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Born on Tuesday December 16, 1698
- Guilhelma Adriaens, Uden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Antje Hummele, Ureterp
- Gertrudis Alberts Heijsen, Nijmegen
- Cornelis Braet, Tielt
- Anna Somers, Schilde
- Christina BEELEN, Diepenbeek,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
- Arentjen Meijlof, De Wijk
- Hendrick Lubberts, Niekerk en Vliedorp
- Aeltjen Roelofs NIJEMEIJER († 1743)
- Agnes Dulcius, Longkamp (Bernkastel-Wittlich) D († 1776)
Died on Tuesday December 16, 1698
- Judoca Troch, Mere
- Joanna Vanderschueren, Mater,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Sijbrechta van Snellenbergh (30), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
- Petronella De Sadeleer (0), Erondegem
- Jan Dingemans Rollaf (27), Zevenbergen
- Jan Dingemans Rolloff (27), Zevenbergen
- Jacoba Van Looveren, Wuustwezel
- Cornelia Isabella Meijling, Borne
- Cornelis Jacobszn. (33), Wijngaarden
- Servatius PRAETS (78), Overpelt
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 16, 1698 at Delpher
Born on December 16
- 1630 » Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist († 1715)
- 1714 » George Whitefield, English Anglican priest († 1770)
- 1716 » Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat († 1798)
- 1717 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar († 1806)
- 1730 » Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader († 1763)
- 1742 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal († 1819)
- 1770 » Ludwig van Beethoven, composer († 1827)
- 1775 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer († 1834)
- 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
- 1776 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
Died on December 16
- 1594 » Allison Balfour, Scottish witch
- 1598 » Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545)
- 1669 » Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
- 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
- 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
- 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
- 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
- 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
- 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
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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.