| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 23 |
Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80 |
Apr 30 |
Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies |
May 6 |
François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623) |
May 11 |
Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) |
May 12 |
Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658) |
May 27 |
Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 |
Jun 15 |
Romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62 |
Jul 1 |
Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706) |
Jul 2 |
Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies |
Aug 1 |
Edward Tyson, British Physician and father of comparative anatomy (The Anatomy of a Pygmy, 1698), dies at 57 |
Aug 4 |
Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77 |
Sep 3 |
Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53 |
Sep 6 |
Sir John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623) |
Sep 7 |
Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia |
Oct 1 |
John Blow, composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59 |
Oct 7 |
Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666) |
Oct 10 |
David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659) |
Oct 11 |
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651) |
Oct 13 |
Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk/fieldmarshal, dies at 67 |
Oct 18 |
Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67 |
Oct 22 |
Herman Witsius, [Wits], reformed theologist, dies at 72 |
Oct 24 |
Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician |
Oct 28 |
Prince George of Denmark, Consort of Queen Anne of England (b. 1653) |
Nov 3 |
Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederik Henry, dies at 71 |
Nov 4 |
Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederik Henry, dies at 71 |
Nov 7 |
Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist, dies at 76 |
Dec 22 |
Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681) |
Dec 28 |
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656) |
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