Today in History for Year 1701

Months in Year 1701: January February March April May June July August September October November

Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 12th - Frisia & Groningen (Netherlands) begin use of Gregorian calendar
Jan 18th - Frederick I and Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia
Mar 9th - France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance
Apr 29th - Drenthe Neth adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701
May 12th - Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)
May 15th - The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
May 23rd - After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
Jun 12th - Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
Jul 24th - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac found trading post at Ft Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit
Sep 7th - Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
Sep 16th - James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
Sep 28th - Divorce legalized in Maryland, USA
Oct 9th - Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven
Nov 8th - William Penn presents Charter of Priviliges

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 10th - Johann Caspar Simon, composer
Jan 27th - Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop)
Jan 28th - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
Feb 14th - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773)
Mar 18th - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776)
Apr 27th - Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia
May 14th - William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
May 31st - Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible
Jun 13th - Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer
Jun 22nd - Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)
Jul 15th - Pierre Joubert, became oldest known Canadian (113 y 124 d at death)
Aug 4th - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)
Oct 15th - Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)
Oct 18th - Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778)
Oct 22nd - Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756)
Nov 5th - Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785)
Nov 27th - Anders Celsius, Sweden, scientist/inventor (centigrade temp scale)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 22 of 22

Jan 1st - Pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64
Jan 3rd - Prince Louis I of Monaco (b. 1642)
Jan 4th - Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
Jan 14th - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b. 1628)
Feb 15th - Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80
Mar 10th - Johann Schelle, composer, dies at 52
Mar 15th - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (b. 1624)
Mar 27th - Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/Fr admiral, dies at 58
Mar 28th - Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75
Apr 4th - Joseph Haines, entertainer and author
Apr 21st - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)
May 23rd - William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock
Jun 2nd - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1607)
Jul 7th - William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
Aug 20th - Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)
Aug 22nd - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628)
Sep 6th - James II [Stuart], king of England (1685-88), dies at 68
Sep 15th - Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
Sep 16th - James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
Pirate Legend William Kidd (May 23rd) Oct 3rd - Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)
Oct 13th - Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer, dies at 47
Nov 5th - Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (bc. 1659)