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Year 1701 (MDCCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday [1] of the 11-day slower Julian calendar. Year 1701 of the Swedish calendar was a common year starting on Tuesday, one weekday ahead of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1701[]
January - June[]
- January 1 - The first day of the eighteenth century.
- January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
- April 21 - In Japan, the young daimyo Asano Naganori is ordered to commit seppuku (ritual suicide). A group of 47 samurai of his service begin planning to avenge his death.
- May 23 - After being convicted of murdering William Moore and for piracy, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
- June 24 - The Act of Settlement 1701, by the Parliament of England, becomes law. The crown of Great Britain passes to Sophia and her descendants on the death of Princess Anne, the heiress presumptive to the throne after her brother in law, King William III.
July - December[]
- July 24 - Detroit is founded.
- September 16 - Prince James Francis Edward Stuart becomes the new claimant to the thrones of Scotland as King James VIII and England as King James III.
- October 9 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
Undated[]
- The Philharmonic Society (Academia philharmonicorum) is established in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Jethro Tull invented a drill for planting seeds in rows.
- Pierre Antoine Motteux's English translation of the novel Don Quixote 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 Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece.
Births[]
Gregorian calendar | 1701 MDCCI
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Ab urbe condita | 2454 |
Armenian calendar | 1150 ԹՎ ՌՃԾ |
Bahá'í calendar | -143 – -142 |
Buddhist calendar | 2245 |
Coptic calendar | 1417 – 1418 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1693 – 1694 |
Hebrew calendar | 5461 – 5462 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1756 – 1757 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1623 – 1624 |
- Kali Yuga | 4802 – 4803 |
Holocene calendar | 11701 |
Iranian calendar | 1079 – 1080 |
Islamic calendar | 1112 – 1113 |
Japanese calendar | Genroku
14
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- Imperial Year | Kōki 2361 (皇紀2361年) |
Julian calendar | 1746 |
Korean calendar | 4034 |
Thai solar calendar | 2244 |
- January 27 - Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (died 1790)
- January 28 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (died 1774)
- February 14 - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (died 1773)
- March 18 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (died 1776)
- April 9 - Giambattista Nolli, Italian architect and surveyor (died 1756)
- April 27 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (died 1773)
- May 14 - William Emerson, English mathematician (died 1782)
- August 4 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (died 1757)
- October 15 - Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (died 1771)
- October 18 - Charles le Beau, French historian (died 1778)
- November 5 - Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (died 1785)
- November 10 - Johann Joseph Couven, German Baroque architect (died 1763)
- November 27 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (died 1744)
- See also 1701 births.
Deaths[]
- January 14 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (born 1628)
- March 15 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (born 1624)
- April 4 - Joseph Haines, English entertainer and author
- April 21 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (born 1667)
- May 23 - Captain William Kidd, Scottish pirate (born 1645)
- June 2 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (born 1607)
- July 7 - William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (born 1631)
- August 20 - Charles Sedley, English playwright (born1639)
- August 22 - John Granville, English royalist statesman (born 1628)
- September 15 - Edmé Boursault, French writer (born 1638)
- September 16 - King James II of England/James VII of Scotland (born 1633)
- October 3 - Joseph Williamson, English politician (born 1633)
- November 5 - Charles Gerard, French-born English politician (born c.1659)
People of the year 1701 at Familypedia
104 people were born in 1701
49 children were born to the 47 women born in 1701
64 people died in 1701
6420 people lived in 1701
Father | Mother | |
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Anna Hendriks (1663-bef1753) | Heinrich Jansz (c1640-) | Engel Pieters (c1640-) |
Anna Cornelis (c1675-1728) | Cornelis Robberts (1645-1708) | Perijntien |
Cornelis Robberts (1645-1708) | Jan Robberts | |
Anna Pieters (c1690-aft1718) | ||
Anna Jans (1645-1705) | ||
Anna Joannis (c1673-aft1706) | ||
Dieuwertje Ariens (c1680-1720) | Arien (bef1680-) | |
Divera Doedes (1681-aft1723) | Donatus Jacobus (1644-aft1700) | Grietje Hermans (-c1700) |
Dorothea Gerardi (c1670-1721) | ||
Eth Louwes (1657-1727) | Louw Dirksz (bef1657-) | Aeff Dircs (bef1657-) |
Maartje Cornelis (c1680-aft1717) | ||
Marij Pieters (1674-1743) | Pieter Jansz (c1645-1700) | Geert Jans (c1650-1693) |
Maritje Jacobs (1690-1744) | ||
Neeltje Dircks (c1645-1714) | Dirck (bef1645-) | |
Neeltje Claassen (c1780-1743) | ||
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Events of the year 1701 at Familypedia
101 people were married in 1701.
Joined with | |
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Dieuwertje Ariens (c1680-1720) | Jacob Heddes (c1680-1746) |
Caleb Abell (1646-1731) | Margaret Post (1653-1700) + Mary Miller (1662-1731) |
Sarah Alden (1681-1738) | Thomas Southworth (1676-1743) |
Oliver Appleton (1677-1759) | Sarah Perkins (1684-1769) |
Sarah Bartlett (1678-1761) | Israel Bradford (1678-1760) |
Benjamin Bearse (1682-1748) | Sarah Cobb (1681-1742) + Anna Nickerson (1682-) + Anna Atwood (1687-1764) |
Joshua Bigelow (1677-1728) | Hannah Fisk (1680-1733) |
Israel Bradford (1678-1760) | Sarah Bartlett (1678-1761) |
Nathan Bradley (1674-1750) | Lydia Harden (1681-1752)+Ruth Hawes (1670-1701) |
Susannah Bradley (1669-1715) | Thomas Glover (1663-1715) |
Gershom Brigham (1680-1749) | Mehitable Warren (1684-1749) + Mehitable Spring (1683-1699) |
Rebecca Bulkeley (1681-1718) | Jonathan Prescott (1677-1729) |
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680-1743) | Mary Brown (c1682-1716)+Jane Warburton (c1683-1767) |
Margaret Child (1687-1730) | Joseph Priest (1678-1756) |
Aaron Cleveland (1680-1755) | Abigail Waters (1683-1761) |
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There were 0 military battles in 1701.
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Notes[]
- ^ "Calendar in year 1701 (Russia)" (full Julian calendar), webpage: Julian-1701 (Russia used the Julian calendar until 1919).
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