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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>January–June</h3> <ul><li>march 8th – Parts of the Netherlands adopt the <a href="/facts/Gregorian_calendar/axJfTXV1">Gregorian calendar</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_18/3SBX5CoM">January 18</a> – The <a href="/facts/Prince-elector/W6rHIgAB">electorate</a> of <a href="/facts/Brandenburg-Prussia/hI21qcgg">Brandenburg-Prussia</a> becomes the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Prussia/x796l7vx">Kingdom of Prussia</a>, as Elector Frederick III is proclaimed <a href="/facts/Frederick_I_of_Prussia/vtkIVqVu">King Frederick I</a>. Prussia remains part of the <a href="/facts/Holy_Roman_Empire/6mdobnXN">Holy Roman Empire</a>. It consists of <a href="/facts/Brandenburg/H5dok80K">Brandenburg</a>, <a href="/facts/Pomerania/CrT5dgpD">Pomerania</a> and <a href="/facts/East_Prussia/Grx2crbv">East Prussia</a>. Berlin is the capital.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_28/uuAQcD5G">January 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Dartsedo/VxP2u3fe">Battle of Dartsedo</a>: The Chinese storm the Tibetan border town of Dartsedo.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_17/B2p5gwTb">February 17</a> (February 6, 1700 O.S.) – The <a href="/facts/5th_Parliament_of_William_III/hjbjHssE">5th Parliament of William III</a> in England assembles. Future British Prime Minister <a href="/facts/Robert_Walpole/RFyJRSd3">Robert Walpole</a> enters the House of Commons for the first time and soon makes his name as a spokesman for <a href="/facts/Whig_(British_political_faction)/I34xpgxK">Whig</a> policy.</li> <li>April 20th – <a href="/facts/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz/R25Rzywy">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a> is created as a north German duchy.</li> <li>June <a href="/facts/March_9/t1F5wBxw">9</a> – <a href="/facts/Safavid_Iran/WPHAaz8e">Safavid</a> troops retreat from <a href="/facts/Basra/eA5CacwL">Basra</a>, ending a <a href="/facts/Safavid_occupation_of_Basra_(1697%E2%80%931701)/2uC6dzWh">three year occupation</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_21/AHl99Srd">April 21</a> – In Japan, the young <i><a href="/facts/Daimy%C5%8D/NpYhsa8H">daimyō</a></i> <a href="/facts/Asano_Naganori/n1F7TbJ0">Asano Naganori</a> is ordered to commit <a href="/facts/Seppuku/6K1EMyuB">seppuku</a> (ritual suicide). A group of <a href="/facts/Forty-seven_Ronin/y6JNoThM">47 samurai</a> of his service begin planning to avenge his death.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_23/eCkKwrjg">May 23</a> – Scottish-born Captain <a href="/facts/William_Kidd/0JGbPRuD">William Kidd</a>, having been imprisoned in <a href="/facts/Boston_Gaol_(Massachusetts)/a1Rgw0SK">Boston Gaol (Massachusetts)</a> and <a href="/facts/Newgate_Prison/mv3U0Cwd">Newgate Prison</a> (London) and convicted by the <a href="/facts/King%27s_Bench_Division/2dqMJjNV">High Court of Admiralty</a> of <a href="/facts/Piracy/7HjKaWFC">piracy</a> and the murder of one of his crew, is hanged at <a href="/facts/Execution_Dock/cWlcztnX">Execution Dock</a> in <a href="/facts/Wapping/WAk4nzDo">Wapping</a> (London).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> His body suffers <a href="/facts/Gibbeting/njUEe7XU">gibbeting</a> over the <a href="/facts/River_Thames/XnQWN52L">River Thames</a> at <a href="/facts/Tilbury/4jqPxqEM">Tilbury</a> Point; ballads are already spreading the legend that he has left <a href="/facts/Buried_treasure/BavUtrTj">buried treasure</a> in the Americas.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_24/aLzslkNw">June 24</a> – The <a href="/facts/Act_of_Settlement_1701/XUoQUfmh">Act of Settlement 1701</a> is passed by the <a href="/facts/Parliament_of_England/y4aNV9gj">Parliament of England</a>, to exclude the Catholic Stuarts from the British monarchy. Under its terms, <a href="/facts/William_III_of_England/x72cM4jw">King William III</a>, childless, will be succeeded by <a href="/facts/Mary_II_of_England/VdX8hDe9">Queen Mary II</a>'s sister <a href="/facts/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain/0jXC35Ch">Princess Anne</a> and her descendants. If Anne should have no descendants, she will be succeeded by <a href="/facts/Sophia_of_Hanover/jejw9FaH">Sophia of Hanover</a> and her descendants (hence the <a href="/facts/Hanoverian_Succession/XUoQUfmh">Hanoverian Succession</a> in <a href="/facts/1714/VrVfJdsr">1714</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_28/r7YMdmGk">June 28</a> – The <a href="/facts/Myrton_baronets/IaDV89JJ">Myrton baronets</a>, a <a href="/facts/British_nobility/42lWgVus">British nobility</a> title is created.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_9/Yp5pBkUI">July 9</a> – The <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Carpi/Lecwsop8">Battle of Carpi</a>, the first skirmish in the <a href="/facts/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession/j3nQP1S1">War of the Spanish Succession</a>, takes place in Italy when French troops under the command of <a href="/facts/Nicolas_Catinat/YxTl0LTb">Nicolas Catinat</a> are attacked by Austrian forces led by <a href="/facts/Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy/P5mvmynS">Prince Eugene of Savoy</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_19/I0r0n2mL">July 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Crossing_of_the_D%C3%BCna/rjYozHnt">Crossing of the Düna</a>: Following his victories over Denmark-Norway and Russia in <a href="/facts/1700/qhWqEGhk">1700</a>, <a href="/facts/Charles_XII_of_Sweden/ok91uogE">Charles XII of Sweden</a> escalates the conflict in the <a href="/facts/Great_Northern_War/YVw3GjYw">Great Northern War</a> by an invasion of Poland. The <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Swedish</a> defeat the army of <a href="/facts/Electorate_of_Saxony/QEt6bMrs">Saxony</a> (then in personal union with Poland) at the <a href="/facts/Daugava_River/dXRILBH3">River Dvina</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_24/lMUqGvj6">July 24</a> – A French <a href="/facts/Marketplace/TaoHSSq2">emporium</a> named <a href="/facts/Fort_Ponchartrain/h9IdGk9J">Fort Ponchartrain</a> is founded along the west side of the <a href="/facts/Detroit_River/rMNMstoh">Detroit River</a> in North America, and later becomes the site of the city of <a href="/facts/Detroit/S84s4PGo">Detroit</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_4/nsHHjgd7">August 4</a> – The <a href="/facts/Great_Peace_of_Montreal/K2JY2GRK">Great Peace of Montreal</a> is signed, ending 100 years of war between the <a href="/facts/Iroquois_Confederacy/PnYFTuIP">Iroquois Confederacy</a> and <a href="/facts/New_France/zDK9hedl">New France</a>, and its <a href="/facts/Wyandot_people/JP1MnbQh">Huron</a> and <a href="/facts/Algonquian_peoples/zXDb2kwD">Algonquian</a> allies. Formerly allied with the English, the treaty assures the Iroquois will be neutral, if France and England ever resume hostilities.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_16/YMWWCMmh">September 16</a> – Deposed King <a href="/facts/James_II_of_England/1hWxE4WL">James II of England</a> (James VII of Scotland) dies in exile, at the <a href="/facts/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Saint-Germain-en-Laye/jQbBDPzK">Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye</a> in France. His supporters, the <a href="/facts/Jacobitism/z2w7SVWQ">Jacobites</a>, turn to his son <a href="/facts/James_Francis_Edward_Stuart/eKH4Tgbx">James Francis Edward Stuart</a> (later called "The Old Pretender"), whom they recognise as James VIII and III. <a href="/facts/Louis_XIV_of_France/2LseeIlj">Louis XIV of France</a>, the <a href="/facts/Papal_States/536PqTjo">Papal States</a> and Spain also recognise him as the rightful heir.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_9/HbzR2evC">October 9</a> – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed <a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a>) is chartered in <a href="/facts/Old_Saybrook,_Connecticut/RXwame9w">Old Saybrook, Connecticut</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_2/oFnkNkjx">November 2</a> – King <a href="/facts/Philip_V_of_Spain/6mIITvTo">Philip V of Spain</a> marries for the first time, to 13-year-old <a href="/facts/Maria_Luisa_Gabriella_of_Savoy/pI0TEp00">Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy</a>, who serves as Queen Consort until her death from tuberculosis at the age of 25.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_11/wUfLGUtc">November 11</a> (O.S., November 22 N.S.) – The <a href="/facts/5th_Parliament_of_King_William_III/hjbjHssE">House of Commons of England</a> is dissolved by <a href="/facts/William_III_of_England/x72cM4jw">King William III</a> and <a href="/facts/November_1701_English_general_election/snmSveSy">new elections</a> are called for all 531 seats.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_29/WUbU0yzu">December 29</a> (O.S., January 9, 1702 N.S.) – The <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Erastfer/tD9DHQHf">Battle of Erastfer</a> takes place near what becomes <a href="/facts/Erastvere/tqVzRlYn">Erastvere</a> in <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a>, as a large Russian force commanded by <a href="/facts/Boris_Sheremetev/EVczSAUK">Boris Sheremetev</a> invades Swedish Livonia and overwhelms a smaller force led by <a href="/facts/Wolmar_Anton_von_Schlippenbach/PdrhxXVP">Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach</a> in the first significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War.</li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li>English agriculturalist <a href="/facts/Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist)/pTRHb3J1">Jethro Tull</a> invents a drill for planting seeds in rows.</li> <li>The Philharmonic Society (<i>Academia Philharmonicorum</i>) is established in <a href="/facts/Ljubljana/zwTrXoTb">Ljubljana</a>, Slovenia.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <h3>January–March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_4/krKQrxA8">January 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Count_Palatine_William_of_Gelnhausen/pofG4H7j">Count Palatine William of Gelnhausen</a>, Imperial Field Marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1760/8hL355Gd">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_6/HkWYfxYS">January 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Georg_Ludwig_von_Bar/S3P9VqMj">Georg Ludwig von Bar</a>, German (d. <a href="/facts/1767/prI16bdd">1767</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_14/S2XKKdjo">January 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Edwards_(silversmith)/QvAu8KpI">Thomas Edwards</a>, silversmith active in colonial Boston (d. <a href="/facts/1755/qnLBCdHC">1755</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_17/9uBLlBms">January 17</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Lubbock/XozsYuFo">William Lubbock</a>, British divine (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_18/3SBX5CoM">January 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Jakob_Moser/TvR9DdCR">Johann Jakob Moser</a>, German jurist (d. <a href="/facts/1785/tph2mh30">1785</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_23/2Hhq7rW0">January 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Anne_Antoine,_Comte_d%27Ach%C3%A9/npYAGh85">Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché</a>, French naval officer who became vice admiral (d. <a href="/facts/1780/44aMMEeW">1780</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_26/BJQH5rxN">January 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%C3%A7ois_Dominique_de_Barberie_de_Saint-Contest/GwErkBXx">François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest</a>, French Foreign Minister (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_27/sCpAVlra">January 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Nikolaus_von_Hontheim/AkjleNv4">Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim</a>, German historian and theologian (d. <a href="/facts/1790/s8qdo8FR">1790</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_28/uuAQcD5G">January 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Amory_(tutor)/zJIWsGtv">Thomas Amory</a>, English dissenting tutor and minister and poet from Taunton (d. <a href="/facts/1774/KBzhWkgq">1774</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Marie_de_La_Condamine/cx5G4yFg">Charles Marie de La Condamine</a>, French mathematician and geographer (d. <a href="/facts/1774/KBzhWkgq">1774</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_1/PWaVIqWB">February 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Johan_Agrell/tkNdookY">Johan Agrell</a>, late German/Swedish baroque composer (d. <a href="/facts/1765/tuvj9AvG">1765</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_7/CQCdJqUw">February 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Christian_Ludwig_Gersten/qLzcABgn">Christian Ludwig Gersten</a>, German scientist (d. <a href="/facts/1762/dXAyXMaQ">1762</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_8/YDx5fjny">February 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Baptist_Martinelli/Y3bm9l3B">Johann Baptist Martinelli</a>, Austrian architect (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_11/rUYRkVDa">February 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Carlo_Lodi/WJo36G8s">Carlo Lodi</a>, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period in Bologna (d. <a href="/facts/1765/tuvj9AvG">1765</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_14/CpNgqcq1">February 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Enrique_Fl%C3%B3rez/k5lwzAp8">Enrique Flórez</a>, Spanish historian (d. <a href="/facts/1773/v86LdbWr">1773</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_24/Bw3LGK6c">February 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph_Hunauld/LUC7Wk0o">François-Joseph Hunauld</a>, French anatomist born in Châteaubriant (d. <a href="/facts/1742/WetcgMEE">1742</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_25/80yUkkDG">February 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Adam/5wxtXcTr">Thomas Adam</a>, Church of England clergyman and religious writer (d. <a href="/facts/1784/V7EehDfV">1784</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_28/qoYyDYpU">February 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Jacek_Rybi%C5%84ski/xlenCY7L">Jacek Rybiński</a>, Cistercian and the last abbot of the <a href="/facts/Oliwa_Abbey/xSPYKTMU">Oliwa monastery</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1782/rCE7RQcG">1782</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_1/vxP4Lalf">March 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Jakob_Breitinger/rldT3e7d">Johann Jakob Breitinger</a>, Swiss philologist and author (d. <a href="/facts/1776/4m6rJpzd">1776</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_2/fwEowLwl">March 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Lewis_Morris_(1701%E2%80%931765)/YNoWpMhf">Lewis Morris</a>, Welsh hydrographer (d. <a href="/facts/1765/tuvj9AvG">1765</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_6/XyDIJaSH">March 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis-Ren%C3%A9_de_Caradeuc_de_La_Chalotais/blHPwbwX">Louis-René de Caradeuc de La Chalotais</a>, French jurist on the so-called "Brittany affair" (d. <a href="/facts/1785/tph2mh30">1785</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_7/GNEJyzVn">March 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Philip_Hawkins_(MP)/lxc4rMGw">Philip Hawkins</a>, MP (d. <a href="/facts/1738/7b6oBAEU">1738</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_11/jQh5H0Rn">March 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Leeson,_1st_Earl_of_Milltown/vH98seHd">Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown</a>, Irish politician (d. <a href="/facts/1783/etHoALjY">1783</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_12/0dYB7LrQ">March 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Friedrich_Cotta_(theologian)/0DJFRhG2">Johann Friedrich Cotta</a>, German Lutheran theologian (d. <a href="/facts/1779/L8BSeXP4">1779</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_14/psCU0ha1">March 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Antonio_Alcalde_Barriga/2IvaECCz">Antonio Alcalde Barriga</a>, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate; member from the Order of Preachers; Bishop of Guadalajara (d. <a href="/facts/1792/YszyqCQ7">1792</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_15/PCeHmSjM">March 15</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Carmichael,_3rd_Earl_of_Hyndford/XGHhLMxk">John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1767/prI16bdd">1767</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_16/UN5MQNl6">March 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Daniel_Lorenz_Salthenius/w6Vgs3eM">Daniel Lorenz Salthenius</a>, Swedish theologian (d. <a href="/facts/1750/AMwP0Emy">1750</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_18/d7wGqI5o">March 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Niclas_Sahlgren/vcoLCjg7">Niclas Sahlgren</a>, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. <a href="/facts/1776/4m6rJpzd">1776</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_21/5h4oCUn7">March 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Jacques_Bridaine/uPeE1kSN">Jacques Bridaine</a>, French Catholic preacher and missionary (d. <a href="/facts/1767/prI16bdd">1767</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_25/D4N2hXpp">March 25</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Goffe/nBM9tIef">John Goffe</a>, Colonial American soldier (d. <a href="/facts/1786/QyXMf0Bn">1786</a>)</li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_9/YXsD7q0j">April 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Giambattista_Nolli/r99kaE8s">Giambattista Nolli</a>, Italian architect (d. <a href="/facts/1756/2lbdNndU">1756</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_25/z7DGQtQz">April 25</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Bristow/VXHm2lTS">John Bristow</a>, English merchant, politician (d. <a href="/facts/1768/t5LXq6IE">1768</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_27/utqE8bxC">April 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sebastian_Redford/o2sjsT5d">Sebastian Redford</a>, English Jesuit (d. <a href="/facts/1763/ParWKaFt">1763</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Emmanuel_III_of_Sardinia/xv0N1odz">Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia</a>, Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 (d. <a href="/facts/1773/v86LdbWr">1773</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_28/G2lJILA2">April 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%C3%A7oise_Basseporte/7aCDy7Qs">Françoise Basseporte</a>, French painter (d. <a href="/facts/1780/44aMMEeW">1780</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_14/SHozc9zT">May 14</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Emerson_(mathematician)/oXIAyK6P">William Emerson</a>, English mathematician (d. <a href="/facts/1782/rCE7RQcG">1782</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_18/fgnkLFEh">May 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Lennox,_2nd_Duke_of_Richmond/PCLa0ybp">Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond</a>, English aristocrat, philanthropist and cricket patron (d. <a href="/facts/1750/AMwP0Emy">1750</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_24/56JbzrjQ">May 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jane_Scott,_Countess_of_Dalkeith/fLkK98ba">Jane Scott, Countess of Dalkeith</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1729/quWJA1Tn">1729</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_IX_Philipp_von_Walderdorff/DUKXVbTy">Johann IX Philipp von Walderdorff</a>, Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1756 to 1768 (d. <a href="/facts/1768/t5LXq6IE">1768</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_26/csvDW5GY">May 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean-Joseph_Rallier_des_Ourmes/27C7vbAK">Jean-Joseph Rallier des Ourmes</a>, French mathematician (d. <a href="/facts/1771/ycB9PEeh">1771</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_28/6vlFjVgA">May 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Giuseppe_Antonio_Pujati/J9tv0EzF">Giuseppe Antonio Pujati</a>, Italian physician (d. <a href="/facts/1760/8hL355Gd">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_29/aEkfT7p6">May 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Georg_Friedrich_Strass/tIxymsWc">Georg Friedrich Strass</a>, Alsatian jeweler and inventor of the rhinestone (d. <a href="/facts/1773/v86LdbWr">1773</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_2/zjc1BdRn">June 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Townshend_(MP)/EKs8o7nK">Thomas Townshend</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/facts/1780/44aMMEeW">1780</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_4/PfrgETqB">June 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Nicolai_Eigtved/L9Ct3aJh">Nicolai Eigtved</a>, Danish architect (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Theodoor_Verhaegen/IolPKoR3">Theodoor Verhaegen</a>, sculptor from the Southern Netherlands (d. <a href="/facts/1759/1Sk6uILL">1759</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_9/sL5DYEJ0">June 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Carl_Hieronimus_Gustmeyer/MacdIWGK">Carl Hieronimus Gustmeyer</a>, Danish merchant (d. <a href="/facts/1756/2lbdNndU">1756</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_11/8w4EmInf">June 11</a> – <a href="/facts/David_Carnegie,_5th_Earl_of_Northesk/eIES7kza">David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk</a>, son of David Carnegie (d. <a href="/facts/1741/FCajlXJh">1741</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_17/1bFlHRf9">June 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Edward_Antill_(colonial_politician)/3xxWxILL">Edward Antill</a>, colonial plantation owner and winemaker (d. <a href="/facts/1770/kzzp0k3d">1770</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paula_de_Odivelas/NRoQ5mer">Paula de Odivelas</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1768/t5LXq6IE">1768</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_19/ogpFvf7S">June 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rebel/UhuBtqs5">François Rebel</a>, French composer (d. <a href="/facts/1775/9PSgKBNU">1775</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_21/fsEYpDER">June 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Otto_Magnus_von_Schwerin/6lm7VLt8">Otto Magnus von Schwerin</a>, Prussian general in the army of Frederick the Great (d. <a href="/facts/1777/egopurEW">1777</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_22/uHcEq5la">June 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Nicolai_Eigtved/L9Ct3aJh">Nicolai Eigtved</a>, Danish architect (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_27/pqjuMm4M">June 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Jacques_Malouin/KBL4Raqj">Paul Jacques Malouin</a>, French chemist and physicist (d. <a href="/facts/1778/FqbucKX5">1778</a>)</li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_6/nzDAeGrf">July 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Mary,_Countess_of_Harold/f0RUrzNA">Mary, Countess of Harold</a>, English aristocrat and philanthropist (d. <a href="/facts/1785/tph2mh30">1785</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_9/Yp5pBkUI">July 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Ph%C3%A9lypeaux,_Count_of_Maurepas/mJSC7S6o">Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas</a>, French statesman and Count of Maurepas (d. <a href="/facts/1781/YvK88M1N">1781</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_4/nsHHjgd7">August 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Blackwell_(scholar)/3WImym3y">Thomas Blackwell</a>, Scottish classical scholar (d. <a href="/facts/1757/tRY25G4n">1757</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brownlow_Cecil,_8th_Earl_of_Exeter/ArUaU7lt">Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter</a>, England (d. <a href="/facts/1754/CtYWPm7B">1754</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_9/tAz2L8EU">August 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Karl_Wilhelm_von_Dieskau/sYLfW0Fj">Karl Wilhelm von Dieskau</a>, Prussian lieutenant general, general inspector of the artillery (d. <a href="/facts/1777/egopurEW">1777</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_20/a2rr3sGH">August 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Domenico_Luigi_Valeri/pqzvuEMQ">Domenico Luigi Valeri</a>, Italian painter and architect active in Marche (d. <a href="/facts/1746/KBGoM1v9">1746</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_21/o8jQvlp0">August 21</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Bowes_(MP_for_County_Durham)/mBotIErn">George Bowes</a>, English coal proprietor, Member of Parliament (d. <a href="/facts/1760/8hL355Gd">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_6/RRFP6ywh">September 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Georg_Dathan/lg7tquc8">Johann Georg Dathan</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1749/M2EdC2gf">1749</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_14/12T7sEP3">September 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Maurus_Xaverius_Herbst/t2Qdq2o7">Maurus Xaverius Herbst</a>, German Benedictine abbot (d. <a href="/facts/1757/tRY25G4n">1757</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_16/YMWWCMmh">September 16</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Cornwallis/nh8xXgpy">James Cornwallis</a>, Royal Navy officer and politician, second son of Charles Cornwallis (d. <a href="/facts/1727/8b64XCj9">1727</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_17/1rhf5uML">September 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul-Joseph_Le_Moyne_de_Longueuil/EmTXk63S">Paul-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil</a>, seigneur and colonial army officer in New France; governor of Trois-Rivières (d. <a href="/facts/1778/FqbucKX5">1778</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_21/M05hqK1K">September 21</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Byng,_3rd_Viscount_Torrington/WEEzeIAT">George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington</a>, British Army general (d. <a href="/facts/1750/AMwP0Emy">1750</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_22/YtClwxAE">September 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Anna_Magdalena_Bach/gGRbERcK">Anna Magdalena Bach</a>, accomplished German singer, second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (d. <a href="/facts/1760/8hL355Gd">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_23/0VDxMSs7">September 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Bredo_von_Munthe_af_Morgenstierne/rql50lGd">Bredo von Munthe af Morgenstierne</a>, Norwegian civil servant (d. <a href="/facts/1757/tRY25G4n">1757</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_28/G8Tf1wmC">September 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Stephen_Hansen/2xMI4WNl">Stephen Hansen</a>, Danish industrialist (d. <a href="/facts/1770/kzzp0k3d">1770</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_30/ESdoV1cW">September 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Enrico_Enr%C3%ADquez/zAzCTJ57">Enrico Enríquez</a>, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. <a href="/facts/1756/2lbdNndU">1756</a>)</li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_3/vvevkuTv">October 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Isaac_Norris_(statesman)/RwtBeCMH">Isaac Norris</a>, merchant and statesman in provincial Pennsylvania (d. <a href="/facts/1766/foehIU48">1766</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Marie-Marguerite_d%27Youville/z4zLpoLg">Marie-Marguerite d'Youville</a>, Canadian saint (d. <a href="/facts/1771/ycB9PEeh">1771</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_18/V8H762CJ">October 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_le_Beau/ag2chCHy">Charles le Beau</a>, French historical writer (d. <a href="/facts/1778/FqbucKX5">1778</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_20/WhXdq8lt">October 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste_de_La_Noue/kJJKdpe3">Jean-Baptiste de La Noue</a>, French actor and playwright (d. <a href="/facts/1760/8hL355Gd">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_22/AT2kAN3s">October 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Maria_Amalia,_Holy_Roman_Empress/kUFzMUXS">Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1756/2lbdNndU">1756</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_24/UqvFhsjm">October 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Jacques_Legardeur_de_Saint-Pierre/cfyXIGHE">Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre</a>, Canadian military commander (d. <a href="/facts/1755/qnLBCdHC">1755</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_28/030z6rqj">October 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Sim%C3%B3n_de_Anda_y_Salazar/caKhdfx6">Simón de Anda y Salazar</a>, Governor-General of the Philippines (d. <a href="/facts/1776/4m6rJpzd">1776</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_30/h1XNvxBm">October 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Anton_Gogeisl/FLVsV40q">Anton Gogeisl</a>, German astronomer (d. <a href="/facts/1771/ycB9PEeh">1771</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_31/unFJnkkY">October 31</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Ellery,_Sr./pydYLquS">William Ellery, Sr.</a>, Rhode Island colonial deputy governor (d. <a href="/facts/1764/F6DdBMNL">1764</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_3/dfF9YPTm">November 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Smart_Lethieullier/MXjICrl8">Smart Lethieullier</a>, English antiquary (d. <a href="/facts/1760/8hL355Gd">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_5/R6zpvmwa">November 5</a> or <a href="/facts/1702/m7T9n3rG">1702</a> – <a href="/facts/Pietro_Longhi/j7VXUUvQ">Pietro Longhi</a>, Venetian painter (d. <a href="/facts/1785/tph2mh30">1785</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_6/NceNKCec">November 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste_Malter/NGSx5PXR">Jean-Baptiste Malter</a>, French dancer and dance master (d. <a href="/facts/1746/KBGoM1v9">1746</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_10/uMgkqWhb">November 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Joseph_Couven/dEo56q1y">Johann Joseph Couven</a>, German Baroque architect (d. <a href="/facts/1763/ParWKaFt">1763</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_21/hQaN66tF">November 21</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Arundell,_4th_Baron_Arundell_of_Trerice/oUuTnonv">John Arundell, 4th Baron Arundell of Trerice</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1768/t5LXq6IE">1768</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_27/1oxhThC3">November 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Anders_Celsius/02rtgl5x">Anders Celsius</a>, Swedish astronomer (d. <a href="/facts/1744/tcHCPwCe">1744</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_28/S5bg5uEC">November 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/James_Burrow/jna94jx9">James Burrow</a>, British scholar (d. <a href="/facts/1782/rCE7RQcG">1782</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Daniel_Wray/lNvAsYuo">Daniel Wray</a>, English antiquary and Fellow of the Royal Society (d. <a href="/facts/1783/etHoALjY">1783</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_9/vNAaTGRl">December 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Elisha_Freeman/717grBD9">Elisha Freeman</a>, Canadian politician (d. <a href="/facts/1777/egopurEW">1777</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_10/XGs6d7Fl">December 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Ignatius_of_Laconi/CnnP2wMS">Ignatius of Laconi</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1781/YvK88M1N">1781</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_11/HVStcgwJ">December 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Goore/jglDpgL2">Charles Goore</a>, English merchant and politician (d. <a href="/facts/1783/etHoALjY">1783</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_16/05Yaph5h">December 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Olof_Arenius/q1kH2mFJ">Olof Arenius</a>, Swedish portrait painter (d. <a href="/facts/1766/foehIU48">1766</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_17/XUw2Jewn">December 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Bernard_of_Bologna/3CWjqKcg">Bernard of Bologna</a>, Italian theologian (d. <a href="/facts/1770/kzzp0k3d">1770</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_21/MzKxmA6t">December 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Louis_Daniel_Arnault_de_Nobleville/EmC3sSqM">Louis Daniel Arnault de Nobleville</a>, French physician and naturalist (d. <a href="/facts/1778/FqbucKX5">1778</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Guillaume_Taraval/sIo38Mgq">Guillaume Taraval</a>, French painter (d. <a href="/facts/1750/AMwP0Emy">1750</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Taylor_White/v65VwTQJ">Taylor White</a>, British judge (d. <a href="/facts/1772/TA6mW9tB">1772</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_3/fwnGfegG">January 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Fernand_Palma_d%27Artois/FvAFD1I2">Fernand Palma d'Artois</a>, Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul and Titular Archbishop of Ancyra (b. <a href="/facts/1623/kU6wpUR9">1623</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louis_I,_Prince_of_Monaco/6oSmt7xN">Louis I, Prince of Monaco</a>, Monegasque prince (b. <a href="/facts/1642/wDgv4jBu">1642</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_4/krKQrxA8">January 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lu%C3%ADs_de_Sousa_(cardinal)/yDootyJ8">Luís de Sousa</a>, cardinal (b. <a href="/facts/1630/qBHsw5Qj">1630</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ernst_R%C3%BCdiger_von_Starhemberg/kc1QfbTw">Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg</a>, Austrian field marshal (b. <a href="/facts/1638/fXsp4t5g">1638</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_6/HkWYfxYS">January 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Toussaint_Rose/Bo8ntQDv">Toussaint Rose</a>, French writer (b. <a href="/facts/1611/Uj2tgMnn">1611</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_14/S2XKKdjo">January 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Tokugawa_Mitsukuni/WmbSk0Qh">Tokugawa Mitsukuni</a>, Japanese warlord (b. <a href="/facts/1628/Sh2XIhId">1628</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_17/9uBLlBms">January 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Domenico_Belisario_de_Bellis/gowYpazh">Domenico Belisario de Bellis</a>, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Molfetta (1696–1701) (b. <a href="/facts/1647/CwqAjJYj">1647</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_18/3SBX5CoM">January 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_John_Fagg,_1st_Baronet/XBY6Jx1M">Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1627/PPnUbIBN">1627</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_27/sCpAVlra">January 27</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Graham_(speaker)/yUapncjD">James Graham</a>, English born colonial American politician (b. <a href="/facts/1650/SypyyNcw">1650</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_10/aJzm0rGH">February 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Savo_Millini/TEv4IWrr">Savo Millini</a>, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. <a href="/facts/1644/jCycHRwR">1644</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_15/355a45P4">February 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Clermont-Tonnerre/hHPpc071">François de Clermont-Tonnerre</a>, French aristocrat and cleric (b. <a href="/facts/1629/QGqgW4gS">1629</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_27/FlkwRkJG">February 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Christiana_Oxenstierna/TheldeYu">Christiana Oxenstierna</a>, Swedish noble (b. <a href="/facts/1661/9Icapmkh">1661</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_15/PCeHmSjM">March 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean_Renaud_de_Segrais/CogXhIUa">Jean Renaud de Segrais</a>, French writer (b. <a href="/facts/1624/FRphYjWv">1624</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_19/dnyjjGjF">March 19</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Egerton,_3rd_Earl_of_Bridgewater/oxUuomY4">John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1646/rhkX29eK">1646</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_31/6x7dDjky">March 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_van_Rhee/kne0Tnpy">Thomas van Rhee</a>, Governor of Dutch Ceylon (b. <a href="/facts/1634/JXS0AULk">1634</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_2/dUDfA8dd">April 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Henry_Howard,_7th_Duke_of_Norfolk/34vF94mK">Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1655/mf2h9FDe">1655</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_4/2L9S4wXV">April 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Haines/RY8VljK6">Joseph Haines</a>, English entertainer and author</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_8/9GbGXuDy">April 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Alexander_Sforza/2TSLAp4v">Alexander Sforza</a>, Titular Archbishop of <i>Neocaesarea in Ponto</i> and Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy (b. <a href="/facts/1658/4Q75GkYy">1658</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_18/5xfe2buq">April 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Henry,_Prince_of_Nassau-Dillenburg/9CT0r9cf">Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg</a>, (1662–1701) (b. <a href="/facts/1641/Wz7GhSWu">1641</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_21/AHl99Srd">April 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Asano_Naganori/n1F7TbJ0">Asano Naganori</a>, Japanese warlord (b. <a href="/facts/1667/l4WPWbzC">1667</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_24/XolRSt6G">April 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Fernando_de_Carvajal_y_Ribera/xgzuNDdV">Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera</a>, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_8/PEe2X6Xh">May 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Robert_Bertie,_3rd_Earl_of_Lindsey/xjmWBw9x">Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey</a>, English noble (b. <a href="/facts/1630/qBHsw5Qj">1630</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacob_de_Heusch/AkBPR1pl">Jacob de Heusch</a>, Dutch painter (b. <a href="/facts/1656/Sn2y3Fk2">1656</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_18/fgnkLFEh">May 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Niwa_Mitsushige/7mryR7HC">Niwa Mitsushige</a>, Edo period Japanese samurai, 2nd Niwa daimyō of Shirakawa Domain and the 1st Niwa daimyō of Nihonmatsu Domain (b. <a href="/facts/1622/IlLRWNRU">1622</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_20/cs2G4cma">May 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rosine_Elisabeth_Menthe/sjo9FaR0">Rosine Elisabeth Menthe</a>, morganatic wife of Duke Rudolf August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. <a href="/facts/1663/GowUuY1B">1663</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christiana_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl%C3%BCcksburg/NRtlIjL7">Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg</a>, duchess consort of Saxe-Merseburg (b. <a href="/facts/1634/JXS0AULk">1634</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_23/eCkKwrjg">May 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/William_Kidd/0JGbPRuD">Captain William Kidd</a>, Scottish privateer (b. <a href="/facts/1645/w8BTcoIy">1645</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anne_Hilarion_de_Tourville/nTN4YpqB">Anne Hilarion de Tourville</a>, French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV (b. <a href="/facts/1642/wDgv4jBu">1642</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_26/csvDW5GY">May 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Augusta_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl%C3%BCcksburg/zcs6BlqF">Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg</a>, Danish-German princess (b. <a href="/facts/1633/oUdY81NP">1633</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_30/yUrMLpME">May 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Theophilus_Hastings,_7th_Earl_of_Huntingdon/r3f6N3wP">Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon</a>, 17th-century English politician and Jacobite (b. <a href="/facts/1650/SypyyNcw">1650</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_2/zjc1BdRn">June 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Madeleine_de_Scud%C3%A9ry/14QYmUj6">Madeleine de Scudéry</a>, French writer (b. <a href="/facts/1607/QFaFfIz9">1607</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anna_Stanis%C5%82awska/56amhzVJ">Anna Stanisławska</a>, Polish author and poet known for her sole work (b. <a href="/facts/1651/RsHlxd4m">1651</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_7/65d6SCTG">June 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Cotterell/Y9QB4ynA">Charles Cotterell</a>, English courtier (b. <a href="/facts/1615/uYoqjm4b">1615</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_9/sL5DYEJ0">June 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Philippe_I,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans/hDhzeFeC">Philippe I, Duke of Orléans</a>, younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife (b. <a href="/facts/1640/aDj0dRLH">1640</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_24/aLzslkNw">June 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Ford_Grey,_1st_Earl_of_Tankerville/rP2Tk3Us">Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1655/mf2h9FDe">1655</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_5/dYIrCBFc">July 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Pier_Matteo_Petrucci/cboHSTg5">Pier Matteo Petrucci</a>, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. <a href="/facts/1636/mkCTkHBT">1636</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_7/k6IWlEDM">July 7</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Stoughton_(Massachusetts)/RhoCubwT">William Stoughton</a>, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. <a href="/facts/1631/QYdW8sum">1631</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_12/sxuDFs66">July 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Battista_Nepita/a1NGjGkp">Giovanni Battista Nepita</a>, Bishop of Massa Lubrense and Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia (b. <a href="/facts/1624/FRphYjWv">1624</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_14/8aa0mIXE">July 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Lorenzo_Kreutter_de_Corvinis/yE3rYART">Lorenzo Kreutter de Corvinis</a>, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vieste (1697–1701) (b. <a href="/facts/1658/4Q75GkYy">1658</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_16/Db20tCPx">July 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Justus_Danckerts/UpzXA2lS">Justus Danckerts</a>, Dutch artist (b. <a href="/facts/1635/awnBoRDl">1635</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_6/wz7oRcfk">August 6</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Hedges_(colonial_administrator)/SdVTsXhJ">William Hedges</a>, the first governor of the East India Company (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_20/a2rr3sGH">August 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_Charles_Sedley,_5th_Baronet/9mcapUH8">Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet</a>, English playwright (b. <a href="/facts/1639/LYeIEUh4">1639</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_22/h6zS4KCm">August 22</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Granville,_1st_Earl_of_Bath/AMavgJ4f">John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath</a>, English royalist statesman (b. <a href="/facts/1628/Sh2XIhId">1628</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_31/FrIIMNR2">August 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Samuel_Chappuzeau/umkQVdVr">Samuel Chappuzeau</a>, French scholar (b. <a href="/facts/1625/JUFS4kY3">1625</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_4/maLcngq6">September 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Granville,_2nd_Earl_of_Bath/612IBI3s">Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath</a>, English diplomat (b. <a href="/facts/1661/9Icapmkh">1661</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_15/UeGjN5mu">September 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Edm%C3%A9_Boursault/x0P0uM39">Edmé Boursault</a>, French writer (b. <a href="/facts/1638/fXsp4t5g">1638</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_16/YMWWCMmh">September 16</a> – <a href="/facts/James_II_of_England/1hWxE4WL">James II of England</a>, King of England and Ireland, and of Scotland (as James VII) (b. <a href="/facts/1633/oUdY81NP">1633</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_17/1rhf5uML">September 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Stanislaus_Papczy%C5%84ski/xCnUxKHp">Stanislaus Papczyński</a>, Polish priest (b. <a href="/facts/1631/QYdW8sum">1631</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_19/KurgveR6">September 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Walter_Moyle_(MP)/GU7B4T90">Walter Moyle</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1627/PPnUbIBN">1627</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_20/QLfbxI7z">September 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Bernard_Granville_(MP_died_1701)/WsroMlxP">Bernard Granville</a>, courtier of King Charles II and MP (b. <a href="/facts/1631/QYdW8sum">1631</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_28/G8Tf1wmC">September 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Johannetta_of_Sayn-Wittgenstein_(1632-1701)/w8IEwqTd">Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein</a>, German noblewoman (b. <a href="/facts/1632/R7RRtCsG">1632</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_3/vvevkuTv">October 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Williamson_(English_politician)/XHnh154v">Joseph Williamson</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/facts/1633/oUdY81NP">1633</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_1/1tRfIDru">November 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Alexander_Stuart,_5th_Earl_of_Moray/0e4V6FPw">Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray</a>, Scottish nobleman (b. <a href="/facts/1634/JXS0AULk">1634</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_5/R6zpvmwa">November 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Gerard,_2nd_Earl_of_Macclesfield/NX5Dl9gF">Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield</a>, French-born English politician (b. c. <a href="/facts/1659/HbnHxwS5">1659</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_9/J2s2qE00">November 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Hui-bin_Jang/wawQKmru">Hui-bin Jang</a>, Korean royal consort (b. <a href="/facts/1659/HbnHxwS5">1659</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_27/1oxhThC3">November 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Maurizio_Bertone/bRy9Q2VA">Maurizio Bertone</a>, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fossano (1678–1701) (b. <a href="/facts/1639/LYeIEUh4">1639</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_29/2gfLq1Iv">November 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Carlo_Labia/DR2jYo4g">Carlo Labia</a>, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Adria and Archbishop of Corfù (b. <a href="/facts/1624/FRphYjWv">1624</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_2/e3FzUoxF">December 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Zofia_Czarnkowska_Opali%C5%84ska/SzRkWf65">Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska</a>, mother-in-law of King Stanislaus I of Poland (b. <a href="/facts/1660/tzqgUF8b">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_21/MzKxmA6t">December 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_Hugh_Paterson,_1st_Baronet/QMzuVdvF">Sir Hugh Paterson, 1st Baronet</a>, Scottish landowner (b. 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