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Michael MohunMICHAEL MOHUN Royalist soldier during the Civil War, actor. Date: 1620 - 1684
Bibye and Mary LakeSIR BIBYE LAKE at age 10, and his sister MARY age 8 : he will grow up to become a prosperous merchant in the Royal African Company. Date: 1684 - 1744
Nathaniel LardnerNATHANIEL LARDNER Churchman and scholar Date: 1684 - 1768
Louis Isaac Le MaistreLOUIS ISaC LE MAISTRE French Jansenist churchman and writer Date: 1613 - 1684
Sebastien Leclerc, ArtistSEBASTIEN LECLERC French artist : do not confuse with the engraver of the same name, born 1637. Date: 1684 - 1767
Sebastien LeclercSEBASTIEN LECLERC French engraver : do not confuse with the painter of the same name, born 1684. Date: 1637 - 1714
Johann David KoehlerJOHANN DAVID KOEHLER German historian at Gottingen Date: 1684 - 1755
Ludvig HolbergLUDWIG, baron HOLBERG Danish writer Date: 1684 - 1754
Thomas Holcroft - 2THOMAS HOLCROFT Writer Date: 1684 - 1754
Erasmus GruberERASMUS GRUBER German churchman of Ratisbon (Regensburg) at age 75. Date: 1609 - 1684?
Henry GroveHENRY GROVE English churchman and tutor Date: 1684 - 1738
VAN LOO, Jean Baptiste (1684-1745). Louis XV. Rococo art. Oil on canvas
PAUQUET, Hippolyte Louis (1797-1862); CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684). French poet and playwright. Frontispiece of an
HECKE, Jan van den (1620-1684). Flowers in a Basket. Flemish art. Oil on canvas
Interior with a Peasant Family by Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1684). Baroque art. Oil on wood
Gathering in the Park by WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine (1684-1721). View of one of the fountains at the park of Saint Cloud. Rococo art
Catherine I / St P PtgCATHERINE I Empress of Russia (1725-27), second wife of Tsar Peter I Date: 1684 - 1727
Catherine I of RussiaEkaterina I Alexeyevna, second wife of tsar Peter I, Lithu- -anian laundry-maid who exploited laws of succession to seize power when he died - a bawdy amiable woman. Date: 1684 - 1727
St Jamess, PiccadillyOne of the 52 new churches built by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London (1666). It has retained many original features, despite sustaining bomb damage in 1940. Date: built 1676 - 1684
Antonio Arias FernandezANTONIO ARIAS FERNANDEZ Spanish artist, presumably on his deathbed, and presumably explaining what he would like to paint if he only felt up to it. Date: 1620 - 1684
Anne Carre, Countess of Bedford, c. 1670Engraved portrait of Anne Carre, Countess of Bedford (died 1684). This engraving was made from the Vandyke portrait, which was held in the collection of the Earl of Egremont
El Escorial, SpainA 17th century bird s-eye view of the palace/monastery of San Lorenzo de l Escorial, built by Felipe II as a monument symbolising the counter- reformation
Giovanni D Cassini OvalGIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI later Jean-Dominique, first Director of the Paris Observatory, who discovered four of Saturns moons between 1671 and 1684
Louis XIV of France and visitors from Siam (Thailand)King Louis XIV of France receives delegates from Siam (Thailand) who have come to study science in Europe
Jean-Antoine WatteauJEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU French painter. Known especially for his Rococo series of conventional shepherds and shepherdesses and country dances series
P Corneille (Geffroy)PIERRE CORNEILLE French playwright
Thames FerryboatA traveller waits to be ferried across the Thames, at a time when London Bridge is the only bridge over the river; at this time there are some 40, 000 Thames watermen
William Kent / BannermanWILLIAM KENT Architect and landscape gardener
William Kent / EdwardsWILLIAM KENT Architect and landscape gardener
Frost Fair / Thames / 1684Frost fair on the Thames, London. People enjoying the varied activities and stalls
Edward Vernon / SmollettEDWARD VERNON English admiral; called Old Grog, he was the first to issue rum diluted with water, which came to be know as grog
Catherine I / MiniatureCATHERINE I Empress of Russia (1725-27), second wife of Tsar Peter I
Lead and Coal Mine 17ThcLead and coal mines at Mostyn, Wales
Baron Ludwig HolbergBARON LUDWIG HOLBERG Regarded as the founder of both Norwegian and Danish Literature
Spinning, Flandersa Flemish housewife at her elaborate and elegant spinning wheel
Louis XIV and GenoaThe Genoese republic resists Louis claim to their territ ory, but the treaty of Ratis bon lets him have it, so the Doge comes to Versailles to apologise for his disrespect
Comtesse De JarnacMARIE-CLAIRE de CREQUY, comtesse de JARNAC
Geiorg Freiherr HaslangGEORG CHRISTOPH, freiherr von HASLANG zu Hohenkammer Bavarian statesman
William Earl of BathWILLIAM PULTENEY, earl of BATH statesman and occasional writer
Richard Earl ScarboroughRICHARD LUMSLEY, earl of SCARBOROUGH soldier and statesman, died by his own hand on the eve of his marriage
Henry Earl of LincolnHENRY CLINTON, seventh earl of LINCOLN statesman
Peter Gunning, BishopPETER GUNNING churchman, bishop of Ely with his autograph
William Vct. BrounckerWILLIAM, second viscount BROUNCKER distinguished mathematician with his autograph
Henry Duke NorfolkHENRY HOWARD, sixth duke of NORFOLK - statesman and diplomat, considered a clown by some, by others a patron of learning. with his autograph
Dutch Take BantamThe Dutch take Bantam (now Banten) from the Portuguese
Frost Fair / London 1683-4LONDON - Frost fair on the River Thames
Pierre Corneille / PcardPIERRE CORNEILLE French playwright
Pierre CorneillePIERRE CORNEILLE French writer
