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Born on Wednesday October 9, 1697
- Elizabeth Jamieson, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
- Étienne (Étienne Patenaude Étienne Patenotre) Patenaude Patenotre, Québec, Canada († 1768)
- Charlotte Florentine, Arolsen
- Geertruijt van Schie, Delft
- Jacoba Versluijs, Zomergem (B)
- Anthony Errisz van 't Voort, Amerongen († 1699)
- Aldegonde BROCART, Helemmes (59) († 1765)
- Jan (op) Vels, Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland
- Jan van der Hoof, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Jetse Tierks, Leeuwarden
Died on Wednesday October 9, 1697
- Hendrik Petrusz Kintius (40), Simonshaven
- Eloij Delaey, Staden West-Vlaanderen België
- Teunis de Bruijn (4), Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Jan Cornelisz Zwaneveld (75), Naaldwijk (ZH district VIII) NL
- Arie Cornelisz. VOOGT (68)
- Gerrit Post (20)
- Thomas Caswell (78), Taunton, Bristol, MA
- Eligius Delaey, Staden
- Arij Cornelisz VOOGT (68)
- Jan Cornelisz Swanevelt (75), Naaldwijk
Born on October 9
- 1581 » Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar († 1638)
- 1586 » Leopold V, Archduke of Austria († 1632)
- 1593 » Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician († 1674)
- 1609 » Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland, English noble († 1688)
- 1623 » Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China († 1688)
- 1704 » Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician († 1777)
- 1757 » Charles X of France († 1836)
- 1796 » Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor († 1878)
- 1835 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor († 1921)
- 1837 » Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic († 1902)
Died on October 9
- 1569 » Vladimir of Staritsa (b. 1533)
- 1581 » Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1526)
- 1613 » Henry Constable, English poet (b. 1562)
- 1619 » Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (b. 1561)
- 1691 » William Sacheverell, English politician (b. 1638)
- 1729 » Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (b. 1654)
- 1793 » Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)
- 1797 » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)
- 1806 » Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
- 1808 » John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1697
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 13 » Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
- May 7 » Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced in the 18th century by the current Royal Palace.
- September 11 » Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.
- September 20 » The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War.
- November 9 » Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
- December 2 » St Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London.