| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 17 |
Pieter van Bloemen, [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized |
Jan 18 |
Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) |
Feb 11 |
Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds) |
Mar 1 |
Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740) |
Mar 18 |
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer |
Mar 24 |
Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) |
May 5 |
Jacques Danican Philidor, composer |
Jun 3 |
Manuel de Egues, composer |
Jun 10 |
James Cragg the Elder, British politician (d. 1721) |
Jun 14 |
Cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral |
Jul 11 |
Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13) |
Jul 25 |
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer |
Aug 10 |
Cornelis Chastelein, Dutch colonial director |
Aug 18 |
Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1743) |
Sep 27 |
Sophia, regent of Russia (1682-89) |
Oct 4 |
Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747) |
Nov 8 |
Thomas Bullis, composer |
Nov 11 |
Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars) |
Nov 26 |
William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735) |
Dec 15 |
Michel-Richard Delalande, composer |
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