About the day » Thursday February 17, 1752Calender converter

• Adriana van Baerdwijck, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1821)
• catherine jh. bernardine FINET, Cuesmes (Belgium) Hainaut
• Anna Margaretha Georgi († 1824)
• Antonia van Gorcum, Heusden
• Adriana Sanderse, Domburg († 1829)
• Anna Margareta Schrooten († 1815)
• Adrianus van Hurwe, Lith
• Ary Teunisz de Groot, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1804)
• Arie de Joode, Amsterdam
• Adriana Sanders(e), Domburg († 1829)

• Cornelia Leendertse Braber (57), Stad aan 't Haringvliet
• Jacobus Franciscus Salsmans (1), Antwerpen St. Walburga
• Jan Snelleman (51), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Leendertsd BRABER (57), Stad aan 't Haringvliet
• Jan Luymes, Varsseveld
• Geert (Geertje Jans) Tiet (42), Andijk, Bangert
• Abraham van Deutekom (56), Delft
• Jan Luimes, Breedenbroek
• Harmen Jansz (Kamerbeek) (42)
• Abraham van Deutekom, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1723 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic († 1762)
• 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
• 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
• 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
• 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
• 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
• 1796 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist († 1866)
• 1817 » Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1904)
• 1820 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer († 1881)
• 1821 » Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer († 1861)

• 1659 » Abel Servien, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1593)
• 1673 » Molière, French actor and playwright (b. 1622)
• 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
• 1680 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
• 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
• 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
• 1768 » Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1691)
• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
• April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
• June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
• September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

The temperature on February 17, 1752 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: sneeuw zeer betrokken.