Necrology 1704
This is a list of well-known people who died in 1704 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4th | Christian Friedrich Knorr | German Lutheran theologian, consistorial councilor and general superintendent of the General Diocese of Grubenhagen and on the Harz | 57 | |
| January 4th | Giambattista Spinola | Archbishop of Genoa, Cardinal of the Roman Church | 89 | |
| January 8th | Lorenzo Bellini | Italian anatomist | 60 | |
| 13th January | Hans Jakob Gessner | Swiss Protestant clergyman | ||
| 15. January | Christoph Redecker | German lawyer, university professor and mayor of Rostock | 51 | |
| January 26th | Rudolf August | Duke of Brunswick | 76 | |
| 31 January | Christian Andreas Siber | German educator and Lutheran theologian | 41 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2nd | Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de L'Hospital | French mathematician | ||
| 3 February | Antonio Molinari | Italian painter | 49 | |
| February 5th | Thomas Honstedt | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, chief pastor at Lübeck Cathedral and senior at the Ministry of Spirituality | 61 | |
| February 8 | Philipp Jeningen | German Jesuit, people's missionary and mystic | 62 | |
| February 11th | Christoph Franck | German Protestant theologian | 61 | |
| February 11th | Heiso Meyer | German bell and gun founder | ||
| 13th February | Franz Kaspar von Stadion | German nobleman and Prince-Bishop of Lavant (1673–1704) | 67 | |
| February 18 | Johann Philipp von Arco | Commander of the Alt-Breisach Fortress in the War of the Spanish Succession | 51 | |
| 21st of February | Johann Karl | Count Palatine of Pfalz-Gelnhausen | 65 | |
| February 23 | Steven Blankaart | Dutch physician, chemist, pharmacist and entomologist | 53 | |
| February 23 | Georg Muffat | Baroque composer and organist | 50 | |
| February 23 | Enrico Noris | Italian church historian, cardinal, librarian | 72 | |
| February 24th | Marc-Antoine Charpentier | French composer | ||
| February 25 | Isabella Leonarda | Italian nun and composer | 83 | |
| February 26th | Candidate Pfister | German Cistercian abbot |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Joseph Parrocel | French Baroque painter | 57 | |
| 6th March | Christian Alander | Swedish philosopher and music writer | 44 | |
| 8th of March | Giovanni Battista Costaguti | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church | ||
| 19th March | Imbert Rollaz du Rosey | Prussian major general, captain of the Brandenburg Swiss Guard | ||
| March | John Gadbury | English astrologer | 77 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. April | Johann Jakob Buxtorf | Swiss reformed theologian and orientalist | 58 | |
| April 5th | Christian Ulrich I. | Duke of Württemberg-Oels | 51 | |
| April 8th | Job Ludolf | German philologist, founder of Ethiopian studies | 79 | |
| 10th of April | Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg | German clergyman, Bishop of Strasbourg | 74 | |
| 11 April | Georg Christoph Strattner | German church musician and composer | ||
| 12. April | Jacques Bénigne Bossuet | French bishop and author | 76 | |
| April 14th | Johann Adolf von Fürstenberg | Catholic clergyman, also Drost in the Duchy of Westphalia, diplomat and builder of Adolfsburg Castle | 73 | |
| April 15th | Johan Hudde | Dutch mathematician | 75 | |
| 17th April | Ulrich Friedrich Gyldenlöwe | Danish governor in Norway | 65 | |
| 20th of April | Agnes Block | Dutch Mennonite, art collector and art patron as well as collector of tropical plants | 74 | |
| April 22 | Bernhard Barnstorff | German medic | 58 | |
| 26th of April | Adam Friedrich von Trampe | Danish general | 54 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3rd | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber | Bohemian violinist and composer | 59 | |
| May 3rd | Estephane Boutros El Douaihy | Maronite patriarch | 73 | |
| May 7th | Gottschalk Anton von Wickede | German patrician and landowner | 46 | |
| 10th of May | Ezéchiel de Mélac | French general | ||
| 12th of May | Charles Thomas de Lorraine-Vaudémont | Prince of Vaudémont and Field Marshal in the Austrian Imperial Army | 34 | |
| May 13th | Louis Bourdaloue | French Jesuit and preacher | 71 | |
| May 14th | Sebastian Bacmeister | German Lutheran clergyman | 57 | |
| May 21 | Heinrich Elmenhorst | German theologian, hymn poet and writer of opera libretti | 71 | |
| May 21 | Hermann Werner von Wolff-Metternich to the canal | Prince-Bishop of Paderborn | 78 | |
| May 24th | Karl Dankwart | German-Swedish painter | ||
| 28th of May | Konrad Feuerlein | German Lutheran theologian and hymn composer | 74 | |
| May 29th | Johann Schadowitz | Croatian horseman | 80 | |
| 30th May | Emanuel Lebrecht | Prince of Anhalt-Koethen | 33 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2th of June | David Adolph von Wulffen | royal Prussian brigadier, chief of infantry regiment No. 9, commander of Wesel | ||
| June 11th | Johann Ulrich Mayr | Baroque painter | ||
| 14th June | Ralph Bathurst | British chemist, physician and clergyman | ||
| June 16 | Georg Franck of Franckenau | German physician and botanist | 60 | |
| June 24th | Anna Dorothea of Saxe-Weimar | Abbess of the Quedlinburg Abbey | 46 | |
| June 27th | Jacob Potma | German painter, electoral Bavarian court painter and valet of Elector Maximilian II. Emanuel of Bavaria | ||
| June 27th | Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg | Mistress of King Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway | 25th |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Guillaume Vallet | French engraver | 71 | |
| 2nd July | August Ferdinand of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern | Major General of the Lower Saxony District | 26th | |
| 2nd July | Johann Adolf | Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön | 70 | |
| 2nd July | Abraham Tillier | Bernese council member, Venner and Welscheckel master | 69 | |
| July 6th | Hieronymus Dürer | German writer and theologian | 62 | |
| July 9 | Hermann Otto II of Limburg-Styrum | Imperial Field Marshal General | 58 | |
| July 11th | Marcus Conrad Dietze | German sculptor and architect | 46 | |
| July 14th | Sofia Alexeyevna | Regent of Russia (1682–1689) | 46 | |
| 24th July | Honorius Aigner | Austrian Benedictine abbot |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 7th | Paul von Fuchs | Brandenburg Minister | 63 | |
| 15th of August | Dominicus Bassus | German lawyer | ||
| August 19th | Petrus Francius | Dutch classical philologist | 59 | |
| August 19th | Jane Leade | Christian mystic | 81 | |
| 20th of August | Friedrich Wilhelm Stosch | German theologian and philosopher | 55 | |
| August 24th | Ludolf Hugo | German lawyer and politician | ||
| August 27 | Augustin Voit | German Benedictine abbot | ||
| 29th August | Johann Adolf | Count of Tecklenburg and Limburg, Lord of Rheda | 66 | |
| August 30th | Andreas Habichhorst | German Protestant theologian and university professor | 67 | |
| August | Francis Taaffe, 3rd Earl of Carlingford | Military commanders and politicians |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 4th | Anthonius Lucius | German legal scholar | 69 | |
| September 6th | Francesco Provenzale | Italian composer | ||
| 21st September | Maria Antonia Scalera Stellini | Italian poet and playwright | 70 | |
| September 28th | Jacob Henning | German Protestant theologian | 71 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Cornelis Dusart | Dutch painter and etcher | 44 | |
| October 2nd | Carlo Barberini | Italian cardinal | 74 | |
| October 3 | Jean-Baptiste Denis | French doctor of Louis XIV, first documented blood transfusion | ||
| October 6th | Marquard Rudolf von Rodt | Bishop of Constance | 60 | |
| October 7th | Cyriac Günther | German hymn poet | 54 | |
| 8th October | Mukai Kyorai | Japanese lyric poet | ||
| October 12th | Jerome of Dorne | Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | 58 | |
| October 12th | Jacques-Henri de Durfort, duc de Duras | Marshal of France | 79 | |
| October 24th | Nikolaus von Zitzewitz | Abbot of the Huysburg Monastery, diplomat | 70 | |
| October 26th | Karl Bernhard Klinckowström | Chamber page and favorite of the Swedish King Charles XII. | 22nd | |
| October 26th | Jakob de Petersen | Danish chieftain, chamberlain and politician | 82 | |
| 28th of October | John Locke | English philosopher and economist | 72 | |
| 30th of October | Friederike Amalie of Denmark | Danish princess and as the wife of Duke Christian Albrecht Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf | 55 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Johann Ludwig I. | Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | 48 | |
| November 1st | Heinrich Schmettau | German reformed theologian | 75 | |
| November 4th | Andreas Acoluthus | German orientalist and linguist | 50 | |
| November 11th | Johann Georg Knoll | German architect and builder | ||
| November 16 | Friedrich von der Asseburg | Knight of the Teutonic Order | ||
| November 17th | Valentin Heins | German arithmetic master | 67 | |
| 20th November | Charles Plumier | French botanist and explorer | 58 | |
| November 28th | Magdalena Claudia of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | Countess Palatinate of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and by marriage Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg | 36 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen | Mayor of Amsterdam | 79 | |
| 6th of December | Johann Martin von Eyb | Diocesan and Prince Bishop of Eichstätt | 74 | |
| 9th of December | Johann Rudolf von Wämpl | electoral Bavarian secret council chancellor | ||
| 11th December | Roger L'Estrange | English politician, Tory, royalist, pamphlet writer | 87 | |
| 20th of December | Johann Andreas Eisenmenger | German Hebraist, professor for Hebrew language at Heidelberg University | ||
| December 22 | Paolo Boccone | Italian botanist | 71 | |
| 24th of December | Christoph Friedrich I. von Bismarck | Prussian major general and commandant of the Küstrin fortress | 52 | |
| December 27th | Hans Albrecht von Barfus | Brandenburg-Prussian field marshal | ||
| December 28th | Johann Reinhard Hedinger | German Protestant theologian | 40 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basile de Glemona | Missionary and sinologist | |||
| Pancratius Caprez | Swiss reformed pastor | |||
| Menno van Coehoorn | Dutch artillery general and fortress expert | |||
| Leonhard Heckenauer | German engraver | |||
| Egbert van Heemskerk II | Dutch peasant painter, genre painter and draftsman | |||
| Johann Heiss | South German baroque painter | |||
| Johann Adolph Höltich | City clerk of Mölln and lawyer of Lübeck | |||
| Gottfried Keller | German composer of the baroque | |||
| Elias Loccelius | Brandenburg chronicler | |||
| Otto Lochmann | Elector of Hanover Fourier, courier and sedan entrepreneur | |||
| Mustafa II. | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1695–1703) | |||
| Heinrich Schmutz | Prussian engineer captain | |||
| Wouter Schouten | Dutch surgeon and writer | |||
| Johann Christoph Sebastiani | Architect and court builder | |||
| Selim I. Giray | Khan of the Crimea |