Page 2: Historical Events In 1704

Aug 13   In the year 1704 lorenzo Fago, composer   

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

Aug 25   Battle at Malaga: French vs English & Dutch fleet in the year 1704.   

Sep 28   Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher on this day in history.   

Oct 01   Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44 in the year 1704.   

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

Oct 17   Willem Bentinck, orangist in the year 1704.   

Oct 28   John Locke, English philosopher (2 treatises of govt), dies at 72 in the year 1704.   

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   Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies) in the year 1704.   

Dec 08   On this day in history anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

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

Feb 12   On this day in history birth of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)   

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

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

Apr 10   On this day in history birth of benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)   

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

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

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

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

Feb 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies   

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

Apr 08   In the year 1704 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 in the year 1704.