1747 in the Netherlands

Events from the year '''1747 in the Dutch Republic'''

Events

2 July – The Battle of Lauffeld, at which the Dutch and her allies were defeated by the French under Maurice de Saxe
July – Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal initiates the Siege of Bergen op Zoom
22 July – William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen, is confirmed as Stadtholder of the United Provinces
18 September – French forces breach the defenses of Bergen op Zoom, defeat the defenders and sack the town
22 November 1747 – The Office of Stadtholder of the United Provinces is made hereditary

Births

7 May – Judith van Dorth, aristocrat
17 May – Johannes van der Kemp, military officer, doctor, philosopher and missionary

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Deaths

26 January – Willem van Mieris, painter
9 March – Jacob Campo Weyerman, painter and writer
17 July – Jacques Ignatius de Roore, painter and art collector

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