Page 2: Historical Events In 1704

Aug 13   Lorenzo Fago, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Sea battle at Malaga on this day in history.   

Aug 25   In the year 1704 battle at Malaga: French vs English & Dutch fleet   

Sep 28   Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher in the year 1704.   

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

Oct 02   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

Oct 17   On this day in history willem Bentinck, orangist   

Oct 28   In the year 1704 john Locke, English philosopher (2 treatises of govt), dies at 72   

Nov 10   On this day in history carlo Zuccari, composer   

Nov 17   In the year 1704 salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet   

Nov 28   In the year 1704 jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

Dec 08   Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) in the year 1704.   

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

Feb 12   Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1704.   

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

Jun 04   Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776) was born in the year 1704.   

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

Jan 21   In the year 1704 willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83   

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

Apr 10   William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629) died in the year 1704.   

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