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Source: Wikipedia Historical context
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
- January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
- May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
- June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
Weather
The temperature on January 2, 1749 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken omtrent helder.
Source: Delpher (Koninklijke Bibliotheek Newspapers from January 2, 1749 at Delpher
Born on January 2
- 1699 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan († 1757)
- 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
- 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
- 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
- 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
- 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
- 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
- 1827 » Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician († 1914)
Died on January 2
- 1613 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
- 1614 » Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
- 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
- 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
- 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
- 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
- 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
- 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
Names that were popular for boys in 1749
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Willem
- Petrus
- Hendrik
- Jean
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Jacobus
- Pierre
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1749
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Joanna
- Johanna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Trijntje
- Jannetje
- Adriana
- Antje
- Elizabeth