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Born on Tuesday August 27, 1697
- Jan Wilhelmus Janssen Masbroekx, Milheeze
- Gertrudis Martens, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
- Cornelia Jacobus de Coninck, Zundert, Noord Brabant († 1734)
- Jacoba VAN DEN HEUVEL, Weelde, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
- Cors Pietersz. Colijn, Zoeterwoude
- Jacobus van Gijsel, Hontenisse,Kloosterzande († 1770)
- Hans Martin Braun († 1754)
- Bruno Boeschesz Zeekamp, Bollen, Nedersaksen, Noord-Duitsland († 1753)
- Christianus Adrianii Baelemans († 1752)
- Dirck Jansz. Dortman, Delft
Died on Tuesday August 27, 1697
- Ment Ariense Spaans (56), Scheveningen
- Cornelis van der Wal, De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Ment Ariensz. Spaans (56), Scheveningen
- Ment Arientsz Spaans (56), Scheveningen
- Ment Arens Spaans (56), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Ment Arentsse Spaans (56), Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands
- Catharina Elshof (31), Wietmarschen, Wietmarschen, Grafschaft Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
- Ment Arentsz SPAANS (56), Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Ment Arentsz. Spaans (56), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
- Ment Ariens Spaans (56), Scheveningen (Gemeente 's Gravenhage)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 27, 1697 at Delpher
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 1697
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Jean
- Gerrit
- Jansz
- Jacobus
- Van
- Joseph
- Johann
Names that were popular for girls in 1697
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Jans
- Johanna
- Anne
- Grietje
- Van
- Elizabeth
- Jannetje
- Catherine
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.
- 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.
- December 2 » St Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London.