Editing 1701

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[[File:Preussen 1701 Königsberg.jpg|thumb|250px|[[January 18]]: [[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick I]] proclaims the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], crowning himself King. ]]
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{{Year article header|1701}} In the [[Swedish calendar]] it was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]], one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;June ===
* march 8th &ndash; Parts of the Netherlands adopt the [[Gregorian calendar]].
* [[January 18]] &ndash; The [[Prince-elector|electorate]] of [[Brandenburg-Prussia]] becomes the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], as Elector Frederick III is proclaimed [[Frederick I of Prussia|King Frederick I]].  Prussia remains part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].  It consists of [[Brandenburg]], [[Pomerania]] and [[East Prussia]].  Berlin is the capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1701 |title=Historical Events for Year 1701 &#124; OnThisDay.com |website=Historyorb.com |access-date=2016-07-05}}</ref> 
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dartsedo]]: The Chinese storm the Tibetan border town of Dartsedo.
* [[February 17]] (February 6, 1700 O.S.) &ndash; The [[5th Parliament of William III]] in England assembles. Future British Prime Minister [[Robert Walpole]] enters the House of Commons for the first time and soon makes his name as a spokesman for [[Whig (British political faction)|Whig]] policy.
* April 20th &ndash; [[Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] is created as a north German duchy.
* June  [[March 9|9]] &ndash; [[Safavid Iran|Safavid]] troops retreat from [[Basra]], ending a [[Safavid occupation of Basra (1697–1701)|three year occupation]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Iraq iv. Relations in the Safavid period | last = Matthee | first = Rudi | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/iraq-iv-safavid-period | encyclopedia  = Encyclopaedia Iranica (Vol. XIII, Fasc. 5 and Vol. XIII, Fasc. 6)  | pages = 556–561 | location = New York | year = 2006b }}</ref>

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 21]] &ndash; In Japan, the young ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Asano Naganori]] is ordered to commit [[seppuku]] (ritual suicide). A group of [[Forty-seven Ronin|47 samurai]] of his service begin planning to avenge his death.
* [[May 23]] &ndash; Scottish-born Captain [[William Kidd]], having been imprisoned in [[Boston Gaol (Massachusetts)]] and [[Newgate Prison]] (London) and convicted by the [[King's Bench Division#Admiralty Court|High Court of Admiralty]] of [[piracy]] and the murder of one of his crew, is hanged at [[Execution Dock]] in [[Wapping]] (London).<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> His body suffers [[gibbeting]] over the [[River Thames]] at [[Tilbury]] Point; ballads are already spreading the legend that he has left [[buried treasure]] in the Americas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidkidd.net/Captain_Kidd_Lyrics.html|title=Captain Kidd Lyrics|date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723082022/http://www.davidkidd.net/Captain_Kidd_Lyrics.html|archive-date=2011-07-23|website=David Kidd.net|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref>
* [[June 24]] &ndash; The [[Act of Settlement 1701]] is passed by the [[Parliament of England]], to exclude the Catholic Stuarts from the British monarchy.  Under its terms, [[William III of England|King William III]], childless, will be succeeded by [[Mary II of England|Queen Mary II]]'s sister [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Princess Anne]] and her descendants.  If Anne should have no descendants, she will be succeeded by [[Sophia of Hanover]] and her descendants (hence the [[Hanoverian Succession]] in [[1714]]).

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 9]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Carpi]], the first skirmish in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], takes place in Italy when French troops under the command of [[Nicolas Catinat]] are attacked by Austrian forces led by [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]].<ref>Dennis Showalter, ''Early Modern Wars 1500–1775'' (Amber Books Ltd., 2013)</ref>
* [[July 19]] &ndash; [[Crossing of the Düna]]: Following his victories over Denmark-Norway and Russia in [[1700]], [[Charles XII of Sweden]] escalates the conflict in the [[Great Northern War]] by an invasion of Poland. The [[Sweden|Swedish]] defeat the army of [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]] (then in personal union with Poland) at the [[Daugava River|River Dvina]].
[[File:Battle of Düna, 1701.png|thumb|250px|right|[[July 9]]: [[Crossing of the Düna]].]]
* [[July 24]] &ndash; A French [[Marketplace|emporium]] named [[Fort Ponchartrain]] is founded along the west side of the [[Detroit River]] in North America, and later becomes the site of the city of [[Detroit]].
* [[August 4]] &ndash; The [[Great Peace of Montreal]] is signed, ending 100 years of war between the [[Iroquois Confederacy]] and [[New France]], and its [[Wyandot people|Huron]] and [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] allies. Formerly allied with the English, the treaty assures the Iroquois will be neutral, if France and England ever resume hostilities.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; Deposed King [[James II of England]] (James VII of Scotland) dies in exile, at the [[Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye]] in France. His supporters, the [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]], turn to his son [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] (later called "The Old Pretender"), whom they recognise as James VIII and III. [[Louis XIV of France]], the [[Papal States]] and Spain also recognise him as the rightful heir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history-page.com/en/v4/y1701 |title=What Happened in 1701; History-Page.com |website=History-page.com |access-date=2016-08-01}}</ref>

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 9]] &ndash; The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed [[Yale University]]) is chartered in [[Old Saybrook, Connecticut]].
* [[November 2]] &ndash; King [[Philip V of Spain]] marries for the first time, to 13-year-old [[Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy]], who serves as Queen Consort until her death from tuberculosis at the age of 25.
* [[November 11]] (O.S., November 22 N.S.) &ndash; The [[5th Parliament of King William III|House of Commons of England]] is dissolved by [[William III of England|King William III]] and [[November 1701 English general election|new elections]] are called for all 531 seats.<ref name=Ridgway>A.M. Sullivan, ed., ''Ridgway's Parliamentary Manual for the Year 1884'' (William Ridgway, 1884) p. 100</ref>
* [[December 29]] (O.S., January 9, 1702 N.S.) &ndash; The [[Battle of Erastfer]] takes place near what becomes [[Erastvere]] in [[Estonia]], as a large Russian force commanded by [[Boris Sheremetev]] invades Swedish Livonia and overwhelms a smaller force led by [[Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach]] in  the first significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War.

=== Date unknown ===
* English agriculturalist [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]] invents a drill for planting seeds in rows.
* The Philharmonic Society (''Academia Philharmonicorum'') is established in [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
[[File:Fray Antonio Alcalde.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Antonio Alcalde Barriga]] born [[14 March]]]]
[[File:William emerson b.1701.JPG|thumb|right|110px|[[William Emerson (mathematician)]] born [[14 May]]]]
[[File:Karl Wilhelm von Dieskau.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Karl Wilhelm von Dieskau]] born [[9 August]]]]
[[File:Gemälde - Abt Maurus Xaverius Herbst.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Maurus Xaverius Herbst]] born [[14 September]]]]
[[File:Anna Magdalena Bach.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Anna Magdalena Bach]] born [[22 September]]]]
[[File:IgnatiusLaconi.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Ignatius of Laconi]] born [[10 December]]]]

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Count Palatine William of Gelnhausen]], Imperial Field Marshal (d. [[1760]])
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Georg Ludwig von Bar]], German (d. [[1767]])
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edwards (silversmith)|Thomas Edwards]], silversmith active in colonial Boston (d. [[1755]])
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[William Lubbock]], British divine (d. [[1754]])
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Moser]], German jurist (d. [[1785]])
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché]], French naval officer who became vice admiral (d. [[1780]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest]], French Foreign Minister (d. [[1754]])
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim]], German historian and theologian (d. [[1790]])
* [[January 28]]
** [[Thomas Amory (tutor)|Thomas Amory]], English dissenting tutor and minister and poet from Taunton (d. [[1774]])
** [[Charles Marie de La Condamine]], French mathematician and geographer (d. [[1774]])
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Johan Agrell]], late German/Swedish baroque composer (d. [[1765]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Christian Ludwig Gersten]], German scientist (d. [[1762]])
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Johann Baptist Martinelli]], Austrian architect (d. [[1754]])
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Carlo Lodi]], Italian painter of the late-Baroque period in Bologna (d. [[1765]])
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Enrique Flórez]], Spanish historian (d. [[1773]])
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[François-Joseph Hunauld]], French anatomist born in Châteaubriant (d. [[1742]])
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Thomas Adam]], Church of England clergyman and religious writer (d. [[1784]])
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Jacek Rybiński]], Cistercian and the last abbot of the [[Oliwa Abbey|Oliwa monastery]] (d. [[1782]])
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Breitinger]], Swiss philologist and author (d. [[1776]])
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[Lewis Morris (1701–1765)|Lewis Morris]], Welsh hydrographer (d. [[1765]])
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Louis-René de Caradeuc de La Chalotais]], French jurist on the so-called "Brittany affair" (d. [[1785]])
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Philip Hawkins (MP)|Philip Hawkins]], MP (d. [[1738]])
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown]], Irish politician (d. [[1783]])
* [[March 12]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Cotta (theologian)|Johann Friedrich Cotta]], German Lutheran theologian (d. [[1779]])
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Antonio Alcalde Barriga]], Spanish Roman Catholic prelate; member from the Order of Preachers; Bishop of Guadalajara (d. [[1792]])
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford]] (d. [[1767]])
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Daniel Lorenz Salthenius]], Swedish theologian (d. [[1750]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Naragon |first1=Steve |editor1-last=Klemme |editor1-first=Heiner F. |editor2-last=Kuehn |editor2-first=Manfred |title=The Bloomsbury dictionary of eighteenth-century German philosophers |date=2016 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |location=New York |isbn=9781474256001 |pages=645–6 |chapter=Salthenius, Daniel Lorenz (1701–50) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6fCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA645}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Niclas Sahlgren]], Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. [[1776]])
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Jacques Bridaine]], French Catholic preacher and missionary (d. [[1767]])
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[John Goffe]], Colonial American soldier (d. [[1786]])

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Giambattista Nolli]], Italian architect (d. [[1756]])
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[John Bristow]], English merchant, politician (d. [[1768]])
* [[April 27]]
** [[Sebastian Redford]], English Jesuit (d. [[1763]])
** [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia]], Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 (d. [[1773]])
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Françoise Basseporte]], French painter (d. [[1780]])
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[William Emerson (mathematician)|William Emerson]], English mathematician (d. [[1782]])
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond]], English aristocrat, philanthropist and cricket patron (d. [[1750]])
* [[May 24]]
** [[Jane Scott, Countess of Dalkeith]] (d. [[1729]])
** [[Johann IX Philipp von Walderdorff]], Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1756 to 1768 (d. [[1768]])
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Jean-Joseph Rallier des Ourmes]], French mathematician (d. [[1771]])
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Antonio Pujati]], Italian physician (d. [[1760]])
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Georg Friedrich Strass]], Alsatian jeweler and inventor of the rhinestone (d. [[1773]])
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Thomas Townshend (MP)|Thomas Townshend]], British politician (d. [[1780]])
* [[June 4]]
** [[Nicolai Eigtved]], Danish architect (d. [[1754]])
** [[Theodoor Verhaegen]], sculptor from the Southern Netherlands (d. [[1759]])
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Carl Hieronimus Gustmeyer]], Danish merchant (d. [[1756]])
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk]], son of David Carnegie (d. [[1741]])
* [[June 17]]
** [[Edward Antill (colonial politician)|Edward Antill]], colonial plantation owner and winemaker (d. [[1770]])
** [[Paula de Odivelas]] (d. [[1768]])
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[François Rebel]], French composer (d. [[1775]])
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Otto Magnus von Schwerin]], Prussian general in the army of Frederick the Great (d. [[1777]])
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Nicolai Eigtved]], Danish architect (d. [[1754]])
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Paul Jacques Malouin]], French chemist and physicist (d. [[1778]])

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[Mary, Countess of Harold]], English aristocrat and philanthropist (d. [[1785]])
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas]], French statesman and Count of Maurepas (d. [[1781]])
* [[August 4]]
** [[Thomas Blackwell (scholar)|Thomas Blackwell]], Scottish classical scholar (d. [[1757]])
** [[Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter]], England (d. [[1754]])
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Karl Wilhelm von Dieskau]], Prussian lieutenant general, general inspector of the artillery (d. [[1777]])
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Domenico Luigi Valeri]], Italian painter and architect active in Marche (d. [[1746]])
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[George Bowes (MP for County Durham)|George Bowes]], English coal proprietor, Member of Parliament (d. [[1760]])
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Johann Georg Dathan]] (d. [[1749]])
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Maurus Xaverius Herbst]], German Benedictine abbot (d. [[1757]])
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[James Cornwallis]], Royal Navy officer and politician, second son of Charles Cornwallis (d. [[1727]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Paul-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil]], seigneur and colonial army officer in New France; governor of Trois-Rivières (d. [[1778]])
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington]], British Army general (d. [[1750]])
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Anna Magdalena Bach]], accomplished German singer, second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (d. [[1760]])
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Bredo von Munthe af Morgenstierne]], Norwegian civil servant (d. [[1757]])
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Stephen Hansen]], Danish industrialist (d. [[1770]])
* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[Enrico Enríquez]], Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. [[1756]])

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Isaac Norris (statesman)|Isaac Norris]], merchant and statesman in provincial Pennsylvania (d. [[1766]])
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Marie-Marguerite d'Youville]], Canadian saint (d. [[1771]])
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Charles le Beau]], French historical writer (d. [[1778]])
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste de La Noue]], French actor and playwright (d. [[1760]])
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress]] (d. [[1756]])
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre]], Canadian military commander (d. [[1755]])
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Simón de Anda y Salazar]], Governor-General of the Philippines (d. [[1776]])
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Anton Gogeisl]], German astronomer (d. [[1771]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[William Ellery, Sr.]], Rhode Island colonial deputy governor (d. [[1764]])
* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[Smart Lethieullier]], English antiquary (d. [[1760]])
* [[November 5]] or [[1702]] &ndash; [[Pietro Longhi]], Venetian painter (d. [[1785]])
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Malter]], French dancer and dance master (d. [[1746]])
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Johann Joseph Couven]], German Baroque architect (d. [[1763]])
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[John Arundell, 4th Baron Arundell of Trerice]] (d. [[1768]])
* [[November 27]] &ndash; [[Anders Celsius]], Swedish astronomer (d. [[1744]])
* [[November 28]]
** [[James Burrow]], British scholar (d. [[1782]])
** [[Daniel Wray]], English antiquary and Fellow of the Royal Society (d. [[1783]])
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Elisha Freeman]], Canadian politician (d. [[1777]])
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Ignatius of Laconi]] (d. [[1781]])
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Charles Goore]], English merchant and politician (d. [[1783]])
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Olof Arenius]], Swedish portrait painter (d. [[1766]])
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Bernard of Bologna]], Italian theologian (d. [[1770]])
* [[December 21]]
** [[Louis Daniel Arnault de Nobleville]], French physician and naturalist (d. [[1778]])
** [[Guillaume Taraval]], French painter (d. [[1750]])
** [[Taylor White]], British judge (d. [[1772]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:William Kidd.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[William Kidd]] died [[23 May]]]]
[[File:Mme de Scudery.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Madeleine de Scudéry]] died [[2 June]]]]
[[File:Anna Stanislawska.JPG|thumb|right|110px|[[Anna Stanisławska]] died [[2 June]]]]
[[File:Edme Boursault.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Edmé Boursault]] died [[15 September]]]]
[[File:James II by Peter Lely.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[James II of England]] died [[16 September]]]]
[[File:Fr pap shadow.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Stanislaus Papczyński]] died [[17 September]]]]
<!--[[File:Sofia Anne Czarnkowska.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska]] died [[2 December]]]]-->

* [[January 3]]
** [[Fernand Palma d'Artois]], Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul and Titular Archbishop of Ancyra (b. [[1623]])
** [[Louis I, Prince of Monaco]] (b. [[1642]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venning |first1=Timothy |title=A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume III Early Modern |date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-86452-6 |page=19 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Compendium_of_World_Sovereigns_Volume/MWbFEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA19-IA31&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 4]]
** [[Luís de Sousa (cardinal)|Luís de Sousa]], cardinal (b. [[1630]])
** [[Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg]], Austrian field marshal (b. [[1638]])
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Toussaint Rose]], French writer (b. [[1611]])
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1628]])
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Domenico Belisario de Bellis]], Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Molfetta (1696–1701) (b. [[1647]])
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet]], English politician (b. [[1627]])
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[James Graham (speaker)|James Graham]], English born colonial American politician (b. [[1650]])
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Savo Millini]], Roman Catholic cardinal (b. [[1644]])
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[François de Clermont-Tonnerre]], French aristocrat and cleric (b. [[1629]])
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Christiana Oxenstierna]], Swedish noble (b. [[1661]])
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Jean Renaud de Segrais]], French writer (b. [[1624]])
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater]], English politician (b. [[1646]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Thomas van Rhee]], Governor of Dutch Ceylon (b. [[1634]])
* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk]] (b. [[1655]])
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Joseph Haines]], English entertainer and author
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Alexander Sforza]], Titular Archbishop of ''Neocaesarea in Ponto'' and Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy (b. [[1658]])
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg]], (1662–1701) (b. [[1641]])
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Asano Naganori]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1667]])
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera]], Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (b. [[1632]])
* [[May 8]]
** [[Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey]], English noble (b. [[1630]])
** [[Jacob de Heusch]], Dutch painter (b. [[1656]])
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Niwa Mitsushige]], Edo period Japanese samurai, 2nd Niwa daimyō of Shirakawa Domain and the 1st Niwa daimyō of Nihonmatsu Domain (b. [[1622]])
* [[May 20]]
** [[Rosine Elisabeth Menthe]], morganatic wife of Duke Rudolf August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. [[1663]])
** [[Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]], duchess consort of Saxe-Merseburg (b. [[1634]])
* [[May 23]]
** [[William Kidd|Captain William Kidd]], Scottish privateer (b. [[1645]])
** [[Anne Hilarion de Tourville]], French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV (b. [[1642]])
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]], Danish-German princess (b. [[1633]])
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon]], 17th-century English politician and Jacobite (b. [[1650]])
* [[June 2]]
** [[Madeleine de Scudéry]], French writer (b. [[1607]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History Volume 13 Western Europe (1700-1800) |date=16 September 2019 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-40283-6 |page=482 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nkOxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA482 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Anna Stanisławska]], Polish author and poet known for her sole work (b. [[1651]])
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[Charles Cotterell]], English courtier (b. [[1615]])
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Philippe I, Duke of Orléans]], younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife (b. [[1640]])
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville]] (b. [[1655]])
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Pier Matteo Petrucci]], Roman Catholic cardinal (b. [[1636]])
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[William Stoughton (Massachusetts)|William Stoughton]], American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. [[1631]])
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Nepita]], Bishop of Massa Lubrense and Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia (b. [[1624]])
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Kreutter de Corvinis]], Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vieste (1697–1701) (b. [[1658]])
* [[July 16]] &ndash; [[Justus Danckerts]], Dutch artist (b. [[1635]])
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[William Hedges (colonial administrator)|William Hedges]], the first governor of the East India Company (b. [[1632]])
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet]], English playwright (b. [[1639]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anthony Hamilton (Count)|author2=Charles II (King of England)|author3=Thomas Blount|author4=Walter Scott|title=Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ilAJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA373|year=1846|publisher=H. G. Bohn|pages=373}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath]], English royalist statesman (b. [[1628]])
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Samuel Chappuzeau]], French scholar (b. [[1625]])
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath]], English diplomat (b. [[1661]])
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Edmé Boursault]], French writer (b. [[1638]])
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[James II of England]], King of England and Ireland, and of Scotland (as James VII) (b. [[1633]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Stanislaus Papczyński]], Polish priest (b. [[1631]])
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Walter Moyle (MP)|Walter Moyle]], English politician (b. [[1627]])
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Bernard Granville (MP died 1701)|Bernard Granville]], courtier of King Charles II and MP (b. [[1631]])
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1632-1701)|Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein]], German noblewoman (b. [[1632]])
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Joseph Williamson (English politician)|Joseph Williamson]], English politician (b. [[1633]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray]], Scottish nobleman (b. [[1634]])
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]], French-born English politician (b. c. [[1659]])
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[Hui-bin Jang]], Korean royal consort (b. [[1659]])
* [[November 27]] &ndash; [[Maurizio Bertone]], Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fossano (1678–1701) (b. [[1639]])
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Carlo Labia]], Archbishop (Personal Title) of Adria and Archbishop of Corfù (b. [[1624]])
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska]], mother-in-law of King Stanislaus I of Poland (b. [[1660]])
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Sir Hugh Paterson, 1st Baronet]], Scottish landowner (b. [[1659]])

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