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Born on Thursday August 25, 1701
- Cornelis Adriaans Stad van der, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Chatalina Calero, Ayna, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
- Jannetje Gerrits Fox, ,, Zalk, Nederland
- Brigitta SOETAERT, Ingelmunster, 8770, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1762)
- Gerrit Toutjens, Amersfoort
- Hendrik Willem Jan de Bruijn, Groot-Zundert, Staats-Brabant, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden
- Elsje Kopijn, Leiden Nederland
- Elisabeth van de Wiele, Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1746)
- Arisje van Hennekeler, Nijkerk
- cornelis adriaansz van der stad, sommelsdijk (goeree overflakkee)
Died on Thursday August 25, 1701
- Derk Kobus, Woold, Gelderland, Nederland
- Basil Douglas-Hamilton (29)
- ongedoopt de Ruisscher, Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland
- ELISABETH VAN HOOFTSTADT, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
- Immetje Pieters Soetelief
- Kornelis Adriaensz Van Der STAD (9)
- Anna Zophia ten Bergh (61), Amsterdam
- NN Dircks DOELAND, in het Oudeland
- Maria Jan ASSELBERGHS (25), Rumst,2840,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 25, 1701 at Delpher
Born on August 25
- 1624 » François de la Chaise, French priest († 1709)
- 1662 » John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician († 1724)
- 1707 » Louis I of Spain († 1724)
- 1724 » George Stubbs, English painter and academic († 1806)
- 1741 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author († 1792)
- 1744 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic († 1803)
- 1758 » Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer († 1810)
- 1767 » Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician († 1794)
- 1776 » Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral († 1853)
- 1786 » Ludwig I of Bavaria († 1868)
Died on August 25
- 1631 » Nicholas Hyde, Lord Chief Justice of England (b.c. 1572)
- 1632 » Thomas Dekker, English author and playwright (b. 1572)
- 1688 » Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)
- 1699 » Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
- 1711 » Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)
- 1742 » Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
- 1774 » Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
- 1776 » David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
- 1794 » Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
- 1797 » Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic (later 1st Governor of the State of Vermont) (b. 1730)
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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)
- 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 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.
- October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.