The 1700s

1701 325 years ago

William Stoughton, American judge and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1631)

William Stoughton was a New England magistrate and colonial administrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was in charge of what have come to be known as the Salem Witch Tr…

William Stoughton, American judge and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1631)

1701 325 years ago

Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician (born 1639)

Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet was a British nobleman dramatist, and politician. He is chiefly remembered for his sharp wit and notorious profligacy, which made him a prominent fi…

Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician (born 1639)

1701 325 years ago

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1628)

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stu…

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1628)

1701 325 years ago

Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (born 1638)

Edmé Boursault was a French dramatist and miscellaneous writer from the era of Louis XIV. He is known for his innovative theatrical trends, polemical writing, epistolary novels, an…

Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (born 1638)

1701 325 years ago

James II of England (born 1633)

James II and VII was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Cat…

James II of England (born 1633)

1701 325 years ago

Stanislaus Papczyński, Polish priest and saint (born 1631)

Stanislaus Papczyński, MIC, born Jan Papczyński and in religion Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, was a Polish Catholic priest who founded the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the…

Stanislaus Papczyński, Polish priest and saint (born 1631)

1700

Foundation of the Academy of the Distrustful in the library room of the Palau Dalmases in Barcelona

The Academy of the Distrustful, or Distrustful Academy, is an academy of letters founded on 3 June 1700 in Barcelona as a Baroque literary and musical academy with the aim of promo…

Foundation of the Academy of the Distrustful in the library room of the Palau Dalmases in Barcelona

1700

Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (died 1772)

Gerard van Swieten was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical un…

Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (died 1772)

1700

Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect and engineer, designed the Palace of Caserta and Royal Palace of Milan (died 1773)

Luigi Vanvitelli, was an Italian architect and painter. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practised a sober classicising academic Late Baroque style that made …

Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect and engineer, designed the Palace of Caserta and Royal Palace of Milan (died 1773)

1700

José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician (died 1770)

José de Escandón y Helguera, conde de Sierra was a Spanish fighter against indigenous people in New Spain and the founder and first governor of the colony of Nuevo Santander, which…

José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician (died 1770)

1700

Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (died 1760)

Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christ…

Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (died 1760)

1700

Heinrich von Brühl, Polish-German politician (died 1763)

Heinrich, Count von Brühl, was a Polish-Saxon statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and a member of the powerful German von Brühl family. The incu…

Heinrich von Brühl, Polish-German politician (died 1763)

1700

Baji Rao I, first Peshwa of Maratha Empire (died 1740)

Bajirao I was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.

Baji Rao I, first Peshwa of Maratha Empire (died 1740)

1700

Bajirao I, 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. (died 1740)

Bajirao I was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.

Bajirao I, 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. (died 1740)

1700

Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (died 1780)

Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (died 1780)

1700

James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1748)

James Thomson was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!"

James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1748)

1700

Angelo Italia, Italian architect (born 1628)

Angelo Italia was an Italian Jesuit and Baroque architect, who was born in Licata and died in Palermo. He designed a number of churches in Sicily, and later worked to reconstruct t…

Angelo Italia, Italian architect (born 1628)

1700

John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (born 1631)

John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of …

John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (born 1631)

1700

John Hale, American minister (born 1636)

John Hale was the Puritan pastor of Beverly, Massachusetts, and took part in the Salem witch trials in 1692. He was one of the most prominent and influential ministers associated w…

John Hale, American minister (born 1636)

1700

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, English royal (born 1689)

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, was the son of Princess Anne and her husband, Prince George of Denmark. He was their only child to survive infancy. Styled Duke of Gloucester, h…

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, English royal (born 1689)

1700

André Le Nôtre, French gardener (born 1613)

André Le Nôtre, originally rendered as André Le Nostre, was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France. He was the landscape architect who …

André Le Nôtre, French gardener (born 1613)