Page 2: Historical Events In 1697

Sep 06   Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant   

Sep 11   Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen van Savoye beats Turkish superior power   

Sep 17   Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen of Savoye beats Turks   

Sep 20   Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war)   

Oct 08   Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

Oct 18   Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal)   

Oct 30   Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Neth/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War   

Nov 02   Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried   

Nov 09   Claudio Casciolini, composer   

Nov 09   Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.   

Nov 10   English parliament accept army reduction.   

Nov 10   William Hogarth, England, satiric painter/engraver (Rake's Progress)   

Nov 25   Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood).   

Dec 02   St Paul's Cathedral opens in London.   

Dec 05   Carlo Arrigoni, composer.   

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Jan 01   Johann pfeiffer: Composer   

Jan 16   Richard savage: Poet   

Jan 30   Johann joachim quantz: German royal flautist/composer   

Feb 17   Louis-maurice de la pierre: Composer   

Feb 24   Bernard s albinus: [weiss], german surgeon/anatomist   

Mar 09   Friederike c neuber: German actress/author (allerkostbarste schatz)   

Mar 30   John-baptist xavery: Flemish sculptor   

Apr 01   Antoine françois prévost: French author and novelist    

Jan 01   Filippo baldinucci: Florentine biographer/historian (b. 1624)   

Jan 06   Carlo mannelli: Composer,    

Jan 26   Georg mohr: Danish mathematician (b. 1640)   

Jan 28   John fenwick: English conspirator   

Feb 03   Sjoucke gabbes: Frisian sailor,    

Mar 01   Francesco redi: Italian physician (b. 1626)   

Mar 25   Hendrik casimir ii: King of nassau-dietzstadhouder,   

Mar 26   Godfrey mcculloch: Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)