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Born on Monday August 27, 1691
- Lijsbeth Jans van Zonnevelt, Noordwijk, Nederland († 1737)
- Lijsbeth Zonneveld, Noordwijk († 1737)
- Lijsbeth Jansdr van Zonneveld, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1737)
- Laurentius Reckers, Waspik
- Georgius vande Cnocke, Roeselare († 1691)
- Anna Elisabeth Sabine von Venningen
- Gertrudis Essing, Bocholt
- Abram van der BENDE, Dordrecht
- Andreas van der Crabben, Aarle-Rixtel
- Abram Pieters van den Bende, Dordrecht
Died on Monday August 27, 1691
- Jacqueline FAUQUET (29), Audinghen, 62054, Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Lubbertus Toxopeus (41), Lalleweer, Groningen, Nederland
- Lubbartus TOXOPAEUS (46), Lalleweer Borgsweer
- Lubbertus Toxopaeus (46), Lalleweer
- Hendrik Jan van Tolhuijzen (74)
- Joseph Wilbore (62), Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., Verenigde Staten
- Claude de Gaulle (48), Saint-Loup, Châlons-en-Champagne, 51108, France
- Philippe Poot, Ukkel Brabant
- Maria Peeters
- Franz Wilhelm II von Hohenems (37)
Born on August 27
- 1624 » Koxinga, Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist († 1662)
- 1637 » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland († 1715)
- 1665 » John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician († 1751)
- 1669 » Anne Marie d'Orléans, queen of Sardinia († 1728)
- 1677 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general († 1748)
- 1724 » John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician († 1781)
- 1730 » Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author († 1788)
- 1770 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic († 1831)
- 1785 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru († 1841)
- 1795 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician († 1885)
Died on August 27
- 1545 » Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (b. 1487)
- 1576 » Titian, Italian painter and educator (b. 1488)
- 1590 » Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
- 1611 » Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)
- 1635 » Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
- 1664 » Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
- 1748 » James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
- 1782 » John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
- 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
- 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
Names that were popular for boys in 1691
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Jean
- Willem
- Jacobus
- Hendrik
- John
- Jansz
- Gerrit
- Van
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1691
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Johanna
- Elizabeth
- Neeltje
- Jans
- Van
- Jeanne
- Catherine
- Mary
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.