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Born on Sunday February 27, 1701
- Arie Den Bootsman, Polsbroek, Lopik, Nederland
- Aaltje JEREFAESSEN, Tricht (Gld.)
- Anna Clara VANDENHAMEELE, Oostduinkerke,8670,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Adriaan TIMMER, Rossum, Gelderland, Nederland († 1712)
- Arij Ariensz Luijendijk, Hellevoetsluis
- Aaltje Jerefaessen, Tricht, Gelderland, Nederland
- André Joseph AZEMBERGHE, Valenciennes,59300,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1754)
- Bavo Jacobus Meijs, Gemeente Nuth, Limburg, Nederland († 1780)
- Albertus Gerritsz van Tesseling, Woudenberg
- Boudewijn Mink (Minck), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Sunday February 27, 1701
- Adrianus Breugelmans (74), Mol
- Brigitta KIEFFER (53), Truchtersheim, 67370, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
- Maertijntje Cornelis van der ENDE (0), Hillegersberg
- Marguerite MOUSSIAU (72), Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, 17190, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, FRANCE
- Marchje Heijndricksdr Verwoerd (11)
- Dirck Ploenen Huijser (59)
- Willem Hendricksz. Vinck (5), Oudenhoorn
- Jeanne Gelineau Gelinas (61), Saint-Pallais-Saintes, Saintonge, France
- Laurentius Abeel (52), Temse
- Willem Hendriksz VINCK (5)
Born on February 27
- 1659 » William Sherard, English botanist († 1728)
- 1667 » Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Prussian-Lithuanian wife of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine († 1695)
- 1689 » Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer († 1775)
- 1703 » Lord Sidney Beauclerk, English politician († 1744)
- 1711 » Constantine Mavrocordatos, Ottoman ruler († 1769)
- 1724 » Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken († 1767)
- 1732 » Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin, French cardinal († 1804)
- 1746 » Louis-Jérôme Gohier, French politician, French Minister of Justice († 1830)
- 1748 » Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician and activist († 1820)
- 1767 » Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, French lawyer and politician, 24th Prime Minister of France († 1855)
Died on February 27
- 1558 » Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversial Catholic preacher (b. 1504)
- 1558 » Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, German Noblewoman (b. 1524)
- 1659 » Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (b. 1609)
- 1699 » Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1625)
- 1706 » John Evelyn, English gardener and author (b. 1620)
- 1712 » Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1645)
- 1720 » Samuel Parris, English-American minister (b. 1653)
- 1735 » John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and polymath (b. 1667)
- 1784 » Count of St. Germain, European adventurer (b. 1710)
- 1795 » Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1750)
Names that were popular for boys in 1701
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Johannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Willem
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- John
- Johann
- 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)
- January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
- March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
- 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.
- July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
- October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.