen van REES (69)
• Hendrik Evertsen, Garderbroek
• Isabelle Maria Josepha van Pruyssen (51)

• 1639 » Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble († 1665)
• 1700 » José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician († 1770)
• 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
• 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
• 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
• 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
• 1795 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist († 1873)
• 1827 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1896)
• 1832 » James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer († 1886)
• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)

• 1637 » Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
• 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
• 1795 » James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
• 1795 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
• 1798 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1821 » Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Pieter
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. Jean
12. Jacobus
13. John
14. Dirk
15. Johann
16. Pierre

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Johanna
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
13. Aaltje
14. Mary
15. Antje
16. Jannetje

• 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 May 19, 1748 was about 12.0 °C. There was 46 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken.