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Born on Saturday October 11, 1698
- Joanna Theresia Lahaye, Leisele
- Lysbeth Saskers, Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
- Anna Buijs, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Joanna Theresia LAHAEYE, Leisele, Alveringem, Province of West Flanders, Belgium († 1789)
- Jacob Pietersz Korver, Benningbroek
- Gertrudis BROUX, Waltwilder, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België
- Barbara Verleysen, Erembodegem, Aalst, België
- Anna Braun, Spielberg, Nagold, Germany († 1775)
- Marguerite Steck, Stundwiller,Bas-Rhin,Grand Est,Frankreich,F († 1774)
- Anna Goverts, Oosterhout
Died on Saturday October 11, 1698
- Maria Anna Maximiliana Theresia von Althann (63)
- Jan Boene Wisse (33)
- Sara Hall (33), Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
- Cornelis Woutersz Terlouw (38)
- Joannes SIMONS (50), Essen, Antwerpen, België
- Antonius Chombart (50), Roncq
- Matheus Vervloet (76), Putte
- Ursula Byrd (16), Jamestown, James City, Virginia, British Colonial America
- Dirk Teunisz Ligthart (28), Lutjebroek, North Holland, Netherlands
- Dirck Teunisz Ligthart (28), Lutjebroek, North Holland, Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 11, 1698 at Delpher
Born on October 11
- 1616 » Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright († 1664)
- 1661 » Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet († 1742)
- 1671 » Frederick IV of Denmark († 1730)
- 1672 » Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat († 1742)
- 1675 » Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher († 1729)
- 1738 » Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales († 1814)
- 1739 » Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician († 1791)
- 1758 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer († 1840)
- 1786 » Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician († 1848)
- 1788 » Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor († 1867)
Died on October 11
- 1579 » Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
- 1667 » Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1613)
- 1684 » James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (b. c. 1617)
- 1698 » William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)
- 1705 » Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
- 1708 » Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
- 1721 » Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
- 1725 » Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
- 1779 » Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
- 1809 » Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1698
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1698
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- July 2 » Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
- September 5 » In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.