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April 8, 1701Born on Saturday April 9, 1701
- Joannes Strobbe, Meire in de Sint-Bavokerk († 1782)
- Cornelis Gresnigt, Utrecht
- Diliaentje Thomas Verwaij, Zaandam
- Jonathan Carpenter, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts († 1720)
- Henry Estes
- Annetje van der Stuit, Delft
- Ebenezer White, Hadley, Hartford, Connecticut († 1733)
- Anna Maria Callens, Temse (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Antonius Snepvangers, Zundert († 1705)
- Henrica Por, Elten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
Died on Saturday April 9, 1701
- (2) Maria Joanna Vandewalle (75), Anzegem (W-VL) België
- Anna Maria van Wassenaar (90)
- Capt. John Worthington Sr (51), Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America
- John Worthington (51), Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
- Gérardin CUNY (100), Val-et-Châtillon,54480,Meurthe-et-Moselle,Lorraine,FRANCE
- Arent Corstiaansz Bosschieter (45), Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Isaac Leemans (1), Rotselaar, 3110, België
- Cors Ariens Mookhoek (51), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Marijtje Jans (21)
- Cors Ariens MOOKHOEK (51), s-Gravendeel,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 9, 1701 at Delpher
Born on April 9
- 1634 » Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau († 1696)
- 1648 » Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French soldier and diplomat († 1720)
- 1649 » James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire († 1685)
- 1654 » Samuel Fritz, Czech Jesuit missionary to South America (d. 1725?)
- 1680 » Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright († 1754)
- 1686 » James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1721)
- 1691 » Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic († 1761)
- 1717 » Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian organist, composer, and educator († 1750)
- 1770 » Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic († 1831)
- 1773 » Étienne Aignan, French author and academic († 1824)
Died on April 9
- 1557 » Mikael Agricola, Finnish priest and scholar (b. 1510)
- 1626 » Francis Bacon, English jurist and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1561)
- 1654 » Matei Basarab, Romanian prince (b. 1588)
- 1693 » Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (b. 1618)
- 1747 » Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1667)
- 1754 » Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (b. 1679)
- 1761 » William Law, English priest and theologian (b. 1686)
- 1768 » Sarah Fielding, English author (b. 1710)
- 1804 » Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1732)
- 1806 » William V, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1748)
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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)
- 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.
- August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
- September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
- October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.