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July 3, 1698Born on Friday July 4, 1698
- Catharina Van Ostaeyen, Brecht († 1726)
- Judith Blanchard
- Marie Madeleine Ghesquiere, Quesnoy-sur-Deûle,59890,Nord,Hauts-de-France,France
- Judith BLANCHARD, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Marie Barbe Ghesquiere, Quesnoy-sur-Deule, Nord, Frankrijk
- Angélique Plante, Ste-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France († 1748)
- Pieter Bolonie, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1790)
- Marie Madeleine Ghesquiere, Quesnoy-sur-Deule, Nord, Frankrijk
- Pieter Belogne, Leiden († 1790)
- Antonius Cools, Wuustwezel († 1776)
Died on Friday July 4, 1698
- Trijntje Cornelisdr (Trijntge) de Geus (Geus) (63), Maasdam, Nederland
- Trijntje Cornelisdr (de) Geus (58), Maasdam, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Trijntge Cornelisdr. de Geus (60), Maasdam, Zh.Nld
- Catherine HAPIOT (55), Camblain-L'Abbé,62690,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
- Trijntge Cornelisd de GEUS (60), maasdam
- Trijntge de GEUS (63), Maasdam
- Elizabeth Offley (78), Dalby, Lincoln, England
- Trijntje Cornelisd GEUS (58)
- Trijntje Cornelisd GEUS (58)
- Richard Hulse (53), Brookhaven, Lewis, New York, United States
Born on July 4
- 1656 » John Leake, Royal Navy admiral († 1720)
- 1694 » Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer († 1772)
- 1715 » Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and academic († 1769)
- 1719 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright († 1797)
- 1729 » George Leonard, American lawyer, jurist and politician († 1819)
- 1753 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight († 1809)
- 1790 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor († 1866)
- 1799 » Oscar I of Sweden († 1859)
- 1804 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer († 1864)
- 1807 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician († 1882)
Died on July 4
- 1603 » Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1521)
- 1623 » William Byrd, English composer (b. c. 1540)
- 1644 » Brian Twyne, English academic, antiquarian and archivist (b. 1581)
- 1648 » Antoine Daniel, French missionary and saint, one of the eight Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601)
- 1742 » Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
- 1754 » Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (b. 1680)
- 1761 » Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689)
- 1780 » Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)
- 1787 » Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
- 1821 » Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
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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.