| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 8 |
Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 |
Jan 16 |
Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651) |
Feb 10 |
Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22 |
Feb 21 |
Joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1707-09), dies at 57 |
Mar 13 |
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636) |
Mar 15 |
Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (b. 1645) |
Mar 19 |
Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637) |
Apr 17 |
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678) dies of smallpox |
May 2 |
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641) |
Jun 7 |
Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641) |
Jun 8 |
Katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61 |
Jul 14 |
Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23 |
Jul 28 |
Gerard Lairesse, painter, buried |
Aug 22 |
Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644) |
Aug 25 |
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician |
Oct 14 |
Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1708) |
Nov 1 |
Christian Demelius, composer, dies at 68 |
Nov 3 |
Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer, dies at 60 |
Nov 3 |
John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666) |
Dec 17 |
Arnold Moonen, vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies |
nothing here now
