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• Abel Matthews, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut († 1789)
• Catharina van der Valck, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Elizabetha VAN DEN BRANDT, Hoogeloon,5528,Noord-Brabant,Eindhoven,NEDERLAND
• Anna Margareth CEULEMANS, Veerle († 1755)
• van Zelst, Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia (Anna) Hendrickx, Moerzeke († 1785)
• Elisabetha Carels van den Brandt, Hoogeloon N.B († 1782)
• Dirk Noot
• Denijs van DRONGELEN, Dordrecht
• Christopher Wetherill, Burlington City, Burlington, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1786)

• Christina N (90), Ahlen (D.)
• Carolus Buyse (68), Rumbeke,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Marie Jolliet (61), Montmagny, Québec
• Francois Elout (85), Haarlem
• Margareta Cornelis Vrijenook (1)
• Elisabeth Mensaert (40)
• Christina Sieverding (90), Ahlen (D)
• Anna Sidonia Riedesel van Eisenbach-Altenburg (56)
• Maria Canis
• John Lewis (60), Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, Virginia, United States

• 1651 » Quirinus Kuhlmann, German Baroque poet and mystic († 1689)
• 1671 » Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician († 1713)
• 1672 » Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian († 1757)
• 1677 » Nicola Fago, Italian composer and teacher († 1745)
• 1718 » Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist († 1773)
• 1720 » Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal († 1803)
• 1746 » Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma († 1806)
• 1770 » Anton Reicha, Bohemian composer and flautist († 1836)
• 1777 » Matija Nenadović, Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia († 1854)
• 1786 » François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France († 1853)

• 1611 » Antonio Possevino, Italian priest and diplomat (b. 1533)
• 1625 » Anna Vasa of Sweden, Polish and Swedish princess (b. 1568)
• 1630 » William Brade, English violinist and composer (b. 1560)
• 1638 » Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581)
• 1723 » Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1726 » Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
• 1770 » Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)
• 1790 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral (b. 1730)
• 1802 » Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718)
• 1806 » Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (b. 1762)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
• April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
• April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
• August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
• October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

The temperature on February 26, 1710 was about 5.0 °C.