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May 1701Born on Sunday May 1, 1701
- Aaltje Gerritsdr. Ammerlaan, Wassenaar
- , Benthuizen, S. Holl, Neth
- Aldert Pietersz Brederoe, Zijpe († 1770)
- Aeltje Hogendoorn, Waarder (Zuid-Holland)
- Guillielmus Van Litsen, Wouw(Bulk)
- Anjus Jans Sterringa, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
- Aaltje Hoogendoorn, Waarder,Zuid Holland,Netherlands
- Abraham Maartensz Kranenburg, Moordrecht
- Agatha Catharina Onvlee \ Onvleij, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1779)
- Aeltje Gerrits Hoogendoorn, Waarder
Died on Sunday May 1, 1701
- Gerrit Siercks (33), ,, Kollumerzwaag, Kollumerland, Friesland, Netherlands
- Gerrit Sierks (33), Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland
- François Boucquart (0), Amsterdam
- Jan Bilderbeek, Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland
- Jacob Pietersz Berkhout, Vlaardingen
- Gerardus Antonius WASSENBERG, Gemert, 3584, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Hesseltje Romkes
- Jacob Pieterzn Berkhout, Vlaardingen
- Hermina van de Broeck (14)
- Hendrick van Lith de Jeude, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on May 1
- 1594 » John Haynes, English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut († 1653)
- 1602 » William Lilly, English astrologer († 1681)
- 1672 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician († 1719)
- 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
- 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
- 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
- 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
- 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
- 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
- 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
Died on May 1
- 1555 » Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
- 1572 » Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
- 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
- 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
- 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
- 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
- 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
- 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
- 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
- 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
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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 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.
- 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.