Deaths on August 8

Madeleine de Verchères

Died on August 8, 1747

Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)

Marie-Madeleine Jarret, known as Madeleine de Verchères ((French pronunciation: [madəlɛn də vɛʁʃɛʁ]); 3 March 1678 – 8 August 1747) was a woman of New France (modern Quebec) credited with repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old.

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Events on 1747

31 Jan

London Lock Hospital
The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
14 May

First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
25 Oct

Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Deaths on August 8

Madeleine de Verchères

Died on August 8, 1747

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Events on 1747

London Lock Hospital

First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)

Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)