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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1700 January 22 Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer, dies at age 39. [1] March 10 Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, dies at age 61. [1] May 1 John Dryden English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies. [1] December 1 Willem ten Rhijne Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about age 53. [1] 1701 January 1 Pietro Sanmartini composer, dies at age 64. [1] January 4 Ernst R Tarhemberg Austria, field marshal, dies at age 62. [1] February 15 Adam Drese German composer, dies at age 80. [1] March 10 Johann Schelle composer, dies at age 52. [1] March 27 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin count of Tourville/French Admiral, dies at age 58. [1] March 28 Domenico Guidi Italian sculptor, dies at age 75. [1] May 23 Captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy and murder. [1] William Kidd Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock. [1] September 6 James II king of England (1685-88), dies at age 68. [1] 1702 January 6 Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies. [1] January 13 Peter Rabus Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at age 41. [1] January 17 Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies. [1] March 8 John de Baen portrait painter/etcher, buried at age 69. [1] William III Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at age 51. [1] March 19 Willem III Henry [Dutch William], king of England/Scotland, dies at age 51. [1] April 27 Jean Bart French captain/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at age 51. [1] May 5 Jacob Hintze composer, dies at age 79. [1] 1703 January 16 Matteo Coferati composer, dies at age 64. [1] March 3 Robert Hooke scientific genius, dies in London. [1] March 20 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies. [1] April 26 Georg Christoph Leuttner composer, dies at age 58. [1] May 1 Kiva Yoshinaka Japanese monarch, murdered. [1] May 3 Eglon van de Down still-life painter, dies. [1] May 16 Charles Perrault author/fairy tale writer, dies. [1] May 21 Roemer Vlacq Dutch Admiral, dies in battle. [1] May 26 Samuel Pepys English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at age 70. [1] December 29 Mustapha II sultan (Turkey), dies at age 39. [1] 1704 January 21 Willem B Schepers Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about age 83. [1] February 2 Guillaume F A de l'Hospital French mathematician, dies at about age 62. [1] February 23 Georg Muffat French/German organist/composer, dies at age 50. [1] February 24 Marc-Antoine Charpentier French composer (church music), dies. [1] March 17 Menno baron van Coehoorn fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at age 63. [1] April 12 John Hudde 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at age 76. [1] May 3 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Austrian violist/composer, dies at age 59. [1] 1705 January 15 Walraad the Young, Earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/Governor of Nijmegen, dies. [1] February 5 Jean Gilles composer, dies at age 37. [1] April 2 Johann Lohner composer, dies at age 59. [1] May 5 Leopold I von Hapsburg Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at age 64. [1] 1706 January 26 Guillaume Poitevin composer, dies at age 59. [1] February 27 John Evelyn diarist, dies. [1] March 3 Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at age 52. [1] March 9 Johann Pachelbel German organist/composer, dies at age 52. [1] April 19 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch baptist leader, dies. [1] December 9 Pedro II king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at age 58. [1] December 28 Pierre Bayle French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at age 59. [1] 1707 January 4 Louis Willem I count of Baden-Baden, dies. [1] February 20 Aurangzeb Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies. [1] March 3 Aurangzeb Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at age 88. [1] March 30 Sébastien le Prestre Vauban French fortress architect, dies at age 73. [1] April 6 Willem Van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73. [1] May 3 Michiel de Swaen South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at age 53. [1] May 9 Dietrich Buxtehude German organist/composer, dies at about age 69. [1] December 1 Jeremiah Clarke composer, dies. [1] December 24 Noel Coypel French painter, dies at age 78. [1] 1708 January 23 Thomas Bullis composer, dies at age 80. [1] April 30 Simon de Vries book seller/writer (Unequal), dies. [1] May 27 Jacques Danican Philidor composer, dies at age 51. [1] 1709 February 8 Giuseppi Torelli Italian composer, dies at age 50. [1] March 8 William Cowper/Cooper English anatomist, dies at about age 62. [1] December 1 Abraham a Santa Clara [Johann Megerle] German court vicar, dies at age 65. [1] December 8 Thomas Corneille French dramatist, dies at age 74. [1] 1710 April 18 Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at age 75. [1] May 10 Georg Dietrich Leiding composer, dies at age 46. [1] December 18 Peter Codde apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at age 62. [1] 1711 January 8 Philips van Almonde Zealand Lieutenant-Admiral, dies at age 66. [1] February 10 Lukas Fencer Dutch poet (Meleager and Atalante), dies at age 22. [1] February 21 Joan van Hoorn Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1707-09), dies at age 57. [1] April 17 Jozef I [Habsburg] emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about age 32. [1] December 17 Arnold Moonen vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies. [1] 1712 February 18 Duke of Bourgondië French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies. [1] March 28 Jan van der Heyden Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at age 75. [1] April 5 John Luyken poet/etcher (species company), dies at age 63. [1] April 10 Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about age 77. [1] April 29 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles composer, dies at age 67. [1] April 30 Philippus van Limborch remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at age 78. [1] September 11 GD Cassini French astronomer, dies. [1] December 15 Sidney first Earl of Godolphine English minister of Finance, dies at age 67. [1] 1713 January 8 Arcangelo Corelli composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at age 59. [1] January 20 Pavao Vitezovic Croatian historian, dies. [1] February 15 Anthony Ashley Cooper third Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies. [1] February 25 Frederik I King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at age 55. [1] March 26 Pal Esterhazy composer, dies at age 77. [1] 1714 February 4 Duke of Berry French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies. [1] March 27 Anton Ulrich German duke of Brunswick/poet, dies at age 80. [1] April 4 Karel duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies. [1] April 17 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach composer, dies at age 56. [1] 1715 February 3 Gottfried Vopelius composer, dies at age 70. [1] February 17 Antoine Galland French interpreter, dies at age 68. [1] March 11 Jan-Erasmus Quellinus Flemish painter, dies at age 80. [1] September 1 Louis XIV the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at age 76. [1] December 15 George Hickes English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at age 73. [1] 1716 January 1 William Wycherley dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about age 75. [1] March 8 Harald Vallerius composer, dies at age 69. [1] March 10 Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, dies at age 48. [1] March 13 Georg Gabriel Schutz composer, dies at age 46. [1] 1717 March 3 Pierre Allix French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about age 75. [1] 1718 February 23 François Fagel Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at age 63. [1] May 30 Arnold J van Keppel Earl of Albemarle/General, dies at about age 48. [1] Bernard Nieuwentyt physician/theologist, dies at age 63. [1] November 22 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach English pirate, dies off Virginia coast. [1] November 30 (about 2100 hours) At the siege of Fredrikshald, King Karl XII is struck in the head by a bullet, killing him instantly. (It is not know whether this is a stray bullet or fired at close range by an assassin.) [7] 1719 February 25 Giovanni Maria Casini composer, dies at age 66. [1] April 7 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle French priest/theory/saint, dies at age 67. [1] April 15 Johann Friedrich Treiber composer, dies at age 76. [1] December 2 Pasquier Quesnel French theologist (La Foi), dies at age 85. [1] December 16 Adrian "Aart" van Wijck Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at age 78. [1] December 31 John Flamsteed first Astronomer Royal, dies at age 73. [1] 1720 January 1 Death of Francis Daniel Pastorius in Germantown, Pennsylvania (born in Sommerhausen, Germany). He purchased land from William Penn and founded the city of Germantown. [37] March 8 Georg Bronner composer, dies at age 53. [1] 1721 January 7 Rochus Aerts Flemish sculptor, dies. [1] February 5 James Stanhope first earl of Stanhope English General, dies at age 47. [1] March 19 Clement XI [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at age 71. [1] December 22 Nathaniel Hawes tortured and executed in England for robbery. [1] 1722 January 7 Antoine Coypel French painter/poet, dies at age 60. [1] March 31 Campegius Vitringa Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at age 62. [1] April 13 Charles Leslie Irish controversialist, dies. [1] April 22 Pieter Erberfeld German/Thais merchant on Java, dies. [1] December 8 Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts German/French duchess, dies at age 70. [1] 1723 February 2 Antonio M Valsalva Italian anatomist, dies at age 66. [1] February 25 Sir Christopher Wren England, astronomer/architect, dies at age 90. [1] March 15 Johann C Günther writer, dies at age 27. [1] April 5 J Fischer von Erlach Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at age 66. [1] April 10 Claude F Tserclaes South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at age 74. [1] December 2 Philip French duke of Orléans/regent (1715-23)/Prime Minister (1723), dies. [1] December 22 Jacques Basnage French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at age 70. [1] 1724 February 13 Francisco Jose Coutinho composer, dies at age 43. [1] March 7 Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at age 68. [1] March 8 Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli Swiss architect, dies at about age 81. [1] May 18 Johann K Amman Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at age 54. [1] 1725 January 6 Chikamatsu Monzaemon Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about age 71. [1] January 28 Peter I "the Great" Romanov czar of Russia, dies at age 52. [1] February 6 Johann Philipp Krieger composer, dies at age 75. [1] February 8 Peter I "the Great" Romanov czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at age 52. [1] Peter the Great Tsar of Russia dies. [1] May 8 John Lovewell US Indian fighter, dies in battle. [1] May 21 Robert Haley earl of Oxford English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at age 63. [1] 1726 January 2 Domenico Zipoli composer, dies at age 37. [1] January 25 Guillaume Delisle French geographer (Atlas géographique), dies at age 50. [1] February 26 Maximilian II M Emanuel elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies. [1] March 26 John Vanbrugh Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at age 62. [1] April 17 Henriëtte Amalia ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at age 49. [1] April 26 Jeremy Collier English bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at age 75. [1] May 14 John B Wellekens poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies. [1] Moshe Darshan Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies. [1] 1727 January 20 John van Bylevelt Catholic apostle, dies. [1] February 22 Francesco Gasparini composer, dies at age 58. [1] March 20 Sir Issac Newton English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at age 84. [1] May 2 Paul Aler French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at age 70. [1] May 6 Catharina I Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about age 42. [1] May 17 Catherine I Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies. [1] December 1 Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer, dies at age 61. [1] 1728 February 12 Agostino Steffani Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at age 73. [1] March 8 Gian M Crescimbeni Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at age 64. [1] April 13 Johann Christoph Schmidt composer, dies at age 63. [1] April 23 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, dies at age 83. [1] April 25 John Woodward geologist/physician, dies. [1] 1729 January 4 Joseph de Montesquiou Earl d'Artagnan French Lieutenant-General , dies at age 77. [1] Meir Bacharach Hebrew poet, dies. [1] January 19 William Congreve English dramatist (Love for Love), dies in London at age 58. [1] March 21 John Law Scottish financier, dies at about age 57. [1] April 11 Manuel de Egues composer, dies at age 71. [1] May 17 Samuel Clarke theologian, dies. [1] December 1 Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer, dies at age 59. [1] December 13 Anthony Collins English philosopher (On Liberty and Necessity), dies at age 53. [1]