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Born on Wednesday February 24, 1694
- Hanss Jacob Engelhard, Botenheim, Neckar, Wuertt
- Gaspard Richez, Beaumont († 1764)
- Everharda Holthus, Zevenaar
- Jacques PREUDOMME, Chocques,62224,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 1766)
- Catharina Hendrix Wemmerus, Vlaardingen († 1759)
- Jaapje Arens de Jager, Scheveningen
- Catharijna Hendriksdr Wemmerus, Vlaardingen († 1759)
- Arij Maertensz. Trapper, Vlaardingen († 1741)
- Anna Catharina Mertel, Herborn, Hessen, Duitsland
- Gustaaf Frederik van Jammersted († 1758)
Died on Wednesday February 24, 1694
- Laurentius Wilhelmus Vreijssen (34), Leende
- Cornelius Joannes SPEECK (37), Kapellen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
- Susanne Salome Frisch (78), Tübingen, Württemberg, Deutschland
- Arent Arens Reitmeyer (27)
- Cornelius HOLLANTS (69), Veerle, 2431, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
- Guilielmus Somija, Mortroux, België
- Elisabeth CHAPPELAIN (55), Pont-l'Évêque, 60400, Oise, Picardie, France
- Diego Gomez Graaf van Espinosa, Brussel
- Jan van Rulaat, Zaamslag
- Jan Harmens Van VLIET (45)
Born on February 24
- 1619 » Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist († 1690)
- 1622 » Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher († 1665)
- 1709 » Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer († 1782)
- 1721 » John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware († 1796)
- 1723 » John Burgoyne, English general and politician († 1792)
- 1736 » Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach († 1806)
- 1743 » Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer († 1820)
- 1762 » Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator († 1830)
- 1767 » Rama II of Siam († 1824)
- 1774 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge († 1850)
Died on February 24
- 1588 » Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)
- 1666 » Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (b. 1588)
- 1685 » Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629)
- 1704 » Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
- 1714 » Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
- 1721 » John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
- 1732 » Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
- 1777 » Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
- 1785 » Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)
- 1799 » Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1694
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 6 » The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
- July 27 » A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.