Famous Deaths In 1704

Jan 21 On this day in history willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83  

Feb 02 On this day in history guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62  

Feb 23 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Feb 24 In the year 1704 marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies  

Mar 17 In the year 1704 menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63  

Apr 08 Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624) died in the year 1704.  

Apr 10 On this day in history death of william Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)  

Apr 12 In the year 1704 john Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76  

May 03 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

May 13 Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632) died in the year 1704.  

Jun 18 On this day in history death of tom Brown, English satirist (b. 1662)  

Jun 30 On this day in history death of john Quelch, a pirate was hanged (b. 1665)  

Jul 03 In the year 1704 death of sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)  

Jul 17 Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer died in the year 1704.  

Jul 20 Peregrine White, first English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1620) died in the year 1704.  

Aug 14 Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675) died on this day in history.  

Oct 01 On this day in history cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44  

Oct 28 On this day in history john Locke, English philosopher (2 treatises of govt), dies at 72  

Nov 04 Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (b. 1654) died in the year 1704.  

Nov 20 In the year 1704 death of charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646)  

Jan 01 Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 12 In the year 1704 birth of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)  

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of hubert Renotte, composer  

Feb 28 Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 10 Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) was born in the year 1704.  

May 07 Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jun 04 On this day in history birth of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)  

Jun 11 Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer was born in the year 1704.