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May 15, 1701Born on Monday May 16, 1701
- Abraham Curtis († 1779)
- Benedictus Gerrits Rigter, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Lijsbeth Bastiaans Stavast, Vuren Gelderland
- Cornelius van den Hove, Loon op Zand
- Anne Francoise Elisabeth QUANTIN, Tours, 37261, Indre et Loire, Centre, Frankrijk († 1741)
- Anne Françoise Élisabeth Quentin, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France († 1741)
- Aaltje Dobber, Knollendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1703)
- Adrianus Petrus Verhoeven, Oisterwijk
- Anneke Wouters Mulder, Almkerk en Emmikhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1733)
- Benjamin Kingsley, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Died on Monday May 16, 1701
- Beatrix Op gen Diepen (Schurmans, Maes, Vreesen) (74), Velden
- Adriana De Coninck (36), Berlare, Belgie
- Jannetje Pieters Kardux (59), Oude Tonge
- Hendrik Cornelisse Landheer (76), Oud-Beijerland
- Armand Nompar de Caumont La Force (86), 's-Gravenhage
- Johan Philip de Schiffaert Schiffart (45), Emden, Duitsland
- Jannetje KARDUX Pdr (60)
- Gerard Constantijn van RUIJTENBURGH (61), Purmerend
- Gerard Constantijn van Ruitenberg (61), Purmerend, N.H
- Cornelis Gelderland, Zaamslag
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 16, 1701 at Delpher
Born on May 16
- 1606 » John Bulwer, British doctor († 1656)
- 1611 » Pope Innocent XI († 1689)
- 1641 » Dudley North, English economist and politician († 1691)
- 1710 » William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household († 1782)
- 1718 » Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1799)
- 1763 » Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist († 1829)
- 1788 » Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator († 1866)
- 1801 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State († 1872)
- 1804 » Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten († 1894)
- 1819 » Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet († 1890)
Died on May 16
- 1620 » William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
- 1657 » Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
- 1667 » Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
- 1669 » Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
- 1691 » Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
- 1696 » Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634)
- 1703 » Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628)
- 1778 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718)
- 1790 » Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
- 1818 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
Names that were popular for boys in 1701
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Johannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Willem
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- John
- Johann
- 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)
- 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.
- September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.