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Born on Friday January 7, 1701
- Balthasar Van Melckebeke, Ressegem, Herzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Catharina van der Staken, Vught
- Hermanus van Soestbergen, Utrecht
- Bastiaantje Hermansd Grasdijk, ,, Ridderkerk, So. Holland, Holl († 1742)
- Frans Stevens Verburg, Berkel, Netherlands
- Anna Elisabetha Catharina Schneider, Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1736)
- Élisabeth GOUDESEUNE, Wijtschate,8953,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Henricka Michault, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Estienne Baudry, Etroeungt, 59219, France
- Haijcke Bockesd Hooghiemstra, Wassenaar, zh.nld
Died on Friday January 7, 1701
- Jacques LEROUX (48), Trémeur, 22250, France
- Katherine Baker (76), Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Isabelle Margaretha Francesca de Merode-Westerloo Vrouwe van Oost-IJsselmonde (52), Brussel
- Isabelle Marguerite Françoise DE MERODE-WESTERLOO (60), Brussels, Brabant, Belgium
- Catharina De Visser(s),Vischer(s),Visschers (47), Halle
- Christiaan Frederik Vrijheer van Wernitz Heer van Mieste (41), Maagdenburg, Saksen-Anhalt
- Jean Hudon (61), Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
- Arie Maartensz Leeflang (44), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Isabelle Marguerite Françoise comtesse de Merode (52), Bruxelles
- Philips Amen Ackersdijk, Delft
Born on January 7
- 1634 » Adam Krieger, German organist and composer († 1666)
- 1647 » William Louis, Duke of Württemberg († 1677)
- 1685 » Jonas Alströmer, Swedish agronomist and businessman († 1761)
- 1706 » Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher († 1751)
- 1713 » Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian director and manager († 1785)
- 1718 » Israel Putnam, American general († 1790)
- 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
- 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
- 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
- 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
Died on January 7
- 1619 » Nicholas Hilliard, English painter and goldsmith (b. 1547)
- 1625 » Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer and author (b. 1560)
- 1655 » Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
- 1658 » Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician, 1st Governor of the New Haven Colony (b. 1590)
- 1694 » Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)
- 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
- 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
- 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
- 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
- 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
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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.
- May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
- July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
- 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.
- October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.