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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>January–March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_2/awKrLGc0">January 2</a> – The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbian rebels and Austrian troops in battle at <a href="/facts/Ka%25C3%25A7anik_Gorge/IEHFIIsD">Kaçanik Gorge</a>, prompting <a href="/facts/Great_Migrations_of_the_Serbs/Wg7dnHtr">more than 30,000 Serb refugees to flee</a> northward from Kosovo, Macedonia and Sandžak to the Austrian Empire.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_6/HkWYfxYS">January 6</a> – At the age of 11 years old, <a href="/facts/Joseph_I%2c_Holy_Roman_Emperor/GEY4qPw7">Prince Joseph</a>, son of <a href="/facts/Leopold_I%2c_Holy_Roman_Emperor/4Nm0Ix63">Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor</a>, is named as "<a href="/facts/King_of_the_Romans/G6VrM4HL">King of the Romans</a>", the next in line to become the Emperor.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_7/TENKxMQr">January 7</a> – The first recorded full peal is rung, at <a href="/facts/St_Sepulchre-without-Newgate/gnUBYXtj">St Sepulchre-without-Newgate</a> in the <a href="/facts/City_of_London/Psl9khal">City of London</a>, marking a new era in <a href="/facts/Change_ringing/CThHh91h">change ringing</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_13/rvD8TxJq">January 13</a> – Captain <a href="/facts/Thomas_Pound/EL9UbUTL">Thomas Pound</a>, after being captured with his crew the previous month, is tried in Boston and found guilty of piracy although he is later reprieved.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_27/sCpAVlra">January 27</a> <ul><li>The crew of the ship HMS <i>Welfare</i>, commanded by <a href="/facts/John_Strong_(mariner)/1cxxh82e">John Strong</a>, become the first European people to land at the <a href="/facts/Falkland_Islands/a6FdpUEA">Falkland Islands</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Coward_(pirate)/0TA6zAvf">William Coward</a> is hanged for acts of piracy, following his capture after seizing the ketch <i>Elenor</i> anchored in Boston Harbor the previous year.</li> <li>The Convention Parliament is dissolved in England.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_6/ETlh2Hb3">February 6</a> – King <a href="/facts/William_III_of_England/x72cM4jw">William III of England</a> calls for new <a href="/facts/1690_English_general_election/fAuHXaUN">elections</a> for the 512-member <a href="/facts/2nd_Parliament_of_William_III_and_Mary_II/BkLTUqDS">House of Commons</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_8/YDx5fjny">February 8</a> – The <a href="/facts/Schenectady_massacre/c7atlAUH">Schenectady massacre</a> takes place in the village of <a href="/facts/Schenectady%2c_New_York/QKnQGCSh">Schenectady</a> in the <a href="/facts/Province_of_New_York/5utR29GL">colony of New York</a>, when 200 <a href="/facts/New_France/zDK9hedl">Frenchmen</a>, <a href="/facts/Mohawk_nation/2rwuLU5P">Mohawk</a> and <a href="/facts/Algonquin_people/ghBJNMo6">Algonquin</a> warriors kill or capture most of the inhabitants in retaliation for the <a href="/facts/Lachine_massacre/AecnS5bK">Lachine massacre</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_21/RsJKSKWh">February 21</a> – The opera <i><a href="/facts/Orph%25C3%25A9e_(Louis_Lully)/ntF3TJxX">Orphée</a></i> by <a href="/facts/Louis_Lully/pACJmToY">Louis Lully</a> receives its first performance at the Académie Royale de Musique (the <a href="/facts/Paris_Opera/aXprckzJ">Paris Opera</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_10/pcuzvzSX">March 10</a> – An annular <a href="/facts/Solar_eclipse/2XsCFG1a">solar eclipse</a> is visible across the south of the Pacific Ocean.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_20/SRICqcXd">March 20</a> – The <a href="/facts/2nd_Parliament_of_William_III_and_Mary_II/BkLTUqDS">2nd Parliament of William III and Mary II</a> is assembled in London, split almost equally with 243 Whigs, 241 Tories, and 28 independent members.</li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_6/dHolSS8U">April 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Leopold_I%2c_Holy_Roman_Emperor/4Nm0Ix63">Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor</a> issues a document inviting Serbians to resettle in <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a>, at this time a part of the Empire.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_16/2EvLEGQn">April 16</a> – An estimated <a href="/facts/Lists_of_earthquakes/4d4R5o45">8.0 magnitude earthquake</a>[<i>broken anchor</i>] strikes in the Caribbean Sea less than 10 miles (16 km) from <a href="/facts/Barbuda/BPf04dyB">Barbuda</a> and also affects St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as Antigua.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_25/z7DGQtQz">April 25</a> – The <a href="/facts/Parliament_of_Scotland/3s7jzNkD">Parliament of Scotland</a> passes an Act to abolish <a href="/facts/Episcopy/bhtAVzny">episcopy</a> in the presbyterian <a href="/facts/Church_of_Scotland/2bcCCbMP">Church of Scotland</a>. The Anglican <a href="/facts/Scottish_Episcopal_Church/bzapplj2">Episcopal Church in Scotland</a> continues as a separate denomination, retaining bishops.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_27/utqE8bxC">April 27</a> – Sultan Toloko ibn-Sibori becomes the new <a href="/facts/Sultanate_of_Ternate/hqyYVsyj">Sultan of Ternate</a>, located on the <a href="/facts/Maluku_Islands/Bwucm34R">Maluku Islands</a> in the <a href="/facts/Dutch_East_Indies/1vl6kw8p">Dutch East Indies</a> after the death of his father, Sultan <a href="/facts/Sibori_Amsterdam/d0QcxErc">Sibori Amsterdam</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_16/GjA7NgnX">May 16</a> – The <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Port_Royal_(1690)/qF4FutDI">Battle of Port Royal</a> takes place in <a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a> after an invasion by a militia of 446 soldiers and 226 sailors from the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony/DYFLslCR">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a> on seven warships. With only 90 French colonial soldiers to defend <a href="/facts/Port-Royal_(Acadia)/IjUfDFp0">Port-Royal</a>, Acadian Governor <a href="/facts/Louis-Alexandre_des_Friches_de_Menneval/vGsqmp5D">Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Menneval</a> surrenders before the end of the day.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_20/cs2G4cma">May 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_England/1VqdIuFc">England</a> passes the Act of Grace, forgiving followers of the deposed <a href="/facts/James_II_of_England/1hWxE4WL">James II</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_8/UR4fHNx5">June 8</a> – Siddi general Yadi Sakat razes the <a href="/facts/Mazagon_Fort/1gHbzwje">Mazagon Fort</a> in <a href="/facts/Mumbai/BdoEc10R">Mumbai</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_14/lh9kkXn2">June 14</a> – King <a href="/facts/William_III_of_England/x72cM4jw">William III of England</a> (William of Orange) lands in <a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a> to confront James II.</li> <li>June – An earthquake in Brazil of estimated magnitude 7, with <a href="/facts/Epicenter/8nwmjncG">epicenter</a> on the left bank of the <a href="/facts/Amazon_River/Ha9AzJY5">Amazon River</a> about 45 km downstream from <a href="/facts/Manaus/DMfPjSf4">Manaus</a>, spreads <a href="/facts/Seismic_wave/1JTeLfac">seismic waves</a> through the forest and is felt up to 1000 km away.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_10/QI64koSa">July 10</a> (June 30 O.S.) – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Beachy_Head_(1690)/Yju0vhep">Battle of Beachy Head</a>: the Anglo-Dutch navy is defeated by the French, giving rise to fears of a <a href="/facts/Jacobitism/z2w7SVWQ">Jacobite</a> invasion of England.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_11/Q2AsEnr6">July 11</a> (July 1 O.S.) – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_the_Boyne/0oQpkzRq">Battle of the Boyne</a> in Ireland: King <a href="/facts/William_III_of_England/x72cM4jw">William III of England</a> (William of Orange) defeats the deposed <a href="/facts/James_II_of_England/1hWxE4WL">James II</a>, who returns to exile in <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> The rebellion in Ireland continues for a further year until the Orange army gains full control.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_26/ebcBBhNG">July 26</a> – A French landing party raids and burns <a href="/facts/Teignmouth/DKEr8nWR">Teignmouth</a> in <a href="/facts/Devon/go3z9lDW">Devon</a>, England. However, with the loss of James II's position in Ireland, any plans for a real invasion are soon shelved, and Teignmouth is the last French attack on England.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_24/mVIkGKN1">August 24</a> – In <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>, the <a href="/facts/Fort/pyH0FXhH">fort</a> and trading settlement of <a href="/facts/Sutanuti/hE2uA22Q">Sutanuti</a> is founded on the <a href="/facts/Hooghly_River/uqq72bFT">Hooghly River</a> by the <a href="/facts/English_East_India_Company/jpfw533d">English East India Company</a>, following the signing of an Anglo-<a href="/facts/Mughal_Empire/yRg2kAy5">Mughal</a> treaty.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_25/Xx6ja6nh">September 25</a> – The only issue of <i><a href="/facts/Publick_Occurrences/oKRAaf7e">Publick Occurrences</a></i> is published in <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>, <a href="/facts/Massachusetts/9uumCbFI">Massachusetts</a>, before being suppressed by the colonial authorities.</li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_6/kEsfCLXn">October 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Massachusetts/9uumCbFI">Massachusetts</a> <a href="/facts/Puritan/BJQsWCfT">Puritans</a>, led by Sir <a href="/facts/William_Phips/y6Ek2LMV">William Phips</a>, besiege the city of <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a>; the siege ends in failure after six days.</li> <li>An earthquake with strength 5.2 occurs in <a href="/facts/Caernarfon/WznRnNIR">Caernarfon</a>, <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a>, causing tremors that can be felt as far away as London and Dublin.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_8/8L9N9dls">October 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Great_Turkish_War/NUwD1Uf5">Great Turkish War</a>: The Ottomans <a href="/facts/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1690)/UYIgH5MM">recapture Belgrade</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_16/p5T0pKk1">October 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Justinian/JasUeACH">Lawrence Justinian</a> (1381–1456) and <a href="/facts/John_of_Sahag%25C3%25BAn/NhPDsTTS">John of Sahagún</a> (c. 1430–79) are <a href="/facts/Canonization/TJCQys00">canonized</a> by <a href="/facts/Pope_Alexander_VIII/vutnGnSe">Pope Alexander VIII</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_21/03PKQrWy">October 21</a> – The play <i>Amphitryon</i> by <a href="/facts/John_Dryden/dbRd7w9s">John Dryden</a>, based on <a href="/facts/Moli%25C3%25A8re/9p9dcpw7">Molière</a>'s <a href="/facts/Amphitryon_(Moli%25C3%25A8re)/7WLmhSVJ">1668 play of the same name</a>, receives its first performance at the <a href="/facts/Theatre_Royal%2c_Drury_Lane/pqbRlUhB">Theatre Royal, Drury Lane</a>, <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_7/mYeHmRT9">November 7</a> – The opera <i>Énée et Lavinie</i> (<i>Aeneas and Lavinia</i>) by the French composer <a href="/facts/Pascal_Collasse/52tc3tCJ">Pascal Collasse</a> receives its first performance at the Académie Royale de Musique (the <a href="/facts/Paris_Opera/aXprckzJ">Paris Opera</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_9/J2s2qE00">November 9</a> – Near <a href="/facts/South_Mimms/elFPQRAt">South Mimms</a>, England, several highwaymen stop a convoy carrying taxes from the <a href="/facts/Midlands/8mgY3qAe">Midlands</a> to <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a> and take £15,000.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_17/aoj9k4og">November 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Barclays/2M992GXz">Barclays</a>, which will continue to be active into the 21st century as a multinational bank and lending institution, is founded in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a> by John Freame and Thomas Gould as Freame & Gould. The bank changes its name in 1736 when James Barclay becomes a partner.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_4/VG2J0cjd">December 4</a> – A destructive earthquake in the <a href="/facts/Eastern_Alps/yIbau3xb">Eastern Alps</a> causes 24 casualties and results in damage in the <a href="/facts/Villach/tXjaQLSp">Villach</a>, <a href="/facts/Carinthia/KYdoqzvx">Carinthia</a> area.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_10/XGs6d7Fl">December 10</a> –Playwright <a href="/facts/Henry_Nevil_Payne/jzdBvkP7">Henry Nevil Payne</a> is tortured for his role in the <a href="/facts/Montgomery_Plot/VcnFWEDn">Montgomery Plot</a> to restore <a href="/facts/James_II_of_England/1hWxE4WL">James II</a> to the throne — the last time a political prisoner is legally subjected to torture in Britain.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_13/wHq3rj4U">December 13</a> – The <a href="/facts/Planet/rbPjE6Bx">planet</a> <a href="/facts/Uranus/x7YwT1ar">Uranus</a> is first sighted and recorded, by England's first <a href="/facts/Astronomer_Royal/GTCk0QaQ">Astronomer Royal</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Flamsteed/hptRt6IK">John Flamsteed</a>, who mistakenly catalogs it as a <a href="/facts/Star/PFbd6ICx">star</a> <i>34 <a href="/facts/Taurus_(constellation)/Vd3R88wb">Tauri</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_20/swF1aEQn">December 20</a> (December 10, 1690 O.S.) — The General Court of the <a href="/facts/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay/F0RsprL7">Province of Massachusetts Bay</a> creates the first authorized paper money issued by any government in the <a href="/facts/Western_World/UQl4e7du">Western World</a> as a substitute for coins.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> The first money is printed on February 13, 1691 (N.S.) and is dated "Feb. 3, 1690" based on the British old style calendar in use at the time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_29/WUbU0yzu">December 29</a> – An earthquake hits <a href="/facts/Ancona/fp735qtc">Ancona</a>, in the <a href="/facts/Papal_States/536PqTjo">Papal States</a> of <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a> and causes 10 deaths.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Serbian_Patriarch/FyKk42KX">Serbian Patriarch</a> <a href="/facts/Arsenije_III_Carnojevic/zGc3IJr1">Arsenije III Carnojevic</a> leads the first of the two <a href="/facts/Great_Serbian_Migrations/Wg7dnHtr">Great Serbian Migrations</a> into the <a href="/facts/Habsburg_monarchy/ctwsV3TC">Habsburg Empire</a>, following <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman</a> atrocities in <a href="/facts/Kosovo/lbyzI6UW">Kosovo</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Hearth/z0S2uUqB">Hearth Tax</a> is abolished in <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Scotland/sAac4KdX">Scotland</a>, one year after its abolition in England and <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a>.</li> <li>French physicist <a href="/facts/Denis_Papin/G4lboS2q">Denis Papin</a>, while in <a href="/facts/Leipzig/KIqgMgLN">Leipzig</a> and having observed the mechanical power of atmospheric pressure on his 'digester', builds a working model of a <a href="/facts/Reciprocating_engine/ItLAxmW3">reciprocating</a> <a href="/facts/Steam_engine/f7hN8vzm">steam engine</a> for pumping water, the first of its kind, though not efficient.</li> <li>Dutch <a href="/facts/Polymath/eqIfjQRu">polymath</a> <a href="/facts/Christiaan_Huygens/GtBqoBVm">Christiaan Huygens</a> publishes his book <i><a href="/facts/Treatise_on_Light/z2S6lXjM">Treatise on Light</a></i>. The book is considered a pioneering work of theoretical and mathematical physics.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini/JKxdrKC2">Giovanni Domenico Cassini</a> observes <a href="/facts/Differential_rotation/e1dhGsBV">differential rotation</a> within <a href="/facts/Jupiter/95m7XjMT">Jupiter</a>'s atmosphere.</li> <li>The construction of <a href="/facts/Fort_Longueuil/GLbk0DyX">Fort Longueuil</a>, a stone <a href="/facts/Fort/pyH0FXhH">fort</a> in <a href="/facts/Longueuil/eGXbjVFu">Longueuil</a>, in <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada_(New_France)/RXv073GK">Canada</a>, is completed. It is one of the only buildings in Canada that could ever be considered a castle (fortified residence for a noble), and out of those buildings it most resembles the castles of Europe.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Barrage_Vauban/IMoJrHWE">Barrage Vauban</a>, a defensive work in the city of <a href="/facts/Strasbourg/MTdQtoPy">Strasbourg</a> (in modern-day <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>), is completed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li>The French dictionary and encyclopaedia <i>Dictionnaire universel, contenant generalement tous les mots françois</i>, compiled by <a href="/facts/Antoine_Fureti%25C3%25A8re/GBWfJtdT">Antoine Furetière</a>, is published posthumously.</li> <li>Possible year of the disappearance of the western part of the island of <a href="/facts/Buise/AFSLovxR">Buise</a>, in <a href="/facts/St._Peter%2527s_Flood/NwcuwTF0">St. Peter's Flood</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <h3>January–March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_3/vluyLoq4">March 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Gilbert_Livingston_(1690%25E2%2580%25931746)/k3Hoac7K">Gilbert Livingston</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1746/KBGoM1v9">1746</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_1/SI1VAKRT">January 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Christian_Falster/u0Vvx3hS">Christian Falster</a>, Danish writer (d. <a href="/facts/1752/3unfPMfh">1752</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Susanna_Montgomerie%2c_Countess_of_Eglinton/vQlGdNRs">Susanna Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton</a>, Scottish literary patron and society hostess (d. <a href="/facts/1780/44aMMEeW">1780</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_10/9GMS7Pz5">January 10</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Smelt_(politician)/DJjoaqbu">William Smelt</a>, British Member of Parliament (d. <a href="/facts/1755/qnLBCdHC">1755</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_13/rvD8TxJq">January 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Gottfried_Heinrich_St%25C3%25B6lzel/WRatRcc0">Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel</a>, Spanish musician (d. <a href="/facts/1749/M2EdC2gf">1749</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_14/S2XKKdjo">January 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lorenzo_Fratellini/2InDSwVc">Lorenzo Fratellini</a>, Italian painter (d. <a href="/facts/1729/quWJA1Tn">1729</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chrysostomus_Hanthaler/3SIHvxGP">Chrysostomus Hanthaler</a>, Austrian historian (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_16/Ebfkf11A">January 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Juan_Curiel/cvqBj8sF">Juan Curiel</a>, Spanish intellectual and politician (d. <a href="/facts/1775/9PSgKBNU">1775</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_17/9uBLlBms">January 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Peter_Schnitler/CI2t1WPa">Peter Schnitler</a>, Danish/Norwegian jurist and military officer (d. <a href="/facts/1757/tRY25G4n">1757</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_19/hsIjnw1V">January 19</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Duncombe/spzU4agU">William Duncombe</a>, British translator (d. <a href="/facts/1769/4IEBFm0Y">1769</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_22/bFz2ke95">January 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Nicolas_Lancret/DQ8uMD9v">Nicolas Lancret</a>, French painter (d. <a href="/facts/1743/1Mm12P56">1743</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_24/rgy52alf">January 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Phineas_Bowles_(British_Army_officer%2c_born_1690)/4tShIKvg">Phineas Bowles</a>, British Army officer (d. <a href="/facts/1749/M2EdC2gf">1749</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Ward_(priest)/G3GYCJq8">James Ward</a>, Anglican priest in Ireland (d. <a href="/facts/1736/M3t1lv4R">1736</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_25/ACbFavE2">January 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean-Paul_de_Rome_d%2527Ard%25C3%25A8ne/y7D12p3B">Jean-Paul de Rome d'Ardène</a>, French botanist, agronomist and priest (d. <a href="/facts/1769/4IEBFm0Y">1769</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_28/uuAQcD5G">January 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Corbet_Kynaston/6EvU8Xa5">Corbet Kynaston</a>, British Member of Parliament (d. <a href="/facts/1740/bQAl4uPj">1740</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_1/PWaVIqWB">February 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Francesco_Maria_Veracini/chDWXdzg">Francesco Maria Veracini</a>, Italian composer (d. <a href="/facts/1768/t5LXq6IE">1768</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_3/5zp8ahYw">February 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Rawlinson/3txuHklq">Richard Rawlinson</a>, English minister, antiquarian (d. <a href="/facts/1755/qnLBCdHC">1755</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_5/qvfM8JAn">February 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Daniel_Schumacher/VS1Icgoe">Johann Daniel Schumacher</a>, Russian scholar (d. <a href="/facts/1761/MT4jfr9R">1761</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_6/ETlh2Hb3">February 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Giovanni_Battista_Maini/PdAdd1sz">Giovanni Battista Maini</a>, Italian artist (d. <a href="/facts/1752/3unfPMfh">1752</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kilian_Stob%25C3%25A6us/qkrE1Y12">Kilian Stobæus</a>, Swedish physician (d. <a href="/facts/1742/WetcgMEE">1742</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_7/CQCdJqUw">February 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Frederick_II%2c_Duke_of_W%25C3%25BCrttemberg-Oels/YUhC15rA">Charles Frederick II, Duke of Württemberg-Oels</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1761/MT4jfr9R">1761</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_9/8cDq7REx">February 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Maria_Vittoria_of_Savoy/QNn2oN1s">Maria Vittoria of Savoy</a>, Italian princess (d. <a href="/facts/1766/foehIU48">1766</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_11/rUYRkVDa">February 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_William_Blackett%2c_2nd_Baronet/o67w67lD">Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/facts/1728/k80Wz7Hg">1728</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_14/CpNgqcq1">February 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Jakob_Ernst_von_Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn/oH1IgAYA">Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn</a>, Austrian archbishop (d. <a href="/facts/1747/3lzY2C0l">1747</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_17/B2p5gwTb">February 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Marcello_Papiniano_Cusani/Y06YmRnn">Marcello Papiniano Cusani</a>, Italian archbishop (d. <a href="/facts/1766/foehIU48">1766</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Samuel_Phillips_(minister)/0kgz0wpC">Samuel Phillips</a>, American clergyman (d. <a href="/facts/1771/ycB9PEeh">1771</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_22/hmqWo2Jy">February 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Daniele_Farlati/tV43NxJz">Daniele Farlati</a>, Italian Jesuit and historian (d. <a href="/facts/1773/v86LdbWr">1773</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_26/GGkCTbls">February 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Samuel_van_der_Putte/bX6veAeJ">Samuel van der Putte</a>, Dutch traveler and explorer (d. <a href="/facts/1745/VpEW4Vby">1745</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_28/qoYyDYpU">February 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Alexei_Petrovich%2c_Tsarevich_of_Russia/bU70ReTq">Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia</a>, Russian Tsarevich (d. <a href="/facts/1718/W61n41e9">1718</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_1/vxP4Lalf">March 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Silvio_Valenti_Gonzaga/N4GezJgV">Silvio Valenti Gonzaga</a>, Catholic cardinal (d. <a href="/facts/1756/2lbdNndU">1756</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Victor_Amadeus_I%2c_Prince_of_Carignano/oBNDFyud">Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano</a>, Italian nobleman (d. <a href="/facts/1741/FCajlXJh">1741</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_10/pcuzvzSX">March 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Jakob_Schmauss/IXVF8wIT">Johann Jakob Schmauss</a>, German jurist (d. <a href="/facts/1757/tRY25G4n">1757</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_12/0dYB7LrQ">March 12</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Lee%2c_2nd_Earl_of_Lichfield/rjFC3DGp">George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield</a>, British peer (d. <a href="/facts/1743/1Mm12P56">1743</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_16/UN5MQNl6">March 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Benjamin_Elbel/D9e6CCdF">Benjamin Elbel</a>, German theologian (d. <a href="/facts/1756/2lbdNndU">1756</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_18/d7wGqI5o">March 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Christian_Goldbach/NDjEwD4d">Christian Goldbach</a>, Prussian mathematician (d. <a href="/facts/1764/F6DdBMNL">1764</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_23/cKARFNn0">March 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Casimir_William_of_Hesse-Homburg/fvRPPwBV">Casimir William of Hesse-Homburg</a>, Prince of Hesse-Homburg (d. <a href="/facts/1726/m2d34N6l">1726</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_24/4wPpsvg0">March 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Sangram_Singh_II/QM7yDVux">Sangram Singh II</a>, Maharana of Mewar (d. <a href="/facts/1734/3dVMT7po">1734</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_29/LJzA7vDp">March 29</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Montagu%2c_2nd_Duke_of_Montagu/JNvQ4yIk">John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu</a>, British duke (d. <a href="/facts/1749/M2EdC2gf">1749</a>)</li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_2/dUDfA8dd">April 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Angelo_Pi%25C3%25B2/1u4jXUc1">Angelo Piò</a>, Italian sculptor (d. <a href="/facts/1769/4IEBFm0Y">1769</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_8/9GbGXuDy">April 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Domenico_Maria_Manni/yde1T1ch">Domenico Maria Manni</a>, Italian historian (d. <a href="/facts/1788/z3JxsH1K">1788</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_9/YXsD7q0j">April 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Johan_Henrik_Scheffel/jUAR4eW5">Johan Henrik Scheffel</a>, Swedish artist (d. <a href="/facts/1781/YvK88M1N">1781</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_13/DI6WefJX">April 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Joachim_Wagner/5YatMvPL">Joachim Wagner</a>, organ builder (d. <a href="/facts/1749/M2EdC2gf">1749</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_14/zT7AmuDE">April 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Jan_Wandelaar/v74RSFe8">Jan Wandelaar</a>, painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands (d. <a href="/facts/1759/1Sk6uILL">1759</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_15/3XXwm4v4">April 15</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Wallop%2c_1st_Earl_of_Portsmouth/LGdxl0Pz">John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth</a>, English politician and nobleman (d. <a href="/facts/1762/dXAyXMaQ">1762</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_20/1BBXYqb0">April 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Giuseppe_Gonzaga%2c_Duke_of_Guastalla/U73hXKzG">Giuseppe Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla</a>, Italian noble (d. <a href="/facts/1746/KBGoM1v9">1746</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_22/pWjeSjSg">April 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Carteret%2c_2nd_Earl_Granville/r0hps6oS">John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville</a>, British statesman (d. <a href="/facts/1763/ParWKaFt">1763</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Raikes_the_Elder/XxT88YUv">Robert Raikes the Elder</a>, English printer (d. <a href="/facts/1757/tRY25G4n">1757</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_25/z7DGQtQz">April 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Gottlieb_Muffat/pS1b3WK0">Gottlieb Muffat</a>, Austrian composer and organist (d. <a href="/facts/1770/kzzp0k3d">1770</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_26/ydYjk2W6">April 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Henri-Joseph_Rega/W1Iq71U1">Henri-Joseph Rega</a>, physician and rector of the university of Leuven (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_1/eRu0VIw3">May 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Luke_Schaub/2LU8H1Br">Luke Schaub</a>, British diplomat (d. <a href="/facts/1758/LhAyDQbq">1758</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_2/Jkr8fs6q">May 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Talbot_Yelverton%2c_1st_Earl_of_Sussex/Mfb7Ykd8">Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex</a>, British Earl (d. <a href="/facts/1731/bUGM1QRD">1731</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_10/BkQqYRkX">May 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean_Moreau_de_S%25C3%25A9chelles/IKaeexKg">Jean Moreau de Séchelles</a>, French politician (d. <a href="/facts/1761/MT4jfr9R">1761</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_14/SHozc9zT">May 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean_Bouillet/ad5W3Ywd">Jean Bouillet</a>, French physician (d. <a href="/facts/1777/egopurEW">1777</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_25/VasFejaY">May 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Johann_Adam%2c_Prince_of_Liechtenstein/8k7H2Bwy">Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1732/JRsjpWsR">1732</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_30/yUrMLpME">May 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Anton_Sturm/TYHMhh0b">Anton Sturm</a>, German sculptor (d. <a href="/facts/1757/tRY25G4n">1757</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_2/zjc1BdRn">June 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis_Petit_de_Bachaumont/lxAqRWNJ">Louis Petit de Bachaumont</a>, French writer (d. <a href="/facts/1771/ycB9PEeh">1771</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_3/0xgJm0U3">June 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_de_P%25C3%25A2ris/7f2wP157">François de Pâris</a>, Catholic priest and theologian (d. <a href="/facts/1727/8b64XCj9">1727</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_9/sL5DYEJ0">June 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Michel-%25C3%2589tienne_Turgot/yTR48Cfb">Michel-Étienne Turgot</a>, French lawyer (d. <a href="/facts/1751/xFSW8XBb">1751</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_11/8w4EmInf">June 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Antonio_Giay/dA73xfUN">Giovanni Antonio Giay</a>, Italian composer (d. <a href="/facts/1764/F6DdBMNL">1764</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_13/1nU0k9gb">June 13</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Albert%2c_Prince_of_East_Frisia/PhdrRKY4">George Albert, Prince of East Frisia</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1734/3dVMT7po">1734</a>)</li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_7/k6IWlEDM">July 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Tobias_Krebs/j96Lj6Jl">Johann Tobias Krebs</a>, German composer and organist (d. <a href="/facts/1762/dXAyXMaQ">1762</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_10/QI64koSa">July 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_Henry_Oxenden%2c_4th_Baronet/ngP8VpHg">Sir Henry Oxenden, 4th Baronet</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/facts/1720/LHfeClCC">1720</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_12/sxuDFs66">July 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Epes_Sargent_(soldier)/gocsT529">Epes Sargent</a>, soldier (d. <a href="/facts/1762/dXAyXMaQ">1762</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_13/sGyISgoP">July 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Placidus_B%25C3%25B6cken/YzsxvdUj">Placidus Böcken</a>, German lawyer (d. <a href="/facts/1752/3unfPMfh">1752</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_25/lXnpX5I5">July 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Ferdinand_von_Plettenberg/gbLvh0Td">Ferdinand von Plettenberg</a>, German politician (d. <a href="/facts/1737/ecs67sK5">1737</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_3/9AcKoe0e">August 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean_P%25C3%25A2ris_de_Monmartel/YWnUgPy8">Jean Pâris de Monmartel</a>, French private banker (d. <a href="/facts/1766/foehIU48">1766</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_4/maLcngq6">September 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Polykarp_Leyser_IV/8jHwY6kM">Polykarp Leyser IV</a>, German academic (d. <a href="/facts/1728/k80Wz7Hg">1728</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_7/ylKjs7QG">September 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Karl_Heinrich_von_Bogatzky/M1DoY8zf">Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky</a>, German hymnwriter (d. <a href="/facts/1774/KBzhWkgq">1774</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_8/vJWAPBPB">September 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Zachary_Pearce/z2YLdd9f">Zachary Pearce</a>, English bishop (d. <a href="/facts/1774/KBzhWkgq">1774</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lorenzo_Zavateri/nAzpPV5x">Lorenzo Zavateri</a>, Italian baroque violinist (d. <a href="/facts/1764/F6DdBMNL">1764</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_10/1EqUc6E2">September 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Maeda_Yoshinori/cugqSGKk">Maeda Yoshinori</a>, daimyo (d. <a href="/facts/1745/VpEW4Vby">1745</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_12/3qnbl2ow">September 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Peter_Dens/4neX4qsf">Peter Dens</a>, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. <a href="/facts/1775/9PSgKBNU">1775</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_15/UeGjN5mu">September 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Ignazio_Prota/HfL3XzRr">Ignazio Prota</a>, Italian composer (d. <a href="/facts/1748/v3WSsf4w">1748</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_18/4BxhKt1x">September 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Louis%2c_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck/czdsLfjW">Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1774/KBzhWkgq">1774</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_23/0VDxMSs7">September 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Giuseppe_Bazzani/asdwqsus">Giuseppe Bazzani</a>, Italian painter (d. <a href="/facts/1769/4IEBFm0Y">1769</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_28/G8Tf1wmC">September 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jacques-Barth%25C3%25A9lemy_Micheli_du_Crest/LMLXNAVM">Jacques-Barthélemy Micheli du Crest</a>, Genevan cartographer (d. <a href="/facts/1766/foehIU48">1766</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michel_Fourmont/UVWtGLLl">Michel Fourmont</a>, French religious servant and professor (d. <a href="/facts/1746/KBGoM1v9">1746</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Murray%2c_2nd_Duke_of_Atholl/RdbAolRP">James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/facts/1764/F6DdBMNL">1764</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_9/HbzR2evC">October 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Woodcock/WWFF5Pzl">Robert Woodcock</a>, English artist and composer (d. <a href="/facts/1728/k80Wz7Hg">1728</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_13/DBumjTCV">October 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean_de_Boullonges/TYQ2YdLo">Jean de Boullonges</a>, French politician (d. <a href="/facts/1769/4IEBFm0Y">1769</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_14/m78KG8kX">October 14</a> – <a href="/facts/L%25C3%25A9opold_Philippe_d%2527Arenberg/duLpeffT">Léopold Philippe d'Arenberg</a>, Austrian field marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Martha_Blount/zRlB9uLd">Martha Blount</a>, friend of Alexander Pope (d. <a href="/facts/1762/dXAyXMaQ">1762</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_18/V8H762CJ">October 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Lewis_(1690%25E2%2580%25931777)/hWclxTK0">Thomas Lewis</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/facts/1777/egopurEW">1777</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_19/C2NLg2kT">October 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis-Guillaume_Verrier/8WQtrjEL">Louis-Guillaume Verrier</a>, Canadian lawyer (d. <a href="/facts/1758/LhAyDQbq">1758</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_28/030z6rqj">October 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Peter_Tordenskjold/baISWzxe">Peter Tordenskjold</a>, Norwegian sea officer (d. <a href="/facts/1720/LHfeClCC">1720</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_29/JP1TLGYp">October 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Martin_Folkes/xH2eRkjo">Martin Folkes</a>, English antiquary, numismatist, mathematician, astronomer (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_4/c1quLHEN">November 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Guillaume-Hyacinthe_Bougeant/zvr6uKHj">Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant</a>, French Jesuit and writer (d. <a href="/facts/1743/1Mm12P56">1743</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_5/R6zpvmwa">November 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Carlo_Giuseppe_Merlo/ryHGY3cF">Carlo Giuseppe Merlo</a>, Italian architect of the late-Baroque period (d. <a href="/facts/1760/8hL355Gd">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederick_Louis_of_W%25C3%25BCrttemberg-Winnental/gKxw2exI">Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental</a>, German army commander (d. <a href="/facts/1734/3dVMT7po">1734</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_7/mYeHmRT9">November 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Francisco_Carriedo/9IzfYlUg">Francisco Carriedo</a>, General of Philippines (d. <a href="/facts/1743/1Mm12P56">1743</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dominic_Marquard%2c_Prince_of_L%25C3%25B6wenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort/rbJ2xTGd">Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort</a>, German nobleman (d. <a href="/facts/1735/orzMtKkE">1735</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_10/uMgkqWhb">November 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Christine_Charlotte_of_Solms-Braunfels/PtvhBwtD">Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels</a>, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (d. <a href="/facts/1771/ycB9PEeh">1771</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_13/brMnXpU8">November 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Ernst_Johann_von_Biron/kXDbRLHr">Ernst Johann von Biron</a>, Duke of Courland and Semigallia (d. <a href="/facts/1772/TA6mW9tB">1772</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_16/9NKJYenm">November 16</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Brownlow%2c_1st_Viscount_Tyrconnel/S1NSTkV9">John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel</a>, Irish Viscount (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_17/aoj9k4og">November 17</a> – <a href="/facts/No%25C3%25ABl-Nicolas_Coypel/Hg39cEdQ">Noël-Nicolas Coypel</a>, French painter (d. <a href="/facts/1734/3dVMT7po">1734</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_22/I2Yrha0Y">November 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Colin_de_Blamont/3d0kYuzX">François Colin de Blamont</a>, French composer (d. <a href="/facts/1760/8hL355Gd">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_24/MYa9bfaS">November 24</a> (baptized) – <a href="/facts/Charles_Theodore_Pachelbel/yUpHXInr">Charles Theodore Pachelbel</a>, German/American composer (d. <a href="/facts/1750/AMwP0Emy">1750</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_28/S5bg5uEC">November 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Carlo_Lodoli/VYm8jMf8">Carlo Lodoli</a>, Italian architect (d. <a href="/facts/1761/MT4jfr9R">1761</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_29/2gfLq1Iv">November 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Christian_August%2c_Prince_of_Anhalt-Zerbst/yywldESo">Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst</a>, German general (d. <a href="/facts/1747/3lzY2C0l">1747</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_1/2AJh8lYG">December 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Karl_Philipp_von_Greifenclau_zu_Vollraths/xDvqaXTP">Karl Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths</a>, German bishop (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philip_Yorke%2c_1st_Earl_of_Hardwicke/68D5oaxz">Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke</a>, English lawyer, politician, Lord Chancellor (d. <a href="/facts/1764/F6DdBMNL">1764</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_2/e3FzUoxF">December 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Shafto_(1690%25E2%2580%25931729)/7E8FH7kF">Robert Shafto</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/facts/1729/quWJA1Tn">1729</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_3/Lb7CXlcl">December 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Jos%25C3%25A9_Maria_da_Fonseca_e_%25C3%2589vora/2Xrcedwr">José Maria da Fonseca e Évora</a>, Franciscan friar and bishop, Portuguese Commissary General of the Franciscan Order (d. <a href="/facts/1752/3unfPMfh">1752</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_18/54N9zaoh">December 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_Edmund_Isham%2c_6th_Baronet/GsqC2amt">Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet</a>, English baronet and Member of Parliament (d. <a href="/facts/1772/TA6mW9tB">1772</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_22/zTzeBtvz">December 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Marie_Anne_%25C3%2589l%25C3%25A9onore_de_Bourbon/4xzmmLve">Marie Anne Éléonore de Bourbon</a>, French noble (d. <a href="/facts/1760/8hL355Gd">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pamheiba/vzF9SuCA">Meidingu Pamheiba</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_Meitei_kings/6KCI91f4">King</a> of <a href="/facts/Manipur/afIbV0R2">Manipur</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1751/xFSW8XBb">1751</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_25/cQC6alfX">December 25</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Dicey/kHIMvDWe">William Dicey</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1756/2lbdNndU">1756</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Carter_(1690%25E2%2580%25931763)/Sff7R05N">Thomas Carter</a>, Irish politician (d. <a href="/facts/1763/ParWKaFt">1763</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <h3>January–March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_14/CpNgqcq1">February 14</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Berry_(Royal_Navy_officer)/su6JLfUV">John Berry</a>, Royal Navy officer (b. <a href="/facts/1635/awnBoRDl">1635</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_3/fwnGfegG">January 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Hillel_ben_Naphtali_Zevi/KGdWfnEe">Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi</a>, Lithuanian rabbi (b. <a href="/facts/1615/uYoqjm4b">1615</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_8/SGESoya0">January 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Andrei_Bezobrazov/9mrkNu7M">Andrei Bezobrazov</a>, Russian official (b. <a href="/facts/1614/XQXpDAV8">1614</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_20/GcrSc1fb">January 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Johannes_Gezelius_the_elder/sH88pCdM">Johannes Gezelius the elder</a>, Finnish bishop (b. <a href="/facts/1615/uYoqjm4b">1615</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_26/BJQH5rxN">January 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Marcjan_Aleksander_Ogi%25C5%2584ski/qUNDxhVD">Marcjan Aleksander Ogiński</a>, Polish noble (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_27/sCpAVlra">January 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Anna_Eleonore_of_Stolberg-Wernigerode/YS66REoj">Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode</a>, politician (b. <a href="/facts/1651/RsHlxd4m">1651</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_1/PWaVIqWB">February 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/George_Livingston%2c_3rd_Earl_of_Linlithgow/IfsHpfWb">George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow</a>, Scottish politician (b. <a href="/facts/1616/DuXcgDfs">1616</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philippe_Mestrezat/PFr0B4Ky">Philippe Mestrezat</a>, Genevan minister (b. <a href="/facts/1618/Q6zCyTcb">1618</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_3/5zp8ahYw">February 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Anne_Doddington/AMcDEjJQ">Anne Doddington</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1642/wDgv4jBu">1642</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_6/ETlh2Hb3">February 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Jan_van_Buken/44FfmcKk">Jan van Buken</a>, Flemish painter (b. <a href="/facts/1635/awnBoRDl">1635</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_7/CQCdJqUw">February 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Faldo/tC9Klykp">John Faldo</a>, English minister (b. <a href="/facts/1633/oUdY81NP">1633</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sir_William_Morice%2c_1st_Baronet/cLWhoMTT">Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet</a>, English royalist statesman (b. <a href="/facts/1620/lNnpQFAj">1620</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_9/8cDq7REx">February 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Louis%2c_Count_of_Nassau-Ottweiler/6GKjJdY7">John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1625/JUFS4kY3">1625</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Pieterse_Schuyler/7SnaLSsk">David Pieterse Schuyler</a>, Dutch-born fur trader, ship's captain and merchant (b. <a href="/facts/1636/mkCTkHBT">1636</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_10/aJzm0rGH">February 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Gijsbert_Verhoek/2lIyBfXa">Gijsbert Verhoek</a>, Dutch painter (b. <a href="/facts/1644/jCycHRwR">1644</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_20/okIbPUW6">February 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Theodor_Caroli/Row70yAw">Theodor Caroli</a>, German physician (b. <a href="/facts/1660/tzqgUF8b">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_22/hmqWo2Jy">February 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Le_Brun/0XzAWE8P">Charles Le Brun</a>, French painter and art theorist (b. <a href="/facts/1619/DTHabGtT">1619</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_23/48mx1RVz">February 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Walker_(pharmacist)/oR2t3Wvs">Elizabeth Walker</a>, English pharmacist (b. <a href="/facts/1623/kU6wpUR9">1623</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_27/FlkwRkJG">February 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Edward_Montagu_(1649%25E2%2580%25931690)/tT69MTc8">Edward Montagu</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1649/SRfn5En1">1649</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_1/vxP4Lalf">March 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Wenman%2c_4th_Viscount_Wenman/vYclxvNq">Richard Wenman, 4th Viscount Wenman</a>, English politician and Irish Viscount (b. <a href="/facts/1657/o9ttnSUg">1657</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_5/jfRKxINQ">March 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Joshua_Janavel/4BwdhVPt">Joshua Janavel</a>, waldensian rebel (b. <a href="/facts/1617/ezNnABau">1617</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_17/KWQqx7wR">March 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jan_van_Mieris/gMkIISop">Jan van Mieris</a>, Dutch painter (b. <a href="/facts/1660/tzqgUF8b">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Patriarch_Joachim_of_Moscow/keepE4vl">Patriarch Joachim of Moscow</a>, Patriarch of Moscow (b. <a href="/facts/1620/lNnpQFAj">1620</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_18/d7wGqI5o">March 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_William_Portman%2c_6th_Baronet/PoQ3fmBy">Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1643/umYvV0GT">1643</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_20/SRICqcXd">March 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Sebasti%25C3%25A1n_Mu%25C3%25B1oz_(painter)/o2ntF8cF">Sebastián Muñoz</a>, painter (b. <a href="/facts/1654/PBm9QP07">1654</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_21/5h4oCUn7">March 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Henry_Teonge/KEQSos02">Henry Teonge</a>, British writer (b. <a href="/facts/1621/AfCo6z6P">1621</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_28/4dtge7PT">March 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Emmanuel_Tzanes/hqg0m6Rl">Emmanuel Tzanes</a>, Greek Painter (b. <a href="/facts/1610/zxB4Xl76">1610</a>)</li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_1/Tvc7dV2L">April 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/James_Annesley%2c_2nd_Earl_of_Anglesey/0v0k67D8">James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey</a>, politician (b. <a href="/facts/1645/w8BTcoIy">1645</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Christoph_von_Freyberg-Allmendingen/6VpaY6cC">Johann Christoph von Freyberg-Allmendingen</a>, German priest (b. <a href="/facts/1616/DuXcgDfs">1616</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_6/dHolSS8U">April 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Gedeon_Chetvertinsky/jfKGT18w">Gedeon Chetvertinsky</a>, Ruthenian prince, religious figure, Metropolitan of Kiev (b. <a href="/facts/1634/JXS0AULk">1634</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_15/3XXwm4v4">April 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Michael_I_Apafi/XuP2yVtX">Michael I Apafi</a>, Hungarian Prince of Transylvania (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_16/2EvLEGQn">April 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Gesina_ter_Borch/mQhX0SyU">Gesina ter Borch</a>, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. <a href="/facts/1633/oUdY81NP">1633</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_17/6f3EB07w">April 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Caspar_Ziegler/x02XXRts">Caspar Ziegler</a>, German jurist, poet and composer (b. <a href="/facts/1621/AfCo6z6P">1621</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_18/5xfe2buq">April 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Melchior_He%25C3%259Fler/lUS8A2GB">Melchior Heßler</a>, German engineer and builder (b. <a href="/facts/1619/DTHabGtT">1619</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aya%25C5%259Fl%25C4%25B1_Ismail_Pasha/Ymod7AF4">Ayaşlı Ismail Pasha</a>, Ottoman Grand Vizier (b. <a href="/facts/1620/lNnpQFAj">1620</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_V%2c_Duke_of_Lorraine/PjCFBuUM">Charles V, Duke of Lorraine</a>, Austrian-born general of the Holy Roman Empire (b. <a href="/facts/1643/umYvV0GT">1643</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_20/1BBXYqb0">April 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Maria_Anna_Victoria_of_Bavaria/nqVfykqd">Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria</a>, Dauphine of France (b. <a href="/facts/1660/tzqgUF8b">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_21/AHl99Srd">April 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Jacob_de_Graeff/Yht9egwT">Jacob de Graeff</a>, member of the De Graeff-family from the Dutch Golden Age (b. <a href="/facts/1642/wDgv4jBu">1642</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_25/z7DGQtQz">April 25</a> – <a href="/facts/David_Teniers_the_Younger/Hzt1ISSp">David Teniers the Younger</a>, Flemish painter (b. <a href="/facts/1610/zxB4Xl76">1610</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_28/G2lJILA2">April 28</a> – <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589tienne_Le_Hongre/ardAoAnd">Étienne Le Hongre</a>, French sculptor (b. <a href="/facts/1628/Sh2XIhId">1628</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_30/lGmwclAH">April 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Ren%25C3%25A9_Le_Pays/BM9IskwU">René Le Pays</a>, French poet (b. <a href="/facts/1634/JXS0AULk">1634</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_9/0sQWxsWS">May 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Theodore_Haak/fY1xCHKt">Theodore Haak</a>, German-born scholar (b. <a href="/facts/1605/suyrFy5J">1605</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Raymond_Poisson/aWVdI7Ff">Raymond Poisson</a>, French actor (b. <a href="/facts/1630/qBHsw5Qj">1630</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abraham_Wright_(deacon)/G1eEAGLT">Abraham Wright</a>, English theological writer and deacon (b. <a href="/facts/1611/Uj2tgMnn">1611</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_12/07PVkbMH">May 12</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Rushworth/UYTnfK0v">John Rushworth</a>, English author of <i>Historical Collections</i> (b. c. <a href="/facts/1612/XN2QUFd7">1612</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_15/rRHwCQV6">May 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Eberhard_Werner_Happel/d01ILBXu">Eberhard Werner Happel</a>, author (b. <a href="/facts/1647/CwqAjJYj">1647</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_21/7eCgCTWG">May 21</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Eliot_(missionary)/rIp69XzE">John Eliot</a>, Puritan missionary to the American Indians (b. <a href="/facts/1604/MI0yGQEG">1604</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_22/Skm5fcCt">May 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Jacob_Sch%25C3%25BCtz/5IRem7a2">Johann Jacob Schütz</a>, German lawyer (b. <a href="/facts/1640/aDj0dRLH">1640</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_23/eCkKwrjg">May 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Francesco_di_Maria/aH6YAzkx">Francesco di Maria</a>, Italian painter (b. <a href="/facts/1623/kU6wpUR9">1623</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_26/csvDW5GY">May 26</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Samuel_Lincoln/M3zerbCW">Samuel Lincoln</a>, American colonial ancestor of Abraham Lincoln (b. <a href="/facts/1622/IlLRWNRU">1622</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lu%25C3%25ADs_de_Meneses%2c_3rd_Count_of_Ericeira/nEuA53sr">Luís de Meneses, 3rd Count of Ericeira</a>, Portuguese politician and historian (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_27/TWP3cqDQ">May 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Legrenzi/ukfstcve">Giovanni Legrenzi</a>, Italian composer (b. <a href="/facts/1626/jIDLsm8g">1626</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_4/PfrgETqB">June 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sir_Charles_Erskine%2c_1st_Baronet_of_Alva/XnAfwTqV">Sir Charles Erskine, 1st Baronet of Alva</a>, Scottish politician (b. <a href="/facts/1643/umYvV0GT">1643</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Tortebat/KAaIP5hX">François Tortebat</a>, French engraver (b. <a href="/facts/1616/DuXcgDfs">1616</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_8/UR4fHNx5">June 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean_Prestet/hg1jDhsY">Jean Prestet</a>, French priest and mathematician (b. <a href="/facts/1648/NjDBL0Tp">1648</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_11/8w4EmInf">June 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Frederik_Bloemaert/K4ELtjK3">Frederik Bloemaert</a>, Dutch printmaker and draftsman (b. <a href="/facts/1610/zxB4Xl76">1610</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_13/1nU0k9gb">June 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Maurice_Berkeley%2c_3rd_Viscount_Fitzhardinge/AQDYmsUD">Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1628/Sh2XIhId">1628</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_19/ogpFvf7S">June 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Ezekiel_Hopkins/Kt8JE753">Ezekiel Hopkins</a>, Irish bishop (b. <a href="/facts/1634/JXS0AULk">1634</a>)</li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_1/KU7lnN6l">July 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Albrecht_Georg_of_Limburg/W7pYlKRW">Albrecht Georg of Limburg</a>, Count of Limburg (b. <a href="/facts/1660/tzqgUF8b">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sir_Neil_O%2527Neill%2c_2nd_Baronet/y1R7RqNe">Sir Neil O'Neill, 2nd Baronet</a>, Irish Catholic nobleman and soldier (b. <a href="/facts/1658/4Q75GkYy">1658</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philipp%2c_Duke_of_Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchst%25C3%25A4dt/nI3RqNlo">Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt</a>, German nobleman (b. <a href="/facts/1657/o9ttnSUg">1657</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Walker_(1645-1690)/xE9WKtjX">George Walker</a>, Irish soldier and Anglican priest (b. <a href="/facts/1645/w8BTcoIy">1645</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_8/tqgp1Lpy">July 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Aaron_ben_Moses_Teomim/7dgBvUz6">Aaron ben Moses Teomim</a>, rabbi (b. <a href="/facts/1630/qBHsw5Qj">1630</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_9/Yp5pBkUI">July 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Hosokawa_Yukitaka/Mqjsrcd0">Hosokawa Yukitaka</a>, daimyo (b. <a href="/facts/1637/AluhxGce">1637</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_10/QI64koSa">July 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jan_van_Brakel/NNllB7hu">Jan van Brakel</a>, Dutch admiral (b. <a href="/facts/1638/fXsp4t5g">1638</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Domenico_Gabrielli/SMwx69sl">Domenico Gabrielli</a>, Italian cellist and composer (b. <a href="/facts/1659/HbnHxwS5">1659</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_11/Q2AsEnr6">July 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Burnyeat/b51M1Kuk">John Burnyeat</a>, British Quaker writer (b. <a href="/facts/1631/QYdW8sum">1631</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederick_Schomberg%2c_1st_Duke_of_Schomberg/FV1fzFxk">Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg</a>, Marshal of France (b. <a href="/facts/1615/uYoqjm4b">1615</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_15/mPfeUQQy">July 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Carlo_Antonio_Bussi/j5hPaBol">Carlo Antonio Bussi</a>, Swiss artist (b. <a href="/facts/1658/4Q75GkYy">1658</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_21/TjbcmpgH">July 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Gregorio_Carafa/bNWDIs2W">Gregorio Carafa</a>, Calabrian-born 62nd Grandmaster of the <a href="/facts/Knights_Hospitaller/Xjkj29TT">Knights Hospitaller</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1615/uYoqjm4b">1615</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cristobal_of_Saint_Catherine/0xfLuDcR">Cristobal of Saint Catherine</a>, Spanish Catholic priest (b. <a href="/facts/1638/fXsp4t5g">1638</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_23/pQFpKSIn">July 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Gibson_(painter)/Igqcrgwt">Richard Gibson</a>, British artist (b. <a href="/facts/1615/uYoqjm4b">1615</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_25/lXnpX5I5">July 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Bailly/cwkkg56f">François Bailly</a>, French mason and architect (b. <a href="/facts/1630/qBHsw5Qj">1630</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_28/IY2HE1aj">July 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Baptist_Noel_(MP)/7c3wSDbP">Baptist Noel</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1658/4Q75GkYy">1658</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_29/DmHsLUFu">July 29</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Brockett_(American_colonist)/QdjJ4Wv5">John Brockett</a>, co-founder of New Haven Colony (b. <a href="/facts/1611/Uj2tgMnn">1611</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_5/0HFogU69">August 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Sebastiano_Pisani_(iuniore)/XLLJapUw">Sebastiano Pisani</a>, Roman Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Verona (b. <a href="/facts/1630/qBHsw5Qj">1630</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_10/gbkk1UJQ">August 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Johannes_Spilberg/tANH4yD3">Johannes Spilberg</a>, Dutch painter (b. <a href="/facts/1619/DTHabGtT">1619</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_17/yVrQpPk6">August 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Gasparo_Cavalieri/GabeRb4w">Gasparo Cavalieri</a>, Italian cardinal (b. <a href="/facts/1648/NjDBL0Tp">1648</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_20/a2rr3sGH">August 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Alexander_von_Bournonville/7BG7gflX">Alexander von Bournonville</a>, Flemish noble and general (b. <a href="/facts/1616/DuXcgDfs">1616</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_31/FrIIMNR2">August 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Mary_Thimelby/B6YIu1P2">Mary Thimelby</a>, prioress of St Monica's, Louvain, and author (b. <a href="/facts/1610/zxB4Xl76">1610</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_2/3vvRGBSn">September 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Philip_William%2c_Elector_Palatine/ezNpjTbA">Philip William, Elector Palatine</a>, German-born ruler (b. <a href="/facts/1615/uYoqjm4b">1615</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_5/PSE8BQIk">September 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Louis-Fran%25C3%25A7ois_de_la_Baume_de_Suze/fjcVmTqa">Louis-François de la Baume de Suze</a>, Roman Catholic bishop (b. <a href="/facts/1595/n0xJEldr">1595</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gottfried_Welsch/nRRUFC8z">Gottfried Welsch</a>, German physician (b. <a href="/facts/1618/Q6zCyTcb">1618</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_8/vJWAPBPB">September 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jens_Mikkelsen_Ehrenborg/u5091IPf">Jens Mikkelsen Ehrenborg</a>, Danish soldier and public servant who later became a Swedish nobleman (b. <a href="/facts/1621/AfCo6z6P">1621</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sir_William_Glynne%2c_1st_Baronet/eGUFwFfW">Sir William Glynne, 1st Baronet</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1638/fXsp4t5g">1638</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sebastien_Knab/Cv0nCGz4">Sebastien Knab</a>, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Nakhijevan (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lazzaro_Morelli/VVKvl1VH">Lazzaro Morelli</a>, Italian artist (b. <a href="/facts/1608/1DSH3vzI">1608</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_14/12T7sEP3">September 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Jos%25C3%25A9_Jim%25C3%25A9nez_Donoso/3YfgLMz2">José Jiménez Donoso</a>, painter (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_17/1rhf5uML">September 17</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Pierrepont%2c_4th_Earl_of_Kingston-upon-Hull/PqVt1h78">William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull</a>, English Earl (b. <a href="/facts/1662/ju3cE2gj">1662</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_19/KurgveR6">September 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Giovanni_Stefano_Danedi/h13duR53">Giovanni Stefano Danedi</a>, Italian painter (b. <a href="/facts/1612/XN2QUFd7">1612</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Percy%2c_Countess_of_Northumberland/S0V3gQYd">Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland</a>, English noble (b. <a href="/facts/1646/rhkX29eK">1646</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_21/M05hqK1K">September 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Wriothesley_Noel%2c_2nd_Earl_of_Gainsborough/wNlB5THg">Wriothesley Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1661/9Icapmkh">1661</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_23/0VDxMSs7">September 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Yebu%25C5%25A1u/qD2SjHCg">Yebušu</a>, duke of the First Rank (b. <a href="/facts/1627/PPnUbIBN">1627</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_25/Xx6ja6nh">September 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Pieter_van_Lint/aK7mALhp">Pieter van Lint</a>, Flemish painter (b. <a href="/facts/1609/TVhxyg4s">1609</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_26/s1l3wYPa">September 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Joachim_Ernst_von_Grumbkow/VWRnJaE4">Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow</a>, German general (b. <a href="/facts/1637/AluhxGce">1637</a>)</li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_1/1S5rC5p7">October 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Girolamo_Corner/BovHlQl5">Girolamo Corner</a>, Venetian statesman and military commander (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_3/vvevkuTv">October 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Barclay/mGPvc5QK">Robert Barclay</a>, Scottish Quaker apologist (b. <a href="/facts/1648/NjDBL0Tp">1648</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_7/mqqBnwWR">October 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Arnold_van_Ravesteyn/8xHSB3To">Arnold van Ravesteyn</a>, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. <a href="/facts/1605/suyrFy5J">1605</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacques_Savary/x1hJYkyu">Jacques Savary</a>, successful French merchant (b. <a href="/facts/1622/IlLRWNRU">1622</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_9/HbzR2evC">October 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Henry_FitzRoy%2c_1st_Duke_of_Grafton/TJRHn55u">Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton</a>, Illegitimate son of King Charles II and English duke (b. <a href="/facts/1663/GowUuY1B">1663</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Judson/8QkEcEue">Joseph Judson</a>, deputy (b. <a href="/facts/1619/DTHabGtT">1619</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Maynard_(1604%25E2%2580%25931690)/ujfdvc1U">John Maynard</a>, English lawyer and politician; (b. <a href="/facts/1604/MI0yGQEG">1604</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_10/hmYlL72H">October 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Laurids_Lindenov/V5lms0C3">Laurids Lindenov</a>, Danish nobleman and civil servant in Norway (b. <a href="/facts/1640/aDj0dRLH">1640</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louis_Charles_d%2527Albert_de_Luynes/mgg6tuaP">Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes</a>, French aristocrat (b. <a href="/facts/1620/lNnpQFAj">1620</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_13/DBumjTCV">October 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Ole_Borch/BGpM6gXA">Ole Borch</a>, Danish scientist (b. <a href="/facts/1626/jIDLsm8g">1626</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Juan_de_Vald%25C3%25A9s_Leal/L17qfUkA">Juan de Valdés Leal</a>, Spanish painter and etcher (b. <a href="/facts/1622/IlLRWNRU">1622</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adam_Frans_van_der_Meulen/p2kbKvSV">Adam Frans van der Meulen</a>, Flemish painter (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_17/WCRlMQyF">October 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Margaret_Mary_Alacoque/qyC5Ayzy">Margaret Mary Alacoque</a>, Catholic Saint and Mystic (b. <a href="/facts/1647/CwqAjJYj">1647</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_20/WhXdq8lt">October 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_Henry_Felton%2c_2nd_Baronet/IyXe6oAI">Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Baronet</a>, English Member of Parliament (b. <a href="/facts/1619/DTHabGtT">1619</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_21/03PKQrWy">October 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Isabel_Lu%25C3%25ADsa%2c_Princess_of_Beira/fh7zwqd7">Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira</a>, Portuguese Royal (b. <a href="/facts/1669/83Euf10P">1669</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_22/AT2kAN3s">October 22</a> (buried) – <a href="/facts/William_Ball_(astronomer)/kpUkeYAm">William Ball (astronomer)</a>, English astronomer (b. c. <a href="/facts/1631/QYdW8sum">1631</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_23/s5BlQbcW">October 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Minor/YB4JPPVt">Thomas Minor</a>, American city founder (b. <a href="/facts/1608/1DSH3vzI">1608</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Antonie_Waterloo/ecRwkt7b">Antonie Waterloo</a>, Flemish painter and engraver (b. <a href="/facts/1609/TVhxyg4s">1609</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_25/sRbwCcIf">October 25</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste_Christyn/DvV3r3Yy">Jean-Baptiste Christyn</a>, Jurist and diplomat in the Spanish Netherlands and Chancellor of Brabant (b. <a href="/facts/1630/qBHsw5Qj">1630</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cornelius_Hazart/qgQT4QuI">Cornelius Hazart</a>, Dutch Jesuit priest, polemical author (b. <a href="/facts/1617/ezNnABau">1617</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_27/SD6UTgwY">October 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_Robert_Markham%2c_2nd_Baronet/3C7jo5IW">Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1644/jCycHRwR">1644</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_30/h1XNvxBm">October 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Hieronymus_van_Beverningh/vv7JugHV">Hieronymus van Beverningh</a>, Dutch diplomat and politician (b. <a href="/facts/1614/XQXpDAV8">1614</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_3/dfF9YPTm">November 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste_Colbert%2c_Marquis_de_Seignelay/2e3VC1hQ">Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay</a>, French politician (b. <a href="/facts/1651/RsHlxd4m">1651</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nicholas_Delves/dWlxIBaI">Nicholas Delves</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1618/Q6zCyTcb">1618</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_4/c1quLHEN">November 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Wilhelm%2c_Duke_of_Saxe-Jena/Pz89wPyy">Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Jena</a>, German noble (b. <a href="/facts/1675/ePv104v1">1675</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_5/R6zpvmwa">November 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Giacomo_Villani/qQ22qYbj">Giacomo Villani</a>, catholic Bishop (b. <a href="/facts/1605/suyrFy5J">1605</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_12/D8NnghM3">November 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Francesco_Arrigua/CI5UAt6d">Francesco Arrigua</a>, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nicotera (b. <a href="/facts/1615/uYoqjm4b">1615</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_17/aoj9k4og">November 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_de_Sainte-Maure%2c_duc_de_Montausier/ffmhyutu">Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier</a>, French military leader (b. <a href="/facts/1610/zxB4Xl76">1610</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_27/1oxhThC3">November 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Renier_Meganck/YX1FMwKR">Renier Meganck</a>, Flemish painter (b. <a href="/facts/1637/AluhxGce">1637</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_1/2AJh8lYG">December 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Stephen_Greenleaf/tBKfmFsn">Stephen Greenleaf</a>, American colonial politician (b. <a href="/facts/1628/Sh2XIhId">1628</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_10/XGs6d7Fl">December 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Francis_Morley/LGs7E7Hy">Francis Morley</a>, English Member of Parliament (b. <a href="/facts/1623/kU6wpUR9">1623</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_15/JNJ0bo0L">December 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_Thomas_Allen%2c_1st_Baronet/v23bqAQe">Sir Thomas Allen, 1st Baronet</a>, Baronet of London, in the County of Middlesex (b. <a href="/facts/1630/qBHsw5Qj">1630</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_16/05Yaph5h">December 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Louise_Elisabeth_of_Courland/sqjatwES">Louise Elisabeth of Courland</a>, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (b. <a href="/facts/1646/rhkX29eK">1646</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_19/RMcwt4F5">December 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Gustaf_D%25C3%25BCben/XEqX8je1">Gustaf Düben</a>, Swedish composer (b. <a href="/facts/1628/Sh2XIhId">1628</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_23/FRYjWUUS">December 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_John_Johnston%2c_3rd_Baronet/A04lCraH">Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet</a>, Scottish army officer and kidnapper (b. <a href="/facts/1648/NjDBL0Tp">1648</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_28/otPRvgED">December 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Tommaso_Costa/zeL5rzwI">Tommaso Costa</a>, Italian painter (b. <a href="/facts/1634/JXS0AULk">1634</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_30/czU1eCdo">December 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Philip_Babington_(died_1690)/zzpolFAN">Philip Babington</a>, politician (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li></ul> <p> Media related to 1690 at Wikimedia Commons </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>John Henry Edmonds, Captain Thomas Pound, (Cambridge: Wilson & Son University Press, 1918) pp. 38-39. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Robert K. 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