{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1688

Jan 18 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 23 Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25 Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw (d. 1713) was born in the year 1688.  

Jan 28 Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29 Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom) was born in the year 1688.  

Feb 04 Pierre De Marivaux, Paris France, writer (Marianne) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 07 On this day in history birth of maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange  

Mar 25 In the year 1688 birth of johann Gotthilf Ziegler, composer  

Apr 04 Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born in the year 1688.  

Apr 15 In the year 1688 birth of johann Friedrich Fasch, composer  

May 21 In the year 1688 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)  

May 25 Christian August Jacobi, composer was born in the year 1688.  

Jun 10 James Francis Edward Stuart (d. 1766) was born in the year 1688.  

Jun 10 On this day in history birth of james III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope  

Jun 21 Alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 01 On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Steiner, composer  

Jul 19 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)  

Aug 14 On this day in history birth of frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)  

Aug 15 On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)  

Sep 05 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Fight of Kings & Mice) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 12 Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 13 In the year 1688 birth of luca Antonio Praedieri, composer  

Sep 17 On this day in history birth of maria Luisa of Savoy, first queen of Philip V of Spain (d. 1714)  

Sep 26 In the year 1688 birth of willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist  

Oct 17 Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 19 William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752) was born in the year 1688.  

Oct 22 On this day in history birth of nadir Shah of Persia (d. 1747)  

Nov 11 Lorenzo Somis, composer was born in the year 1688.  

Nov 15 Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. 1757) was born in the year 1688.  

Feb 02 On this day in history death of abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)  

Feb 17 In the year 1688 death of rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian  

Mar 09 In the year 1688 claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89  

May 09 Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 in the year 1688.  

May 14 Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619) died on this day in history.  

May 22 On this day in history johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70  

Jun 03 On this day in history maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik, dies at 66  

Jun 05 Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667) died in the year 1688.