Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 2 |
Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) |
Jan 6 |
Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies |
Jan 7 |
Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (bc. 1618) |
Feb 1 |
John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73 |
Feb 4 |
Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651) |
Apr 3 |
Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, buried at 64 |
Apr 27 |
Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 |
May 17 |
Johann Michael Bach, German composer, dies at 46 |
Jun 17 |
Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (b. 1629) |
Jul 7 |
Dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies |
Aug 8 |
Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 |
Sep 23 |
Francesco Passarini, composer, dies at 57 |
Sep 28 |
Mouton, mathematician, dies |
Oct 12 |
Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies |
Oct 16 |
Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 |
Nov 8 |
Ulrik Huber, Frisian lawyer/law historian/polemist, dies at 58 |
Nov 22 |
John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1630) |
Nov 25 |
Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605) |
Nov 30 |
Marcello Malpighi, father of microscopic anatomy, dies |
Dec 2 |
Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622) |
Dec 11 |
Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630) |
Dec 28 |
Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32 [NS=Jan 7] |
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