- March 16
- Birth of Zaccaria Tevo composer. [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Domenico Gabrielli composer. [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Jean-Baptiste de la Salle; French priest/theorist/saint (dies 1719). [1] [5]
- August 6
- Birth of Francois Fenelon France, writer (Playing for Time). [1]
- September 26
- Birth of Francis Daniel Pastorius in Sommerhausen; German lawyer, teacher, founded Germantown, Pennsylvania. [37]
- November 12
- Birth of Juana Ines de La Cruz Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primer Sueno). [1]
1652
- March 3
- Birth of Thomas Otway England, dramatist/poet (Venice Preserved). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Johann Philipp Fortsch composer. [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van de Palts German/French duchess of Orleans. [1]
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- December 16
- Birth of Giovanni Maria Casini composer. [1]
1653
- January 7
- Birth of Bernhard Albinus Germany, court-physician (Frederick of Prussia). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Arcangelo Corelli Fusignano Italy, violinist/composer (Concerto Grosso). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Joseph Sauveur French physicist/mathematician. [1]
- December 24
- Birth of Georg Motz composer. [1]
1654
- January 20
- Birth of Michiel de Swaen South Netherlands physician/poet. [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Heinrich Georg Neuss composer. [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Cornelis van Alkemade Dutch historian. [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Jean/Jacobus Bernoulli Swiss mathematician. [1]
1655
- January 5
- Birth of John Coney; first Colonial engraver of American paper money. [470.32]
- January 14
- Birth of Angelo Predieri composer. [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Geleyn Evertsen Lieutenant-Admiral (Zealand). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of François Fagel Dutch field marshal, baptized. [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Jean-François Regnard French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria). [1]
- April 8
- Birth of Louis Willem I Margrave (Baden-Baden). [1]
- May 4
- Birth of Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori Italy, piano builder. [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti] Italy, 244th Roman Catholic Pope (1721-24). [1]
- August 13
- Birth of Johann Christoph Denner in Leipzig; musical instrument maker, invented the clarinet. [1] [37]
- September 19
- Birth of Jan Luyts Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer. [1]
1656
- February 20
- Birth of Johannes Schenck German/Netherlands composer, baptised. [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Adolf H van Rechteren Dutch diplomat/politician. [1]
- November 8
- Birth of Edmond Halley first to calculate comet's orbit (Halley's Comet). [1]
1657
- January 17
- Birth of Pieter van Bloemen [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized. [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Hendrik Casimir II Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Bernard Fontenelle France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds). [1]
- July 11
- Birth of Friederich I in Königsberg; first king of Prussia and the Elector of Brandenburg. [37]
- September 25
- Birth of Imre Thököly Hungary, patriot, opposed Habsburg rule. [1]
- September 27
- Birth of Sophia regent of Russia (1682-89). [1]
1658
- January 8
- Birth of Nicolas Coustou French sculptor (Descente de Croix). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac French colonial governor of America. [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Giuseppe Torelli Italy, composer (Concerti Grossi op 8). [1]
1659
- January 21
- Birth of Adriaen van der Werff Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect. [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Jacob Roggeveen Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Henry Purcell English organist/composer (Dido and Aeneas). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of François Fagel Dutch lawyer/statesman. [1]
1660
- February 15
- Birth of Frans Anneessens Belgian merchant/dean of artisans. [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Georg Ludwig German monarch of Hanover/King George I of Great Britain. [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Hans Sloane England, physician/naturalist; founded British Museum. [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of George I in Osnabrück, Hanover; first Elector of Hannover, the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain (1714-1727). [1] [37]
- August 21
- Birth of Hubert Gautier engineer, wrote first book on bridge building. [1]
- December 12
- Birth of Peter Rabus poet/translator (Liberated Britanje). [1]
1661
- November 6
- Birth of Charles II last Habsburg king of Spain (1665-1700). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Robert Haley earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14). [1]
1662
- May 3
- Birth of Daniel Matthäus Pöppelmann in Herford; state architect in Dresden (Zwinger, Elbe Bridge). [37]
- May 12
- Birth of Jan F van Bloom [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized. [1]
- July 11
- Birth of Maximilian II Emanuel in Munich; Elector of Bavaria (1679-1726), governor of the Spanish Netherlands. [37]
1663
- February 12
- Birth of Dr Cotton Mather witchcraft authority. [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Thomas Newcomen English co-inventor (steam engine). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer. [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Nicholas Siret composer. [1]
1664
- January 14
- Birth of Simon van Slingelandt Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36). [1]
- January 24
- Birth of John Vanbrugh AKA John Vanbrugge in London, England; architect (Blenheim Palace), playwright (The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger, The Confederacy) [1] [858.34]
- March 17
- Birth of Georg Osterreich composer. [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Giulio Alberoni Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal. [1]
1665
- January 12
- Birth of Pierre de Fermat French lawyer/mathematician. [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Anne Stuart Queen of England (1702-14). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Rudolph J Camerarius German botanist/physician (sexuality plant). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Rudolph Jacob Camerarius in Tübingen; botanist, proved the existence of sexes in plants, identified the reproductive parts, and demonstrated the role of pollen. [37]
- March 27
- Birth of Benjamin Neukirch German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau). [1]
1666
- February 15
- Birth of Antonio M Valsalva Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis). [1]
- March 15
- Birth of George Bähr in Fürstenwalde; German architect (Baroque Frauenkirche in Dresden). [1] [37]
- April 17
- Birth of François Valentijn Dutch vicar/writer. [1]
- April 25
- Birth of Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer. [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti composer. [1]
1667
- January 26
- Birth of Henricus Zwaardecroon Governor-General of Netherland-Indies. [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Georg Bronner composer. [1]
- April 29
- Birth of John Arbuthnot Scottish writer (Alexander Pope). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Abraham De Moivre French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem). [1]
- November 30
- Birth of Jonathan Swift in England; satirist (Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal). [1] [5]
- December 4
- Birth of Michel Pignolet de Monteclair composer. [1]
- December 15
- Birth of Ludwig Ernst composer. [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer. [1]
1668
- January 8
- Birth of Jean Gilles composer. [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Francesco Gasparini composer. [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Alain R Lesage French author (Turcaret ou le Financier). [1]
- November 10
- Birth of Francois Couperin Paris France, composer/organist (Concerts Royaux). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt in Genoa, Italy; architect (Belvedere Palace in Vienna, Schönorn Castle near Vienna, Mirabell Palace in Salzburg). [37]
- December 3
- Birth of Casimir Schweizelsperg composer. [1]
1669
- February 1
- Birth of Miguel Lopez composer. [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Louis Marchand composer. [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Arnold Boonen Dutch portrait painter. [1]
1670
- February 10
- Birth of Norbert van Flowers [Cephalus], Flemish painter. [1]
- Birth of William Congreve England, restoration writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Georg Gabriel Schutz composer. [1]
- April 24
- Birth of Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer. [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Augustus II (August der Starke, August the Strong One) in Dresden; Elector of Saxony (after 1694) and King of Poland (after 1696). [1] [37]
1671
- February 19
- Birth of Charles-Hubert Gervais composer. [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Giacomo Cesare Predieri composer. [1]
- April 6
- Birth of Jean-Baptiste Rousseau French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes and Songs). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia composer. [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Abraham Patras Governor-General of East-Indies (1735-37). [1]
- November 6
- Birth of Colley Cibber England, dramatist/poet laureate (Love's Last Shift). [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Francesco Stradivari Italian violin maker/son of Antonius. [1]
- Birth of John Keill mathematician. [1]
1672
- January 16
- Birth of Francesco Mancini composer. [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Peter I "the Great" Romanov great tsar of Russia (1682-1725). [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Joseph Addison England, essayist (Spectator). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Peter I "the Great" Romanov; tsar of Russia (1682-1725). [1] [452.48]
1673
- February 6
- Birth of Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer. [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Pedro Vaz Rego composer. [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Francesco Feroci composer. [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Johann Valentin Eckelt composer. [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Jozef LD von Königsegg Austria, military minister of Austrian Netherlands. [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Cornelis van Bijnkershoek lawyer/president of High Council. [1]
- December 12
- Birth of Ahmed III 23rd sultan (Turkey, 1703-30). [1]
1674
- January 9
- Birth of Reinhard Keiser in Weissenfels, Germany; composer of 120 operas, from Baroque to Rococo. [37] (January 12 [1])
- January 13
- Birth of Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon French poet (Atrée et Thyeste). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Johann Augustin Kobelius composer. [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Jethro Tull agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised. [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Friedrich Erhard Niedt composer. [1]
- June 20
- Birth of Nicholas Rowe England, poet laureate (Jane Shore, Tamerlane). [1]
- July 17
- Birth of Isaac Watts England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican). [1]
- October 15
- Birth of Robert Herrick Massachusetts, British poet (Together). [1]
- October 28
- Birth of Richard Nash AKA Beau Nash in Swansea, England; developer and Master of Ceremonies of Bath. [811.6]
1675
- January 4
- Birth of Bl. Liberatus (Johannes Laurentius Weiß) in Konnersreuth, Germany (near Bayreuth); missionary to Ethiopia, beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1988. [37]
- February 17
- Birth of Johann Melchior Conradi composer. [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Guillaume Delisle Paris France, geographer (Atlas Géographique). [1]
- Birth of Johann Philipp Treiber composer. [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Guillaume Delisle Paris, cartographer/geographer. [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss composer. [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Benedict XIV [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope (1740-58). [1]
1676
- January 19
- Birth of John Weldon composer. [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Ernst Chreistian Hesse composer. [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Friedrich I [van Hessen Kassel] in Kassel; king of Sweden (1720-1751). [1] [37]
- August 26
- Birth of Robert Walpole (Whig) British Prime Minister (1721-42). [1]
1677
- February 18
- Birth of Jacques Cassini French astronomer (rings of Saturn). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Nicola Fago composer. [1]
- April 25
- Birth of Guillaume Coustou Sr French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Alexandre de Villenueve composer. [1]
1678
- March 4
- Birth of Antonio Vivaldi in Venice; Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (Four Seasons). [1] [5]
- March 15
- Birth of Dominique Marie Valet French Roman Catholic/old-catholic bishop. [1]
- December 2
- Birth of Nicolaas S Cruquius Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer). [1]
- December 29
- Birth of Gotthard Wagner composer. [1]
- December 30
- Birth of William Croft composer. [1]
1679
- January 5
- Birth of Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer. [1]
- January 19
- Birth of Girolamo Chiti composer. [1]
- January 24
- Birth of Christian von Wolff German philosopher. [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Jean-François de Troy French painter. [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Domenico Natale Sarro Italian opera composer. [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow Danish astronomer. [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/Governor of Zeeuws-Flanders. [1]
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