Famous Personalities Born In 1678

Mar 03 Madeleine de verchères: French canadian heroine  

Mar 04 Antonio vivaldi: Venice, baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 seasons)  

Mar 07 Filippo juvara: Italian architect  

Mar 15 Dominique marie valet: French rc/old-catholic bishop  

Jul 06 Nicola francesco haym: Composer  

Jul 26 Joseph i habsburg: German king/roman catholic emperor (1705-11)  

Sep 16 Henry st john: English statesman and philosopher  

Sep 29 Adrien-maurice: 3rd duc de noailles, french soldier  

Oct 10 John campbell: 2nd duke of argyll/fieldmarshal (union of 1707)  

Nov 26 Jean jacques d'ortous de mairan: French geophysicist  

Dec 02 Nicolaas s cruquius: Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained haarlemmermeer)  

Dec 08 Horatio walpole: 1st baron walpole of wolterton, english diplomat  

Dec 13 Yongzheng emperor of china: Yongzheng emperor of china (d. 1735)  

Dec 14 Daniel neal: English historian  

Dec 29 Gotthard wagner: Composer  

Dec 30 William croft: Composer  

Jan 04 Johan maetsuyker: Dutch gov-general of ceylon (1653-78),  

Jan 07 Johannes flittner: Composer,  

Jan 24 Joan maetsuyker: Gov-gen of neth east-in  

Jan 29 Jeronimo lobo: Portuguese jesuit missionary (b. 1593)  

Feb 10 Philip vingboons: Amsterdam's master builder, buried  

May 05 Anna m van schurman: Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages,  

May 06 Joseph de la barre: Composer,  

Jun 02 Pieter the great: Regent/diplomat,