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April 11, 1701Born on Tuesday April 12, 1701
- Jean François NOËL, SOUGNE-REMOUCHAMPS (Quareux), Liège, Belgique
- Henrietta GODOLPHIN, Helston, Cornwall († 1776)
- Jacoba Joanna VROOME, Nieuwpoort (B)
- Aldegondis Swennen, Vrijhern
- Elisabetha Bernardus Snellen | van der Sterren, Horst
- Cornelia BUIJSEN de OUDE, Nispen-Essen
- Dirk Jansz van der Hoeven, Maasland († 1747)
- Elias Franciscus VROOME, Nieuwpoort (B)
- Cornelia Buijsen, Essen († 1747)
- Henrietta Churchill, Helston, Cornwall, England († 1776)
Died on Tuesday April 12, 1701
- Claes Ariensz. Claverweijde (36), Wassenaar aangifte
- Jenneken Eghberts
- Gilles JOULLIN (47), Sens-Beaujeu (18 Cher), France
- Nicholas* Wren snr (71), Christ Church Parish, Lancaster, Virginia, United States
- Claude De Richardot (38)
- Abraham Hansen Leutscher (Lötscher) (43), Erlenbach im Simmertal, Bern (Ch)
- André Joseph Mathis (2), Thuillies, Hainaut, Belgique
- Abraham Hansen Lötscher (43), Erlenbach Zwitserland)
- Abraham Lötscher Hansen (43), Erlenbach, Erlenbach im Simmental, Bern, Zwitserland
- Claes Arisz. Claverweijde (36), Wassenaar
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 12, 1701 at Delpher
Born on April 12
- 1639 » Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician († 1712)
- 1656 » Benoît de Maillet, French diplomat and natural historian († 1738)
- 1705 » William Cookworthy, English minister and pharmacist († 1780)
- 1710 » Caffarelli, Italian actor and singer († 1783)
- 1713 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author († 1796)
- 1716 » Felice Giardini, Italian violinist and composer († 1796)
- 1722 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer († 1793)
- 1724 » Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia († 1790)
- 1748 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author († 1836)
- 1777 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
Died on April 12
- 1675 » Richard Bennett, English politician, colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
- 1684 » Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
- 1687 » Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619)
- 1704 » Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
- 1748 » William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
- 1782 » Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
- 1788 » Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
- 1795 » Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
- 1814 » Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)
- 1817 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
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)
- 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.
- October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.