Famous Deaths In 1704

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 24 Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies in the year 1704.  

Mar 17 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

May 03 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

May 13 On this day in history death of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632)  

Jun 18 In the year 1704 death of tom Brown, English satirist (b. 1662)  

Jun 30 On this day in history death of john Quelch, a pirate was hanged (b. 1665)  

Jul 03 In the year 1704 death of sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)  

Jul 17 In the year 1704 death of pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer  

Jul 20 In the year 1704 death of peregrine White, first English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1620)  

Aug 14 In the year 1704 death of roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)  

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

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

Nov 04 In the year 1704 death of andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (b. 1654)  

Nov 20 On this day in history death of charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646)  

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 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 In the year 1704 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer  

Jun 04 On this day in history birth of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)  

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