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Born in 1674

52 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

    ruler, painter

    1674–1723 · aged 49

    August 2 · 1674

    Source: Find a Grave

  2. Jethro Tull

    inventor, agronomist

    1674–1741 · aged 66

    March 30 · 1674

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  3. Isaac Watts

    lyricist, author

    1674–1748 · aged 74

    July 17 · 1674

    Source: BnF authorities

  4. Dimitrie Cantemir

    musician, linguist

    Date disputed

    October 26 · 1674

    Source: ghika.net

  5. Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

    diplomat, politician

    1674–1738 · aged 64

    April 18 · 1674

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  6. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

    military personnel, soldier

    1674–1735 · aged 60

    November 7 · 1674

    Source: The Peerage

  7. Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany

    bishop, Catholic bishop

    1674–1728 · aged 53

    September 17 · 1674

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  8. Jeremiah Clarke

    composer

    1674–1707

    1674

    Source: KANTO

  9. William Byrd II

    entomologist, lawyer

    Date disputed

    March 28 · 1674

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. Matthias Buchinger

    musician, magician

    1674–1739

    June 3 · 1674

    Source: Matthias Buchinger: "The Greatest German Living"

  11. Nicholas Rowe

    playwright, writer

    1674–1718 · aged 44

    June 30 · 1674

    Source: SNAC

  12. İbrahim Müteferrika

    book printer, historian

    Date disputed

    1674

    Source: MAK

  13. Yunreng

    politician

    1674–1725 · aged 50

    June 6 · 1674

    No external source identified

  14. Henry Sacheverell

    politician

    1674–1724

    1674

    Source: NUKAT

  15. John Lawson

    explorer, writer

    1674–1711

    December 27 · 1674

    No external source identified

  16. Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

    politician

    Date disputed

    1674

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  17. Marie of Lorraine

    aristocrat

    1674–1724 · aged 50

    August 12 · 1674

    Source: genealogy.euweb.cz

  18. Reinhard Keiser

    composer

    1674–1739 · aged 65

    January 9 · 1674

    Source: SNAC

  19. Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery

    diplomat, politician

    1674–1731 · aged 57

    July 28 · 1674

    Source: The Peerage

  20. Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

    poet, playwright

    1674–1762 · aged 88

    January 13 · 1674

    Source: BnF authorities

  21. Pier Leone Ghezzi

    painter, writer

    1674–1755

    June 28 · 1674

    Source: Discogs

  22. Jean Ranc

    painter

    1674–1735 · aged 61

    January 28 · 1674

    Source: BnF authorities

  23. Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan

    Catholic priest, politician

    Date disputed

    June 26 · 1674

    Source: La France savante

  24. Köprülü Numan Paşa

    writer, politician

    1674–1719 · aged 44

    March 17 · 1674

    No external source identified

  25. Catharine Trotter

    philosopher, novelist

    Date disputed

    August 16 · 1674

    Source: orlando.cambridge.org

  26. John Potter

    historian, archbishop

    1674–1747

    1674

    Source: SNAC

  27. Jean-Baptiste Du Halde

    geographer, missionary

    1674–1743 · aged 69

    February 1 · 1674

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  28. Alexis Simon Belle

    artist, painter

    1674–1734 · aged 60

    January 12 · 1674

    Source: SNAC

  29. Kaikhosro of Kartli

    military personnel

    1674–1711 · aged 37

    January 1 · 1674

    No external source identified

  30. Elizabeth Rowe

    poet, writer

    1674–1737 · aged 62

    September 11 · 1674

    Source: SNAC

  31. Ambrose Philips

    writer, poet

    1674–1749

    1674

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  32. Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

    aristocrat

    1674–1713 · aged 39

    January 22 · 1674

    Source: The Peerage

  33. Henrietta Johnston

    painter, artist

    1674–1729

    1674

    Source: Genealogics

  34. Kazimierz Czartoryski

    politician

    1674–1741 · aged 67

    March 4 · 1674

    No external source identified

  35. Leopold Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

    aristocrat

    1674–1744 · aged 70

    January 12 · 1674

    Source: The Peerage

  36. Alexander, son of Archil of Imereti

    royalty, military personnel

    1674–1711

    1674

    Source: Q25865594

  37. Jacob Leupold

    mathematician, independent publisher

    1674–1727 · aged 52

    July 22 · 1674

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  38. Frederick Charles of Schönborn

    deacon, titular bishop

    1674–1746

    March 3 · 1674

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  39. Prince Christian Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg

    1674–1706 · aged 31

    August 20 · 1674

    Source: The Peerage

  40. Jean Barbeyrac

    university teacher, jurist

    1674–1744 · aged 69

    March 15 · 1674

    Source: SNAC

  41. Eustachio Manfredi

    poet, mathematician

    1674–1739 · aged 64

    September 20 · 1674

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  42. Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg

    politician

    Date disputed

    March 26 · 1674

    Source: The Peerage

  43. Iver Rosenkrantz

    judge, diplomat

    1674–1745 · aged 70

    December 5 · 1674

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3rd edition

  44. František Maxmilián Kaňka

    general contractor, architect

    1674–1766 · aged 91

    August 19 · 1674

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  45. Giovanni Antonio Guadagni

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1674–1759 · aged 84

    September 14 · 1674

    Source: BnF authorities

  46. Justus Henning Böhmer

    jurist, university teacher

    1674–1749 · aged 75

    January 29 · 1674

    Source: BnF authorities

  47. Francis Alexander, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar

    aristocrat

    1674–1711 · aged 37

    January 27 · 1674

    No external source identified

  48. Jean Louis Petit

    anatomist, surgeon

    1674–1750 · aged 76

    March 13 · 1674

    Source: Base biographique

  49. Nicolas Lenglet du Fresnoy

    historian, encyclopédistes

    1674–1755 · aged 80

    October 5 · 1674

    Source: BnF authorities

  50. Pierre Dumage

    composer, organist

    1674–1751

    1674

    Source: SNAC

  51. Girolamo Grimaldi

    Catholic priest, Catholic deacon

    1674–1733 · aged 59

    November 15 · 1674

    No external source identified

  52. Niccolò Forteguerri

    poet, Catholic priest

    Date disputed

    November 6 · 1674

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

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