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• Abram Carlie, Leiden
• Aaltje Heijmens (van Middendorp), Voorthuizen
• Lambrechts Bernardus, Minderhout, Antwerpen, België
• Ahasveros de Goijer, Hillegom
• Aagje Zaal, Oudewater {UT}
• Anna Gabina Gesina Veronica He§ling, Ahlen, Kluse
• Aaltjen Langenhof, Enter, gemeente Wierden († 1824)
• Abel Roelofs, Wanneperveen, Ov, The Netherlands
• Adriana (Maria) Vestri (Festri, van Vessem, van Fessem), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1828)
• Anna Elisabeth Heylen, Noorderwijk

• Burgje~Teunis Stock (69), Sliedrecht
• Henricus Van der Smissen (72), Vlezenbeek
• Hadewij Ewitte Hoppel (63), Nieuw Beijerland
• cornelis claesz [de jonge] hoek (63), katwijk aan zee
• Benedictus Joseph Glorie, Middelburg
• Antoni Driesprong (5), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Burgje Stok (73), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Burgje Teunisse Stock (69), Sliedrecht
• Gerardus Linders (Leenders), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Henricus Tempelaere (0), Lichtervelde

• 1662 » Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle († 1736)
• 1678 » Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair († 1747)
• 1695 » Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube († 1771)
• 1729 » Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer († 1774)
• 1761 » August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author († 1819)
• 1764 » Princess Élisabeth of France († 1794)
• 1768 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman († 1838)
• 1783 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru († 1858)
• 1814 » Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia († 1892)
• 1826 » Charles XV of Sweden († 1872)

• 1693 » Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
• 1704 » Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
• 1724 » John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)
• 1750 » John Willison, Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)
• 1752 » Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (b. 1692)
• 1758 » Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
• 1763 » George Psalmanazar, French-English author (b. 1679)
• 1764 » Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1712)
• 1779 » John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
• 1793 » Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (b. 1720)

• 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 3, 1750 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.