Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 6 |
John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657) |
Feb 1 |
John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649) |
Mar 1 |
Roger North, English biographer (b. 1653) |
Mar 8 |
Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33 |
Mar 12 |
Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74 |
Mar 21 |
Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48 |
Mar 21 |
Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679) |
Apr 1 |
Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69 |
Apr 4 |
Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 |
May 4 |
James Thornhill, English painter |
May 24 |
Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) |
Jun 17 |
Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle |
Jun 17 |
Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (b. 1653) |
Jul 6 |
Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69 |
Jul 22 |
Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England |
Nov 14 |
Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies |
Dec 14 |
Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 |
Dec 21 |
Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54 |
Dec 28 |
Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671) |
Dec 28 |
Rob Roy, Scottish folk hero and outlaw, dies at 63 |
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