Historical Events In 1701

Jan 01   Great Britain & Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom in the year 1701.  

Jan 01   On this day in history pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64  

Jan 04   On this day in history ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62  

Jan 10   Johann Caspar Simon, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 12   In the year 1701 frisia & Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar  

Jan 12   In the year 1701 parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian calendar  

Jan 18   On this day in history frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia  

Jan 27   On this day in history johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop)  

Feb 15   In the year 1701 adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80  

Mar 09   In the year 1701 france, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance  

Mar 10   Johann Schelle, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1701.  

Mar 27   Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/Fr admiral, dies at 58 in the year 1701.  

Mar 28   Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75 in the year 1701.  

Apr 04   Joseph Haines, entertainer and author on this day in history.  

Apr 27   In the year 1701 charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia  

Apr 29   In the year 1701 drenthe Neth adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701  

May 12   Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) in the year 1701.  

May 15   The War of the Spanish Succession begins in the year 1701.  

May 23   In the year 1701 after being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.  

May 23   In the year 1701 captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder  

May 23   On this day in history captain William Kidd is hanged in Londo after being convicted of piracy and murder  

May 23   William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on this day in history.  

May 31   Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible on this day in history.  

Jun 12   On this day in history act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover  

Jun 13   Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 22   On this day in history nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)  

Jul 06   William Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged in the year 1701.  

Jul 15   On this day in history pierre Joubert, became oldest known Canadian (113 y 124 d at death)  

Jul 24   In the year 1701 antoine de la Mothe Cadillac found trading post at Ft Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit  

Jul 24   French make first landing at site of Detroit in the year 1701.  

Sep 06   James II [Stuart], king of England (1685-88), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Sep 07   Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant in the year 1701.  

Sep 16   James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Divorce legalized in MD in the year 1701.  

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Jan 10   On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Simon, composer  

Jan 27   In the year 1701 birth of johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop)  

Jan 28   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) was born in the year 1701.  

Feb 14   In the year 1701 birth of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773)  

Mar 18   Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776) was born in the year 1701.  

Apr 27   Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.  

May 14   William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

May 31   Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1701 pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64  

Jan 03   In the year 1701 death of prince Louis I of Monaco (b. 1642)  

Jan 04   Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 in the year 1701.  

Jan 14   On this day in history death of tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b. 1628)  

Feb 15   On this day in history adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80  

Mar 10   In the year 1701 johann Schelle, composer, dies at 52  

Mar 15   On this day in history death of jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (b. 1624)  

Mar 27   In the year 1701 anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/Fr admiral, dies at 58