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Died on Saturday December 3, 1701
- Antoinette DELATTRE (28), Cachy, 80159, Somme, Picardie, France
- Joris (Georgius) van Berghen (54), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NL
- John Phillips (33), North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Marie DROUARD, Berchères S/Vegres, 28, Eure-et-Loir, Centre
- John Thomas PhiIlips (56), Farnham, Richmond, Virginia
- Petronella Spildooren (65), SINT-NIKLAAS
- pieter cornelisz volkers, koediik
- Thomas ASCOUGH (21), Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America
- Berendjen Honders, Kotten, Gelderland, Nederland
- Elisabeth de Rijck
Born on December 3
- 1596 » Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker († 1684)
- 1616 » John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer († 1703)
- 1684 » Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer († 1754)
- 1722 » Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher († 1794)
- 1729 » Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist († 1783)
- 1730 » Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha ruler of Gwalior († 1794)
- 1755 » Gilbert Stuart, American painter († 1828)
- 1793 » Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic († 1867)
- 1800 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer († 1849)
- 1810 » Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord, American author and political essayist († 1879)
Died on December 3
- 1533 » Vasili III of Russia (b. 1479)
- 1542 » Jean Tixier de Ravisi, French scholar and academic (b. 1470)
- 1552 » Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1506)
- 1592 » Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1545)
- 1610 » Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and daimyō (b. 1548)
- 1668 » William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (b. 1591)
- 1706 » Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637)
- 1765 » Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)
- 1789 » Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
- 1815 » John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)
Names that were popular for boys in 1701
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Willem
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Jansz
- Van
- Joseph
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1701
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Anne
- Neeltje
- Johanna
- Jans
- Jannetje
- Van
- Catherine
- Grietje
- Jeanne
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 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
- July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
- September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.