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Born on Sunday August 28, 1701
- Adam Ecker, Hattem († 1771)
- Aart van der Burg, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antonius Sevenuuren, Oosterhout, Nederland
- Antonius Sevenuren, Oosterhout
- Aaltje Peuter de, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriaan Jansz Rutjes, Huijsen († 1740)
- Arie Maartens Roos, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1782)
- Adam Bastiaan, Hattem († 1771)
- Antonius Cornelius WIJTEN, Schoten,2900,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
- "Pieter" Abrahamsz Nieuwelant, Zwartewaal
Died on Sunday August 28, 1701
- Berent te Winkel, op de Haart, Winterswijk, Netherlands
- Nicolaas van Megen (50)
- Berent Te WINCKEL (66)
- Trijn Spanjaard (0), Den Helder
- Johann Jost Schaber (21)
- Geert CLAASSEN (7), Zuidwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
- Thomas Price Sr (91), Calvert, Anne Arundel, Maryland, Colonial America
- Grietjen Klaas (31), Zwartsluis
- Herman Claasz De VRIES (5)
- Cornelia CRUL (33), Adegem, 9991, Flandre Orientale, Flandre, BELGIQUE
Born on August 28
- 1592 » George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English courtier and politician († 1628)
- 1612 » Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and scholar († 1653)
- 1667 » Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway († 1721)
- 1691 » Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress († 1750)
- 1714 » Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1774)
- 1728 » John Stark, American general († 1822)
- 1739 » Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer († 1818)
- 1749 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat († 1832)
- 1774 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition († 1821)
- 1801 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher († 1877)
Died on August 28
- 1645 » Hugo Grotius, Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (b. 1583)
- 1646 » Johannes Banfi Hunyades, English-Hungarian alchemist, chemist and metallurgist. (b. 1576)
- 1648 » Charles Lucas, English general (b. 1613)
- 1648 » George Lisle, English general (b. 1610)
- 1654 » Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583)
- 1665 » Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (b. 1638)
- 1678 » John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1602)
- 1735 » Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
- 1757 » David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
- 1784 » Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
Names that were popular for boys in 1701
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Johannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Willem
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Johann
- John
- 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)
- January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
- March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
- 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.
- October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.