Historical Events In 1704

Jan 21   Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   In the year 1704 guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62  

Feb 23   On this day in history georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50  

Feb 24   Hubert Renotte, composer in the year 1704.  

Feb 24   Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies in the year 1704.  

Feb 28   In the year 1704 elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York NY  

Feb 28   On this day in history elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC  

Feb 28   Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 40, kidnap 100 on this day in history.  

Feb 29   On this day in history french & Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100  

Feb 29   French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 in the year 1704.  

Mar 17   Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Apr 12   On this day in history john Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76  

Apr 17   1st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell in the year 1704.  

Apr 24   On this day in history "Boston News-Letter," 1st successful newspaper in US, forms  

Apr 24   In the year 1704 boston News-Letter, first successful newspaper in US, established  

May 01   Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad in the year 1704.  

May 01   Boston Newsletter publishes first newspaper ad in the year 1704.  

May 03   In the year 1704 heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59  

May 07   On this day in history carl Heinrich Graun, composer  

May 20   Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York in the year 1704.  

May 20   On this day in history elias Neau forms school for slaves in NY  

Jun 11   Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 12   On this day in history stanislaw Leszcynski becomes king of part of Poland  

Jul 15   August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in N America on this day in history.  

Jul 16   John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle on this day in history.  

Jul 17   On this day in history pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer  

Jul 24   On this day in history english & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar  

Jul 24   On this day in history great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain  

Jul 31   Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Duke of Marlborough beats French & Bavarians at Blenheim in the year 1704.  

Aug 03   English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar in the year 1704.  

Aug 04   War of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar in the year 1704.  

Aug 13   In the year 1704 english defeat French at Battle of Blenheim  

Aug 13   French & Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German & Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany in the year 1704.  

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Jan 01   Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787) was born in the year 1704.  

Feb 12   Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772) was born in the year 1704.  

Feb 24   Hubert Renotte, composer was born in the year 1704.  

Feb 28   On this day in history birth of louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)  

Apr 10   Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.  

May 07   On this day in history birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer  

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

Jun 11   On this day in history birth of jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer  

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 in the year 1704.  

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

Mar 17   Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63 in the year 1704.  

Apr 08   On this day in history death of hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624)  

Apr 10   In the year 1704 death of william Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)  

Apr 12   John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 on this day in history.