Historical Events In 1704

Jan 21   Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 in the year 1704.  

Feb 02   Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 24   Hubert Renotte, composer on this day in history.  

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

Feb 28   Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York NY on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1704.  

Feb 29   French & Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100 on this day in history.  

Feb 29   French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 on this day in history.  

Mar 17   On this day in history menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63  

Apr 12   John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 in the year 1704.  

Apr 17   1st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell on this day in history.  

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

Apr 24   Boston News-Letter, first successful newspaper in US, established in the year 1704.  

May 01   In the year 1704 boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad  

May 01   On this day in history boston Newsletter publishes first newspaper ad  

May 03   On this day in history heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59  

May 07   Carl Heinrich Graun, composer in the year 1704.  

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   In the year 1704 jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer  

Jul 12   Stanislaw Leszcynski becomes king of part of Poland in the year 1704.  

Jul 15   August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in N America in the year 1704.  

Jul 16   On this day in history john Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle  

Jul 17   In the year 1704 pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer  

Jul 24   English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar on this day in history.  

Jul 24   Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain in the year 1704.  

Jul 31   Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) in the year 1704.  

Aug 02   Duke of Marlborough beats French & Bavarians at Blenheim on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 13   On this day in history french & Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German & Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany  

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Jan 01   In the year 1704 birth of soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)  

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 in the year 1704.  

Apr 10   In the year 1704 birth of benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)  

May 07   In the year 1704 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer  

Jun 04   In the year 1704 birth of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)  

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

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

Feb 02   Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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