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Born on Tuesday February 8, 1701
- Daniel Graves, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Colony († 1765)
- Elisabeth Cupers, Schin op Geul,, Limburg, Nederland
- Aeltje Lauwe Droesbeek, Wassenaar
- Geertje Jacobs Kos, Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Andreas Beuijsen, Horst († 1770)
- Cornelia van LATUM, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1741)
- Aaltje Lourensdr. Droesbeeck, Wassenaar RK
- Anna Elisabetha Van Hove, Tessenderlo
- Andreas Bueijssen, Horst
- Hannah Dodge, Beverly, Massachusetts († 1782)
Died on Tuesday February 8, 1701
- Barbara Smaelen (45), Lubbeek
- jacquine barat, michery 89
- Cornelis de Vogel (57), Ouddorp
- Luitje Biersteker (2), Grootebroek
- Isack Landmeter (23)
- Isack Landmeter (23)
- Jacob Adriaans Landmeter (28)
- Andrea de Latorre Santiago y Angulo (52), San Jerónimo, Antioquia, Colombia
- Margareta Palmans, Rosmeer, Bilzen, België
- Catherine COLIN (90), Gélacourt, 54, Meurthe et Moselle, Lorraine, FRANCE
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 8, 1701 at Delpher
Born on February 8
- 1591 » Guercino, Italian painter († 1666)
- 1685 » Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author († 1770)
- 1700 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1782)
- 1720 » Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan († 1750)
- 1741 » André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer († 1813)
- 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
- 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
- 1792 » Caroline Augusta of Bavaria († 1873)
- 1798 » Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia († 1849)
- 1807 » Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist († 1889)
Died on February 8
- 1599 » Robert Rollock, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1555)
- 1623 » Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (b. 1546)
- 1676 » Alexis of Russia (b. 1629)
- 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
- 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
- 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
- 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
- 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
- 1768 » George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
- 1772 » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
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 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.
- October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.