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• Abraham Van Der Meiren, Kortenberg († 1773)
• Femmigje Dirksdr Knol, Giethoorn († 1795)
• Anna Elisabetha Johanna Wilhelmina Vahlen, Muenster, Dld
• Antje van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1845)
• Etienne BOENS, Moussiac Frankrijk
• Catharina (Vangronsvelt) Vangronsveld, Eigenbilzen († 1752)
• Ariaantje Pauluse Kooij van der, Hof van Delft († 1812)
• Antje van Doesburg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1845)
• Catharina VANGRONSVELT, Eigenbilzen, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België († 1754)
• Clara Faro, Hoek

• Anna Catharina Vetter (63), Lindenfels, Bensheim, Hessen, Deutschland
• Cornelis Cos (2), Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Henry B Allen (69), Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Classina Verhoeff (33), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Gerardus Cornelisse Meulenaer, Roosendaal
• Jan Thalen (48)
• Jacobus Breugelmans (67), Westmalle
• Gerardus Cornelissen Meulders (65), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Jans Talen (Thalen) (48)
• Joanna Deckers, Oostmalle

• 1716 » Capability Brown, British landscape architect († 1783)
• 1720 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread († 1796)
• 1748 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator († 1825)
• 1768 » Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist († 1812)
• 1797 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright († 1851)
• 1812 » Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery († 1869)
• 1818 » Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)
• 1839 » Gulstan Ropert, French-American bishop and missionary († 1903)
• 1842 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia († 1849)
• 1844 » Emily Ruete/Salama bint Said, also called Sayyida Salme, a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman († 1924)

• 1604 » John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (b. 1545)
• 1619 » Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
• 1621 » Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (b. 1547)
• 1751 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)
• 1773 » Peshwa Narayan Rao, Prime Minister of Maratha Empire (b. 1755, assassinated)
• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)

• 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 August 30, 1748 was about 16.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.