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March 1, 1701Born on Wednesday March 2, 1701
- Antoine PATERNOTTE
- Catrijn Matser, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1783)
- Catharina Dassen, Sint Pieter († 1701)
- Adrianus De Groot, Steenbergen († 1702)
- Gerrijd Jans Esmeijer, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
- Geertruij Ariens MEULDERS, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1756)
- Aechje van Campen, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria FORTGERDES, Wesuwe,Germany
- Adrianus Groot de, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aechje van Campen, Loosduinen
Died on Wednesday March 2, 1701
- Wilhelmus Goorts (1), Bakel
- Madeleentje Simonsd. van Someren, Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Afke SASSES (25), Ried, Frjentsjeradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
- Francesco (Giovan Antonio Francesco) DI FAZIO (57), Carini, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia
- Truijtje Jans, Laren
- Daniel Hubbard (34), Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Florentius Wasteels, Ninove
- Ambrose Holbech (69)
- Agnès RUTH
- Livina de Coninck (40), Wondelgem, België
Born on March 2
- 1628 » Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1684)
- 1651 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet († 1730)
- 1705 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1793)
- 1740 » Nicholas Pocock, English naval painter (d.1821)
- 1760 » Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician († 1794)
- 1769 » DeWitt Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of New York († 1828)
- 1770 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general († 1826)
- 1779 » Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War († 1851)
- 1793 » Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas († 1863)
- 1800 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian-Italian poet and philosopher († 1844)
Died on March 2
- 1589 » Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1520)
- 1619 » Anne of Denmark, queen of Scotland (b. 1574)
- 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
- 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
- 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
- 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
- 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
- 1829 » Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)
- 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
- 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
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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.
- 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 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.