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Born on Thursday February 17, 1701
- Annigje Gerrits VERKAIJCK, Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1779)
- Elias Lyman, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States († 1703)
- Georg Henrich Holler, Echzell, Hessen, Deutschland († 1760)
- Engeltje (Angela) Cooremans, Amersfoort († 1773)
- Anne Boscawen, St. James's, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, Great Brittain († 1749)
- Adrianus Jansz HONKOOP, de Bree, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1749)
- Annigje Gerrits Verkaijck, Bergambacht († 1779)
- Angela (Engeltje) Peeters Cooremans, Amersfoort (NL) († 1742)
- Adrianus Jansz Honkoop, Woerden († 1749)
- Antonius De bruyn, Bornem († 1780)
Died on Thursday February 17, 1701
- Grietje Koek (43), Amsterdam
- Laurentius De Backer (76), Tielt, België
- Anthonius Janszn van Attevelt (41), Utrecht
- Maria van Wijck, Utrecht
- Maria Heuts (52), Jabeek
- Catharina van Goor, 's-Gravenhage
- Jean PETER (70), Mittelhausbergen,67206,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE
- Gerardus UBAGHS (48), Jabeek (NL/LI)
- Laurent DEBACKERE (71), Tielt,8700,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Frans Verniers (60), Elversele
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 17, 1701 at Delpher
Born on February 17
- 1646 » Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist († 1714)
- 1653 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer († 1713)
- 1723 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic († 1762)
- 1740 » Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist († 1799)
- 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
- 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
- 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
- 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
- 1796 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist († 1866)
- 1817 » Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1904)
Died on February 17
- 1600 » Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1548)
- 1609 » Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
- 1624 » Juan de Mariana, Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536)
- 1659 » Abel Servien, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1593)
- 1673 » Molière, French actor and playwright (b. 1622)
- 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
- 1680 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)
- 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
- 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
- 1768 » Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1691)
Names that were popular for boys in 1701
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Johannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Willem
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Johann
- John
- Pierre
- Thomas
Names that were popular for girls in 1701
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Johanna
- Jannetje
- Anne
- Grietje
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Trijntje
- 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)
- 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.
- July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
- 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.
- October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.