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June 25, 1698Born on Thursday June 26, 1698
- Apollonia Pietersdr. Outshoorn, Stompwijk
- Cornelis van Domselaar
- Christianus (Gatianus) CASTELEYN, Gistel († 1743)
- Antie Molles, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
- Alijda Schuurman, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands,Stadhuis van Hoorn
- Albert Sytses Hemrica (Henrica), Bergum († 1784)
- Agnes Townsend, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States († 1698)
- Hessel Douwes Mellema, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1772)
- Grietje (Margarita) Fredericks (Fredriks) van Beek, Windesheim, Zwolle
- Hindrick Marten, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1757)
Died on Thursday June 26, 1698
- Janke Jeroens Ens (76), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Jacobus Verdonck, St. Pauwels
- Pierre Villeneuve (19), Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada
- Albert SYDSES (1), Burgum, Tytsjerksteradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
- Joseph Peck (47), Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
- Frederick Emich Leiningen (77)
- Pierre VEAUVY (80), Martizay, 36220, France
- Hessel Douwes Mellema
- Albert Sytses Hemrica, Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Arie (Florisz) Hogenboom
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 26, 1698 at Delpher
Born on June 26
- 1600 » Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Spanish-born bishop and viceroy of New Spain († 1659)
- 1681 » Hedvig Sophia of Sweden († 1708)
- 1689 » Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic († 1769)
- 1694 » Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist († 1768)
- 1699 » Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, French businesswoman († 1777)
- 1702 » Philip Doddridge, English hymn-writer and educator († 1751)
- 1703 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic († 1767)
- 1726 » Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia († 1796)
- 1730 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic († 1817)
- 1764 » Jan Paweł Łuszczewski, Polish politician († 1812)
Died on June 26
- 1574 » Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (b. 1530)
- 1688 » Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher and academic (b. 1617)
- 1752 » Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
- 1757 » Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
- 1784 » Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (b. 1728)
- 1793 » Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720)
- 1793 » James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (b. 1776)
- 1795 » Johannes Jährig, German linguist and translator (b. 1747)
- 1808 » Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)
- 1810 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
Names that were popular for boys in 1698
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- John
- Jansz
- Johann
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1698
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Neeltje
- Trijntje
- Anne
- Jans
- Johanna
- Elizabeth
- Van
- Mary
- Jannetje
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.