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Born on Monday August 18, 1698
- Jacqueline Françoise DEHAEMER, Ledringhem... Hauts de France († 1766)
- Corneille François Deherripon, Dunkerque, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk († 1742)
- Cornelis Goes, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
- Antonia van Loon, Loon op Zand
- Helena van Schie, vlaardingerambacht
- Helena Ariensd van Schie, Vlaardinger Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Huberta (Huijbertje Dingemans) Schoenmakers, Waspik
- Angelina Haverbeke, Kaprijke († 1729)
- Anna van Poppelen, Berchem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Angelina Haverbeke, Kaprijke (B) († 1729)
Died on Monday August 18, 1698
- Robert Marshall (53), Virginia, United States
- Jeanne Pelagie De Rohan-Chabot, Versailles (Seine-et-Oise) F
- Jeanne Pelagie de CHABOT-DE ROHAN
- Bridget Hutchinson (79), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
- William Chandler (62), Andover, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Catherine Fauss (63), Farébersviller, 57207, Moselle, Lorraine, France
- Jeanne Pélagie de Rohan (47), unbekannt
- Trijntien Hendricx, Groningen
- Maria VAN DIEPMEER (63), Buggenhout,9255,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Jeanne Pélagie 'Mlle de Léon' de Rohan Chabot-Saint Gelais (47), Versailles, Île-de-France, France
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 18, 1698 at Delpher
Born on August 18
- 1606 » Maria Anna of Spain († 1646)
- 1629 » Agneta Horn, Swedish writer († 1672)
- 1657 » Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and painter († 1743)
- 1685 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist († 1731)
- 1692 » Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon († 1740)
- 1700 » Baji Rao I, first Peshwa of Maratha Empire († 1740)
- 1720 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician († 1760)
- 1750 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor († 1825)
- 1754 » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer († 1833)
- 1774 » Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician († 1809)
Died on August 18
- 1613 » Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1540)
- 1620 » Wanli Emperor of China (b. 1563)
- 1625 » Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English diplomat (b. 1556)
- 1634 » Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
- 1642 » Guido Reni, Italian painter and educator (b. 1575)
- 1648 » Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1615)
- 1683 » Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
- 1707 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1640)
- 1712 » Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1660)
- 1765 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
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.