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1688
Events
Births
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January 18 - Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)
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January 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian.
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February 2 - Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden
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February 4 - Pierre de Marivaux, playwright (d. 1763)
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April 4 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, astronomer (died 1768)
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April 15 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer (d. 1758)
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May 21 - Alexander Pope, poet (d. 1744)
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June 10 - James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender" (d. 1766)
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August 15 - King Frederick William I of Prussia
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October 22 - Nadir Shah (d. 1747)
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William Burnet, British colonial administrator (d. 1728)
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Charles Rivington, English publisher (d. 1742)
Deaths
Publications
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