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Born on Friday February 7, 1698
- Elze Wubbe Folckers, Onstwedde († 1739)
- Antoine Joseph DEMBLON, Durbuy,7940,Luxemburg,Wallonië,BELGIË († 1771)
- Cornelia van Spithoven, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, NL
- Adriaen van CAPPEL, Dordrecht
- Else Wubbes Folkes, Onstwedde († 1739)
- Baertje HORSTMAN, Dordrecht
- Catharina Leysen, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgie
- Antonius (Antoon) Maessen (Maes)(Maassen), Echt
- Christian Vanbrabant, Klerken († 1762)
- Cornelis Clements Bezemer
Died on Friday February 7, 1698
- John Fuller (86), Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Catharina Sophia Göransdotter Armsköld (83), Sånnarp, Asby socken
- Pleun Andriesz Bakker (52), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
- Pierre Mathieu d'OLNE, OLNE, Liège, Belgique
- Godefroid Coquelet, Spa
- Godefroid COCQUELET, SPA, Liège, Belgique
- Servaes Hannot, Rotterdam
- Joannes Cornelis GOOS, Gierle, Antwerpen, België
- John, Sr. Fuller (87), Newton, Middlesex, MA
- Pietertje Jans, Abbenbroek
Born on February 7
- 1612 » Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager († 1683)
- 1622 » Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble († 1694)
- 1693 » Empress Anna of Russia († 1740)
- 1722 » Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet († 1781)
- 1726 » Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter († 1766)
- 1741 » Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic († 1825)
- 1758 » Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer († 1826)
- 1796 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; d. 1874)
- 1802 » Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic († 1892)
- 1804 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company († 1886)
Died on February 7
- 1603 » Bartholomäus Sastrow, German politician (b. 1520)
- 1626 » William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
- 1642 » William Bedell, English bishop and academic (b. 1571)
- 1693 » Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (b. 1624)
- 1736 » Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)
- 1779 » William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)
- 1799 » Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
- 1801 » Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)
- 1819 » August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1737)
- 1823 » Ann Radcliffe, English author (b. 1764)
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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.