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May 6, 1697Born on Tuesday May 7, 1697
- Charles Garnier, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada († 1761)
- Jan Pieters Stoel, Hoorn, The Netherlands († 1736)
- Count Ernst of Salisch-Gross-Graben († 1769)
- Cornelis Willemse Meerburg
- Gertrudis Strijckers, Susteren († 1757)
- Ernst Hendrik Graaf van Salisch († 1769)
- Anna van Lith, Rotterdam († 1732)
- Christoph Straub, Gammelshausen, Landkreis Göppingen, Württemberg. Duitsland
- Antje Baniers Offringa, Drachten Frl NL
- Cleophas Cleophas, Nederweert
Died on Tuesday May 7, 1697
- William Reed (42), Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
- Jean HORS (46), Elven,56250,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE
- Andrew Andover Foster III (57), Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- Anne Wentworth 7th Baroness Wentworth (73)
- Andrew Foster III (57), Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Philippe Charles de Froulay (34), Saint-Denis de Gastines, Mayenne, France
- Pieter Jansen van Emmichoven (44), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- John (Edward) Ketchum (74), Newton, Long Island, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten
- Phijke de Greeff, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jan Samuelsz Tack (67), Vlissingen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 7, 1697 at Delpher
Born on May 7
- 1643 » Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City († 1700)
- 1700 » Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician († 1772)
- 1701 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer († 1759)
- 1711 » David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher († 1776)
- 1724 » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal († 1797)
- 1740 » Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general († 1814)
- 1748 » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher († 1793)
- 1763 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general († 1813)
- 1767 » Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia († 1820)
- 1774 » William Bainbridge, American commodore († 1833)
Died on May 7
- 1617 » David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)
- 1667 » Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (b. 1616)
- 1682 » Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
- 1685 » Bajo Pivljanin (b. 1630)
- 1718 » Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
- 1793 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
- 1800 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
- 1805 » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
- 1815 » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
- 1825 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
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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 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.
- November 9 » Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
- December 2 » St Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London.