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Born in 1678

42 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Antonio Vivaldi

    Catholic priest, Latin Catholic priest

    1678–1741 · aged 63

    March 4 · 1678

    Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural

  2. Yongzheng Emperor

    ruler

    1678–1735 · aged 56

    December 13 · 1678

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  3. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

    monarch, composer

    1678–1711 · aged 32

    July 26 · 1678

    Source: The Peerage

  4. Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

    philosopher, historian

    1678–1751 · aged 73

    September 16 · 1678

    Source: BnF authorities

  5. Amaro Rodríguez Felipe

    merchant, moneylender

    1678–1747 · aged 69

    May 3 · 1678

    Source: mdc.ulpgc.es

  6. Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse

    military officer, admiral

    1678–1737 · aged 59

    June 6 · 1678

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  7. John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

    politician, general field marshal

    1678–1743 · aged 64

    October 10 · 1678

    Source: SNAC

  8. Abraham Darby I

    engineer, inventor

    1678–1717 · aged 38

    April 14 · 1678

    Source: Darby, Abraham

  9. Filippo Juvarra*

    scenographer, urban planner

    Date disputed

    March 7 · 1678

    Source: European Theatre Architecture DB

  10. Peter von Lacy

    general field marshal, governor

    1678–1751 · aged 72

    September 29 · 1678

    Source: book

  11. Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin

    Groom of the Stool, politician

    1678–1766 · aged 87

    September 3 · 1678

    Source: The Peerage

  12. Thai Sa

    military officer, politician

    1678–1733

    1678

    No external source identified

  13. Marie Elisabeth, Abbess of Quedlinburg

    politician

    1678–1755 · aged 77

    March 21 · 1678

    Source: The Peerage

  14. William Croft

    composer, organist

    1678–1727 · aged 48

    December 30 · 1678

    Source: Find a Grave

  15. Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    sovereign

    1678–1747 · aged 69

    November 26 · 1678

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. François Gigot de la Peyronie

    surgeon

    1678–1747 · aged 69

    January 15 · 1678

    Source: BnF authorities

  17. Jean Jacques Dortous de Mayran

    naturalist, physicist

    1678–1771 · aged 92

    November 26 · 1678

    Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World

  18. Marie Anne de Bourbon, Duchess of Vendôme

    1678–1718 · aged 40

    February 24 · 1678

    Source: The Peerage

  19. Francesco Farnese

    politician

    1678–1727

    May 19 · 1678

    Source: Genealogics

  20. Qaplan I Giray

    sovereign

    1678–1738

    1678

    No external source identified

  21. David II of Kakheti

    royalty

    1678–1722

    1678

    No external source identified

  22. Adrien Maurice de Noailles

    diplomat, politician

    1678–1766 · aged 87

    September 29 · 1678

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  23. Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow

    politician

    1678–1739 · aged 60

    October 4 · 1678

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  24. Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

    aristocrat

    1678–1749 · aged 70

    July 16 · 1678

    Source: The Peerage

  25. George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

    aristocrat, general field marshal

    1678–1726 · aged 48

    November 16 · 1678

    Source: The Peerage

  26. Dorothea Maria Graff

    artist, scientific illustrator

    1678–1743 · aged 65

    February 2 · 1678

    Source: RKDartists

  27. Nicola Francesco Haym*

    numismatist, theatre manager

    Date disputed

    July 6 · 1678

    Source: Discogs

  28. Jakob Hermann

    naturalist, mathematician

    1678–1733 · aged 54

    July 26 · 1678

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  29. Christine Juliane of Baden-Durlach

    aristocrat

    1678–1707 · aged 28

    September 12 · 1678

    Source: The Peerage

  30. Pierre Raymond de Montmort

    mathematician

    1678–1719 · aged 40

    October 27 · 1678

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  31. Matthäus Seutter

    publisher, copper engraver

    1678–1757

    September 20 · 1678

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  32. Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø

    naval officer, admiral

    1678–1719 · aged 41

    June 24 · 1678

    Source: runeberg.org

  33. Shō Eki

    king

    1678–1712 · aged 33

    December 7 · 1678

    No external source identified

  34. Meñli II Giray

    sovereign

    1678–1740

    1678

    No external source identified

  35. Anna Waser

    painter, etcher

    1678–1714 · aged 35

    October 16 · 1678

    Source: SIKART

  36. Pedro de Castro, 1st Duque de la Conquista*

    military personnel

    Date disputed

    December 8 · 1678

    No external source identified

  37. Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov

    merchant, businessperson

    1678–1745

    1678

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  38. Jacques Caffieri

    master craftsman, sculptor

    1678–1755 · aged 77

    August 25 · 1678

    Source: RKDartists

  39. Andreas Silbermann

    organ builder

    1678–1734 · aged 55

    May 16 · 1678

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

  40. George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

    aristocrat

    1678–1703 · aged 24

    May 3 · 1678

    No external source identified

  41. Günther XXVI, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

    1678–1740 · aged 62

    August 23 · 1678

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  42. Janusz Antoni Wiśniowiecki

    castellan

    1678–1741 · aged 62

    June 14 · 1678

    Source: Urzędnicy Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego. Spisy, t. VIII, Ziemia brzeska i wojewód…

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