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Born in 1698

56 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Baal Shem Tov

    Baal Shem, healer

    Date disputed

    August 27 · 1698

    Source: Jewish Currents

  2. Colin MacLaurin

    physicist, astronomer

    1698–1746

    1698

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  3. Giuseppe Guarneri

    luthier, musical instrument maker

    1698–1744 · aged 46

    August 21 · 1698

    No external source identified

  4. Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

    mathematician, astronomer

    Date disputed

    September 28 · 1698

    Source: La France savante

  5. Joseph Süß Oppenheimer

    court Jew, jurist

    Date disputed

    1698

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  6. Pietro Metastasio

    writer, playwright

    1698–1782 · aged 84

    January 3 · 1698

    Source: Find a Grave

  7. William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

    politician

    1698–1755 · aged 57

    September 26 · 1698

    Source: SNAC

  8. Jean Calas

    merchant

    1698–1762 · aged 63

    March 19 · 1698

    Source: AlKindi

  9. Pierre Bouguer

    mathematician, physicist

    1698–1758 · aged 60

    February 16 · 1698

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  10. Pyotr Saltykov

    governor-general, general field marshal

    Date disputed

    December 21 · 1698

    No external source identified

  11. Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena

    aristocrat, patron of the arts

    1698–1780 · aged 81

    July 2 · 1698

    Source: SNAC

  12. Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans

    nun

    1698–1743 · aged 44

    August 13 · 1698

    Source: The Peerage

  13. Ange-Jacques Gabriel

    architect

    1698–1782 · aged 83

    October 23 · 1698

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  14. Erik Pontoppidan

    writer, pastor

    1698–1764 · aged 66

    August 24 · 1698

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  15. Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton

    writer

    1698–1731 · aged 32

    December 21 · 1698

    Source: RKDartists

  16. Riccardo Broschi

    composer

    1698–1756

    1698

    Source: Musicalics

  17. Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal

    civil servant, politician

    1698–1778 · aged 79

    November 22 · 1698

    Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography

  18. Giacomo Ceruti

    painter

    1698–1767 · aged 68

    October 13 · 1698

    Source: explore.rkd.nl

  19. Jeanne Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf, marquise de Prie

    salonnière

    1698–1727

    1698

    Source: BnF authorities

  20. Giambattista Lolli

    athlete, writer

    1698–1769

    1698

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  21. John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen

    aristocrat

    1698–1780 · aged 81

    May 24 · 1698

    Source: The Peerage

  22. Prokop Diviš

    theologian, musician

    Date disputed

    March 26 · 1698

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  23. Edme Bouchardon

    draftsperson, sculptor

    1698–1762 · aged 64

    May 29 · 1698

    Source: Departmental archives of Haute-Marne

  24. Charles François de Cisternay du Fay

    chemist, writer

    1698–1739 · aged 40

    September 14 · 1698

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  25. Rabia Şermi Kadin

    1698–1732

    1698

    No external source identified

  26. Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry

    archer, aristocrat

    1698–1778 · aged 79

    November 24 · 1698

    No external source identified

  27. William Warburton

    writer, Anglican priest

    1698–1779 · aged 80

    December 24 · 1698

    Source: SNAC

  28. Koca Ragıp Paşa

    politician, scientist

    Date disputed

    1698

    No external source identified

  29. Johann Jakob Bodmer

    poet, philologist

    1698–1783 · aged 84

    July 19 · 1698

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  30. Princess Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt

    aristocrat

    1698–1777 · aged 78

    September 8 · 1698

    No external source identified

  31. George Browne

    military personnel, marshal

    1698–1792

    June 25 · 1698

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  32. Bernardo Tanucci

    politician

    1698–1783 · aged 85

    February 20 · 1698

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  33. François Francoeur

    composer, conductor

    1698–1787 · aged 88

    September 21 · 1698

    Source: CESAR - Calendrier électronique des spectacles sous l'Ancien Régime et la Révolution

  34. Sigismund von Schrattenbach

    Catholic priest, archbishop

    1698–1771 · aged 73

    February 28 · 1698

    Source: Salzburgwiki

  35. Duke Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg

    aristocrat

    1698–1731 · aged 32

    December 14 · 1698

    Source: The Peerage

  36. Henry Baker

    biologist

    1698–1774 · aged 76

    May 8 · 1698

    Source: BnF authorities

  37. Charles Joseph Batthyány

    military officer, military personnel

    Date disputed

    April 28 · 1698

    Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon

  38. Paul Troger

    painter, teacher

    1698–1762 · aged 63

    October 30 · 1698

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  39. Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué

    military commander, military personnel

    1698–1774 · aged 76

    February 4 · 1698

    No external source identified

  40. José de Carvajal y Lancáster

    politician

    1698–1754 · aged 56

    March 16 · 1698

    Source: BnF authorities

  41. Bernard Forest de Bélidor

    engineer, mathematician

    1698–1761

    1698

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  42. Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta

    Eastern Orthodox priest, patriarch

    1698–1748

    1698

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  43. Johann Elias Ridinger

    painter, publisher

    Date disputed

    February 15 · 1698

    Source: Discogs

  44. Giovanni Battista de' Rossi

    presbyter

    Date disputed

    February 22 · 1698

    Source: GCatholic.org

  45. Aoki Kon'yō

    Rangaku scholar, writer

    1698–1769 · aged 71

    June 19 · 1698

    No external source identified

  46. Rosario Gagliardi

    architect

    1698–1762

    1698

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  47. Jacobus Houbraken

    printmaker, copper engraver

    1698–1780

    1698

    Source: CONOR.BG

  48. Filippo della Valle

    engraver, sculptor

    1698–1768 · aged 69

    December 26 · 1698

    Source: Valle, Filippo della

  49. Francesco Robba

    sculptor

    1698–1757 · aged 58

    May 1 · 1698

    Source: BnF authorities

  50. Pierre Contant d'Ivry

    architect

    1698–1777 · aged 79

    May 11 · 1698

    Source: Contant d’Ivry, Pierre

  51. Charlotta Frölich

    agronomist, poet

    1698–1770 · aged 71

    November 28 · 1698

    No external source identified

  52. Nicola Logroscino

    composer

    1698–1764

    October 22 · 1698

    No external source identified

  53. Samuel Klingenstierna

    mathematician, university teacher

    1698–1765

    August 18 · 1698

    Source: academie-sciences.fr

  54. Alberico Archinto

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1698–1758 · aged 59

    November 8 · 1698

    Source: SNAC

  55. Antonio Bioni

    composer, singer

    1698–1739

    1698

    Source: Musicalics

  56. Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1698–1746 · aged 48

    May 1 · 1698

    No external source identified

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