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April 5, 1701Born on Wednesday April 6, 1701
- Anna Joannis DAMEN, Hilvarenbeek, 3738, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Felix Loones, Boeschepe (F) († 1751)
- James Ritchey, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland († 1757)
- Geesken Schurink, Winterswijk († 1758)
- Anna Jones DAMEN, Hilvarenbeek,5080,Noord-Brabant,Tilburg,NEDERLAND
- Geerd Giesbers, Gildehaus, Pruisen († 1768)
- François HOMO, Bourdonnay, 57099, Moselle, Lorraine, France († 1779)
- Guilielmus Van Sulperen, Waanrode, V-Br, BE († 1744)
- Frerick, Harderwijk
- Joannes Sleeckx, Berlaar, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1729)
Died on Wednesday April 6, 1701
- Beatrix Wijnands (83), Grubbenvorst
- Petronella Beelens (71), Denderhautem
- Arij Abrahamsz. Sebel (36), Stompwijk impost
- Beatrix WINANDTS, Grubbenvorst, Limburg, Netherlands
- Hans Joachim von Hagen (55)
- Dominique Michel (94), Dainvile aux forges,55130,meuse,france
- Bartel Wilthon (61), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Johan de Huybert (48), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Arij Abrahamsz Sebel (53), Stompwijk
- Agnès Vaus, Mettet (Prov Namen) (Belgie)
Born on April 6
- 1651 » André Dacier, French scholar and academic († 1722)
- 1660 » Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer († 1722)
- 1664 » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County († 1742)
- 1671 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright († 1741)
- 1672 » André Cardinal Destouches, French composer († 1749)
- 1706 » Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and composer († 1759)
- 1708 » Johann Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer († 1772)
- 1725 » Pasquale Paoli, French soldier and politician († 1807)
- 1726 » Gerard Majella, Italian saint († 1755)
- 1741 » Nicolas Chamfort, French author and playwright († 1794)
Died on April 6
- 1593 » Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (b. 1550)
- 1605 » John Stow, English historian and author (b. 1525)
- 1621 » Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (b. 1539)
- 1641 » Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino), Italian painter (b. 1581)
- 1655 » David Blondel, French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591)
- 1676 » John Winthrop the Younger, English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606)
- 1686 » Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (b. 1614)
- 1707 » Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch-English painter (b. 1633)
- 1755 » Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (b. 1690)
- 1790 » Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
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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.
- 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 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.