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Born on Thursday February 21, 1697
- Adriaantje Jillis van Vuren (Vurens), Lopik († 1780)
- AART WOUTERS BUITENHUIS, Lunteren
- Aaltje Wigles, Oldeboorn, Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Maria SCHAEPCOOMANS, Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke,9767,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1770)
- Adriaantje Jillesdr van Vuuren, Lopik († 1780)
- Adolf Eulerink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
- Berent Hendricksen van Engelenburg), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 1701)
- Aebe Tjeerds, Oenkerk
- Augustinus Herreman, Sint-Niklaas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1767)
- BERENT HENDRIKSEN (VAN ENGELENBURG), Veenendaal
Died on Thursday February 21, 1697
- Ludwig Gustav van Hohenlohe Waldenburg (62)
- Albertien Aertsdr (22), Lunteren
- Ludwig Gustav Von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (62)
- Cornelia Cornelis de Beir de BEER (25), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Joannes (Henricus?) van den Boem, Valkenswaard
- Johannes Booij, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Henricus Wilman (0), Birdaard
- Jacobus IJeuwens Bluijssen (34), Leende, Noord Brabant, Nederland
- Elsken ten Westendorp (29), ,, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Henricus Wilman (0), Birdaard (gem. Noardeast-Fryslân)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 21, 1697 at Delpher
Born on February 21
- 1609 » Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander († 1680)
- 1621 » Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch († 1692)
- 1705 » Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician († 1781)
- 1728 » Peter III of Russia († 1762)
- 1783 » Catharina of Württemberg († 1835)
- 1788 » Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph († 1873)
- 1791 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer († 1857)
- 1794 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico († 1876)
- 1801 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal († 1890)
- 1817 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright († 1893)
Died on February 21
- 1554 » Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (b. 1498)
- 1572 » Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar († 1501)
- 1590 » Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
- 1595 » Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)
- 1677 » Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
- 1715 » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
- 1730 » Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
- 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
- 1824 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
- 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
Names that were popular for boys in 1697
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Johann
- John
- Dirk
- Thomas
Names that were popular for girls in 1697
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Johanna
- Grietje
- Elizabeth
- Jannetje
- Anne
- Trijntje
- Mary
- Maartje
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 26 » Safavid government troops take control of Basra
- 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 5 » War of the Grand Alliance: A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
- 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.