This has been published by J. Mabillon in the Acta sanctorum ordinis sancti Benedicti ( Paris, 1668 – 1701 ).

* 1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English statesman ( d. 1701 )

* 1701 – Thomas Blackwell, Scottish scholar ( d. 1757 )

* 1701 – Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord ( b. 1667 )

Anders Celsius ( 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744 ) was a Swedish astronomer.

First documented in the 13th century, Berlin was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia ( 1701 – 1918 ), the German Empire ( 1871 – 1918 ), the Weimar Republic ( 1919 – 1933 ) and the Third Reich ( 1933 – 1945 ).

The first Icelandic census took place in 1703, following upon the first Danish census of 1700 – 1701.

William " Captain " Kidd ( c. 1645 – 23 May 1701 ) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean.

* 1701 – Enrique Florez, Spanish historian ( d. 1773 )

* 1774 – Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer ( b. 1701 )

* 1701 September – England, the Netherlands and Austria signed the Treaty of The Hague.

* 1688 – 1701: Frederick II / IV / I ( also Elector of Brandenburg and King in Prussia )

* 1701 – 1713: Frederick I / II / IV ( also Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg )

* 1701 – William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials ( b. 1631 )

* 1628 – Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord ( d. 1701 )

* 1701 – War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.

* 1701 – Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit, Michigan.

* 1701 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.

* 1701 – Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.

* 1701 – After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.

* 1701 – The War of the Spanish Succession begins.

* September 2 – Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian ( b. 1701 )

He became familiar with calculus through a correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz, then collaborated with his brother Johann on various applications, notably publishing papers on transcendental curves ( 1696 ) and isoperimetry ( 1700, 1701 ).

The Two guinea coin was only produced in 1701, the design probably being the work of Johann Crocker a. k. a. John Croker, since James Roettier had died in 1698 and his brother Norbert had moved to France in 1695.

The guinea coin was produced in all years from 1695 to 1701, both with and without the elephant and castle, the design probably being the work of Johann Crocker, also known as John Croker, since James Roettier had died in 1698 and his brother Norbert had moved to France in 1695.

In 1701, Johann Berthold von Höffer ( 1667 – 1718 ), a nobleman and amateur composer from Ljubljana, founded the Academia Philharmonicorum Labacensis based on Italian models.

In 1701 he rescued the young alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger, who had fled from the court of the king of Prussia, Fredrick I, who had expected that he produce gold for him as he had boasted he could.

In 1701 he entered into the service of Austrian Emperor Joseph I and Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, whom he served as a musical and diplomatic agent, traveling extensively until 1723.

* February 22 – Anna Magdalena Bach, second wife and assistant of Johann Sebastian Bach ( born 1701 )

***** Johann Sebastian Bach ( 1685 – 1750 )-wed in his first marriage to second cousin Maria Barbara Bach ( 1684 – 1720 ); in second marriage 1721 with Anna Magdalena Wilcke ( 1701 – 1760 )

Johann Jakob Moser ( 18 January 1701, Stuttgart – 30 September 1785, Stuttgart ) was a German jurist, publicist and researcher, whose work earned him the title " The Father of German Constitutional Law " and whose political commitment to the principles of Liberalism caused him to lose academic positions and spend years as a political prisoner.

* Johann Jakob Moser ( 1701 – 1785 ), German jurist

Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim ( January 27, 1701 – September 2, 1790 ) was a German historian and theologian.

JJ Bodmer and his friend Johann Jakob Breitinger ( 1701 – 1776 ) were among the most prominent purely literary writers in the city.

Anna Magdalena Bach ( née Wilcke or Wilcken ) ( 22 September 1701 – 22 February 1760 ) was an accomplished singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach.

He was the predecessor of Johann Sebastian Bach as Thomaskantor in Leipzig from 1701 to 1722.

He preceded Johann Sebastian Bach as cantor of the Thomaskirche ( St Thomas Church ) in Leipzig, directing the Thomanerchor from 1701 to 1722.

But in the purely literary domain the names of JJ Bodmer and of his friend Johann Jakob Breitinger ( 1701 – 1776 ), are the most prominent.

Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau or Jean-Armand Dieskau, Baron de Dieskau or Ludwig August von Dieskau ( 1701 Saxony – 8 September 1767 Surenne ) was a German-born soldier remembered mostly as a French general and commander in America for a part of the French and Indian War.

* Margaret Gertrude von der Schulenburg, Countess of Oeynhausen ( 1701 – 1726 ), who married Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Ergänzungsband II of 1863 contains a 10-part map ( 210x102 cm ) of Africa ( Karte von Inner-Afrika, that contained all routes of explorers between 1701 and 1863.

Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg ( 12 January 1638 – 4 January 1701 ) was the army commander of Vienna during the second siege of Vienna in 1683, imperial general during the Great Turkish War and President of the Hofkriegsrat.