About the day » Friday May 15, 1750Calender converter

• Cornelius HELMONTS, Wouw (N.Br. Nl)
• Barbara DEHOLLANDER
• Franciscus Beeckman, Meldert
• Christiaan Latour, Leyden
• Alida Adriana van Hoven, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ate Gosses Wieling, Lippenhuizen († 1815)
• Bernard Vos, Hooge Zwaluwe
• christiaan johansz hazelbagh, brielle (zuid holland) († 1807)
• Carolus Bernardus SEGHERS, Laarne,9270,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Christina du Pon, Leiden

• Geertje Cornelis Hooyschip (37)
• Geertje Cornelisdr Hooijschip (40), Andijk, Nederland
• Dietrich Boberg (25), Ohrbeck, Hasbergen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Gerbregt Veeningh (76), Amsterdam
• Geertje Cornelis Hoyschip, Andijk
• Johannes Beelen (72), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Lancelot WOODWARD (65), James City County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Dorothea (Infant) Babington BOULTON (1)
• Geertje Cornelis, Andijk(NH)
• Geertje Cornelisdr Hoijschip (40), Andijk, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1689 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer († 1762)
• 1720 » Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer († 1792)
• 1749 » Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General († 1820)
• 1759 » Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer († 1824)
• 1770 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician († 1843)
• 1773 » Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire († 1859)
• 1786 » Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician († 1864)
• 1803 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) († 1869)
• 1805 » Samuel Carter, Early English railway solicitor and MP († 1878)
• 1808 » Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor († 1870)

• 1615 » Henry Bromley, English politician (b. 1560)
• 1634 » Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
• 1698 » Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
• 1699 » Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631)
• 1700 » John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)
• 1740 » Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680)
• 1773 » Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• November 11 » Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
• November 11 » The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
• November 24 » Tarabai, regent of the Maratha Empire, imprisons Rajaram II of Satara for refusing to remove Balaji Baji Rao from the post of peshwa.

The temperature on May 15, 1750 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.