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Born on Thursday February 8, 1691
- Alice Bowater, Middletown, Chester County, Pennsylvania († 1749)
- charles Goes, nil saint vincent
- Abe Jacobs Nauta, Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1693)
- Adrianus Hubrechts, Doel, Bisdom Gent († 1692)
- Annetje Helmerts van Koudijs, Scherpenzeel
- Anne Robins, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1709)
- Alice Bowater PYLE, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1794)
- Catharina Fonteijn, New York, New York
- ariaantje kuijt, katwijk aan Zee, Nederland
- Aelbreght Ariens Peien
Died on Thursday February 8, 1691
- Albertie Arens van Swieten (50)
- Jacqueline Paret, Comines,59560,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,France
- Robert Axim (73), Marston Moretain, Bedfordshire, England
- Crijn Cleasz Sluijs, Willeskop
- Adriaan Verploegh (1), Herwijnen (GD)
- Adriaan Verploegh (1), Herwijnen, West Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
- Michael Schultz (86), Schirnding, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Bayern, Deutschland
- Jean LEGOUBEY, Saint Pierre Église,50330,Manche,Basse-Normandie,FRANCE
- Jean, Jacques Beltzer (0), Landser, 68440, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
- Joseph Lyman (19), Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 8, 1691 at Delpher
Born on February 8
- 1577 » Robert Burton, English priest, physician, and scholar († 1640)
- 1591 » Guercino, Italian painter († 1666)
- 1685 » Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author († 1770)
- 1700 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1782)
- 1720 » Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan († 1750)
- 1741 » André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer († 1813)
- 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
- 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
- 1792 » Caroline Augusta of Bavaria († 1873)
- 1798 » Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia († 1849)
Died on February 8
- 1599 » Robert Rollock, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1555)
- 1623 » Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (b. 1546)
- 1676 » Alexis of Russia (b. 1629)
- 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
- 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
- 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
- 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
- 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
- 1768 » George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
- 1772 » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1691
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1691
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- July 12 » Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
- October 7 » The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.