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Born on Saturday August 6, 1701
Died on Saturday August 6, 1701

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 6, 1701 at Delpher


Born on August 6

Died on August 6

Names that were popular for boys in 1701
  1. Jan
  2. Cornelis
  3. Joannes
  4. Johannes
  5. Petrus
  6. Pieter
  7. Willem
  8. Jacob
  9. Jacobus
  10. Jean
  11. Hendrik
  12. Gerrit
  13. Johann
  14. John
  15. Pierre
  16. Thomas
Names that were popular for girls in 1701
  1. Maria
  2. Anna
  3. Marie
  4. Catharina
  5. Elisabeth
  6. Joanna
  7. Cornelia
  8. Neeltje
  9. Johanna
  10. Jannetje
  11. Anne
  12. Grietje
  13. Elizabeth
  14. Mary
  15. Trijntje
  16. Petronella

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1701
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
  • March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
  • May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
  • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
  • August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
  • September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.