| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Feb 25 |
Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66 |
Mar 7 |
Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried |
Apr 7 |
Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67 |
Apr 15 |
Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 |
Apr 15 |
Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635) |
Apr 21 |
Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640) |
May 21 |
Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646) |
Jun 17 |
Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47 |
Jul 5 |
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (b. 1641) |
Jul 26 |
Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 |
Aug 19 |
Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52 |
Sep 7 |
John Harris, English writer |
Sep 19 |
Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 |
Sep 19 |
Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried |
Sep 21 |
Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (b. 1647) |
Sep 27 |
George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662) |
Oct 14 |
Arnold Houbraken, painter/writer), dies at 59 |
Nov 8 |
Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652) |
Nov 19 |
Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64 |
Nov 26 |
John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662) |
Dec 2 |
Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85 |
Dec 16 |
Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 |
Dec 31 |
John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 |
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