{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1704

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

Feb 12 In the year 1704 birth of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)  

Feb 24 In the year 1704 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 Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jun 17 In the year 1704 birth of john Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)  

Jun 22 On this day in history birth of john Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)  

Jun 24 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jul 16 John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle was born in the year 1704.  

Jul 31 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 13 On this day in history birth of lorenzo Fago, composer  

Oct 02 Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 09 In the year 1704 birth of ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)  

Oct 17 Willem Bentinck, orangist was born in the year 1704.  

Oct 29 On this day in history birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)  

Nov 01 In the year 1704 birth of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (d. 1779)  

Nov 10 On this day in history birth of carlo Zuccari, composer  

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

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

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

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

Feb 02 On this day in history guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62  

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 in the year 1704.  

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