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Born on Sunday December 28, 1698
- Antoine PRION, Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique
- Adriaantje Laurensdr van der van der Vlugt, Portugaal († 1777)
- Aagje van der Vlugt, Poortugaal
- Bastiaan Cornelisz van Besoijen, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1786)
- Aeltie den Ouden, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
- Bastiaan Corneliszn van Besoijen, Andel, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1786)
- Bastiaan Cornelisz van Besooijen, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Hackmann, Dersum, Steinbild
- Catharina Walckiers, Liedekerke,, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1709)
- Arie Wiggertsz van der Graaf, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland († 1784)
Died on Sunday December 28, 1698
- Louise Margaretha van Asseburg (46)
- Mechteld Jansen (53)
- Cornelia Anna van Isendoorn A Blois (37)
- Mechteld Jansdr (53)
- Marie Madeleine Cauchon (43), Beauport, Quebec, Canada
- Anna Weber (17), Stetten
- Benoit DURAND PIROTAZ, Montagnieu,38110,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
- Cornelia Anna van Isendoorn à Blois (37), Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Gerrit Pieters Blaauboer (55), Sint Maarten, Nederland
- Magdeleine Cochon (43), Hotel Dieux, Beauport, Quebec, Canada
Born on December 28
- 1619 » Antoine Furetière, French author and scholar († 1688)
- 1635 » Elizabeth Stuart, second daughter of King Charles I of England († 1650)
- 1651 » Johann Krieger, German organist and composer († 1735)
- 1655 » Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk († 1698)
- 1665 » George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1716)
- 1722 » Eliza Lucas, Caribbean-American agriculturalist († 1793)
- 1763 » John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery († 1836)
- 1775 » Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker and photographer († 1863)
- 1789 » Catharine Maria Sedgwick, American novelist of "domestic fiction" († 1867)
- 1798 » Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician († 1844)
Died on December 28
- 1622 » Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (b. 1567)
- 1663 » Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
- 1671 » Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (b. 1611)
- 1694 » Mary II of England (b. 1662)
- 1703 » Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
- 1706 » Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (b. 1647)
- 1708 » Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656)
- 1715 » William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)
- 1734 » Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (b. 1671)
- 1736 » Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670)
Names that were popular for boys in 1698
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.