Notable Deaths In 1698

Jan 10 Louis-sébastien le nain de tillemont: French historian (b. 1637)  

Mar 14 Claes rÃ¥lamb: Swedish statesman (b. 1622)  

Apr 29 Charles cornwallis: 3rd baron cornwallis, first lord of the british admiralty (b. 1655)  

May 15 Marie champmeslé: French actress (b. 1642)  

Jun 11 Balthasar bekker: Frisian theologist (enchanted world),  

Jul 16 Cristoph kaldenbach: Composer,  

Jul 18 Johann heinrich heidegger: Swiss theologian (b. 1633)  

Sep 02 Justus vingboons: Architect, buried  

Nov 04 Rasmus bartholin: Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)  

Nov 28 Louis de buade de frontenac: Governor of new france (b. 1622)  

Jan 03 Pietro metastasio: Italian poet  

Feb 16 Pierre bouguer: French mathematician (heliometer)  

Mar 06 John alberti: Dutch theologist/philologist  

Mar 10 Gaetano maria schiassi: Composer  

Mar 26 Václav prokop diviš: Czech theologian and natural scientist  

Apr 05 Georg gottfried wagner: Composer  

Jul 02 Francesco iii d'este: Duke of modena  

Aug 27 Baal shem tov: Founder of the chasiddic movement {d. 1760)