Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 4 |
Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies |
Jan 7 |
Mary II Stuart, queen of England, dies at 32 [OS=Dec 28 1694] |
Feb 6 |
Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies |
Mar 5 |
Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664) |
Apr 3 |
Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58 |
Apr 5 |
George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61 |
Apr 13 |
Jean de La Fontaine, poet, dies |
Apr 13 |
Jean de La Fontaine, De Fabeltjeskrant |
Apr 14 |
Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73 |
Apr 20 |
Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 |
Apr 23 |
Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 |
Apr 27 |
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 |
Apr 27 |
John Trenchard, English statesman (b. 1640) |
May 17 |
Cornelis de Heem, painter, dies |
Jun 8 |
Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66 |
Jun 11 |
André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619) |
Jul 8 |
Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist (b. 1629) |
Jul 18 |
Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61 |
Aug 6 |
François de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) |
Sep 12 |
Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630) |
Nov 16 |
Pierre Nicole, French philosopher (b. 1625) |
Nov 21 |
Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36 |
Nov 21 |
Henry Purcell, The Wolf of Wall Street |
Nov 28 |
Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer, dies at 58 |
Nov 28 |
Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632) |
Nov 29 |
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619) |
Dec 8 |
Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625) |
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