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Born on Tuesday August 30, 1701
- Bastiaan van der Hoeven († 1701)
- Agnes Homes, Parish Donacavey, Strabane, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- Jan Bortsz, Blaricum
- Jan Bortsz de Jong (Of Glim), Blaricum
- Anne CRENN, Lampaul-Guimiliau, 29097, Finistère, Bretagne
- Hendrik Dirksen Van Osenbruggen, Rijswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Jan Bortsz de Jong, Blaricum
- Catharina Maessen (Maesen)(Maassen), Echt
- Cunera GOMMANS, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
- Adrianus Willemsz Dobbelsteen, Heeswijk
Died on Tuesday August 30, 1701
- Maria Embrecht van Bavel- (0), Tilburg, Nederland
- Cornelis Jansz SMITH (71), Ottoland
- Gertrud Hackler (0), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Grietje (14), Harderwijk
- Maria Piessens (32), Mariekerke (Antwerpen, België)
- Cornelis Jansz Smith (71), Ottoland
- Marie Guerel (32), Bouin, Dept.Vendee, Frankrijk
- Maria Gertrude Du Fay (38), Frankfurt aan de Main, Hessen
- Johannes Allaart (5)
- Frances Marsh (87), Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 30, 1701 at Delpher
Born on August 30
- 1609 » Artus Quellinus the Elder, Flemish sculptor († 1668)
- 1609 » Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet, English politician († 1644)
- 1627 » Itō Jinsai, Japanese philosopher († 1705)
- 1716 » Capability Brown, British landscape architect († 1783)
- 1720 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread († 1796)
- 1748 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator († 1825)
- 1768 » Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist († 1812)
- 1797 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright († 1851)
- 1812 » Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery († 1869)
- 1818 » Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)
Died on August 30
- 1580 » Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)
- 1604 » John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (b. 1545)
- 1619 » Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
- 1621 » Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (b. 1547)
- 1751 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)
- 1773 » Peshwa Narayan Rao, Prime Minister of Maratha Empire (b. 1755, assassinated)
- 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
- 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
- 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
- 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
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.
- 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.