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• Bernardina Wissink, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Helvig Conradine von Ahlefeldt († 1781)
• Cornelius LOMBAERTS, Herenthout, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1821)
• Adrianus van Keulen, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aner Stillman, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut († 1829)
• Isabelle Thérése DeWolf, Ronse († 1778)
• Hermannus Albertus - Albertus Mollmann, Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Cornelia Goverts, Hoek
• Joanna van den Hove, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jean Joseph Leblanc, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1764)

• Claertje Cornelisse Pronk (45), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Ariaantje Leenderts Koijk (71), Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaentje Leenderts KOIJK (71), Oud-Beijerland
• Adrianus Joannis Donckers (49), Zundert
• Anna Christina Schneider (39), Schwanheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany
• Adriana Baartman (40), Nieuwpoort
• Adriaan DONCKERS (49), Groot-Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Leenderts Spaans (2), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Angeniesje Willems LANTMETER (74), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaan Ariens van Hulst

• 1666 » Maria Sophia of Neuburg († 1699)
• 1667 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician († 1748)
• 1697 » Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor († 1745)
• 1715 » Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author († 1747)
• 1765 » Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1848)
• 1766 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist († 1828)
• 1768 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general and politician († 1813)
• 1775 » Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin († 1847)
• 1809 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet († 1892)
• 1826 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author († 1915)

• 1660 » Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599)
• 1666 » Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622)
• 1679 » John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
• 1694 » Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
• 1695 » François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
• 1753 » Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
• 1757 » Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
• 1794 » Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1815 » James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Johannes
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. Aaltje
13. Elizabeth
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 August 6, 1748 was about 17.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.