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Historical Event(s)
– Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
– French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
– Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end to all English trading in India.
– Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed.
– A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax.
Who Were Born On ?
– William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
– Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
– Martín Sarmiento, Spanish writer and scholar (d.1772)
– Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
– Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)
– Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
– Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
– John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
– John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)