1701


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Year 1701 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  or a of the 11-day slower. Year 1701 of the was a, one weekday ahead of the Julian calendar.

January - June

 * - The first day of the.
 * - becomes King of.
 * - In, the young  is ordered to commit  (ritual suicide). A group of  of his service begin planning to avenge his death.
 * - After being convicted of murdering and for,  Captain  is hanged in.
 * - The, by the , becomes law. The crown of passes to  and her descendants on the death of , the heiress presumptive to the throne after her brother in law,.

July - December

 * - is founded.
 * - Prince becomes the new claimant to the thrones of  as King James VIII and  as King James III.
 * - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed ) is chartered in.



Undated

 * The Philharmonic Society (Academia philharmonicorum) is established in, Slovenia.
 * invented a drill for planting seeds in rows.
 * 's English translation of the novel  is first published. Motteux publishes it under the name Peter Motteux. While popular among readers, it will eventually come to be known as one of the worst translations of the novel, totally betraying the spirit of 's masterpiece.

Births

 * -, German historian and theologian (died )
 * -, French mathematician and geographer (died )
 * -, Spanish historian (died )
 * -, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (died )
 * -, Italian architect and surveyor (died )
 * - King (died )
 * -, English mathematician (died )
 * -, Scottish classical scholar (died )
 * -, Canadian saint (died )
 * -, French historian (died )
 * -, Venetian painter (died )
 * -, German Baroque architect (died )
 * -, Swedish astronomer (died )


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Deaths

 * -, Japanese warlord (born )
 * -, French writer (born )
 * -, English entertainer and author
 * -, Japanese warlord (born )
 * -, Scottish pirate (born )
 * -, French writer (born )
 * -, American judge at the Salem witch trials (born )
 * -, English playwright (born)
 * -, English royalist statesman (born )
 * -, French writer (born )
 * - King / (born )
 * -, English politician (born )
 * -, French-born English politician (born c.)


 * See also .