Who was alive in 1700?

826 well-known people were alive in 1700, including Isaac Newton, Johann Sebastian Bach, Voltaire. Here are the 80 most notable:

Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — German composer (1685–1750)
Voltaire (1694–1778) — French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
John Locke (1632–1704) — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) — German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) — King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
Peter the Great (1672–1725) — Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) — Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) — Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) — German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)
Montesquieu (1689–1755) — French philosopher (1689–1755)
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) — English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) — English poet (1688–1744)
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) — Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)
George Berkeley (1685–1753) — Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop (1685–1753)
Charles Perrault (1628–1703) — French author (1628-1703)
Robert Hooke (1635–1703) — English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
Edmond Halley (1656–1742) — English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
John Dryden (1631–1700) — 17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)
Aurangzeb (1618–1707) — the sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707
Anne of Great Britain (1665–1714) — Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 (1665–1714)
Benedict XIV (1675–1758) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758
William III of England (1650–1702) — King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1702 (1650-1702)
Robert Walpole (1676–1745) — British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745)
James II of England (1633–1701) — King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 (1633–1701)
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) — English essayist, poet, playwright and politician (1672–1719)
George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) — King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760
Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782) — Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700-1782)
Emmanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) — Swedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688-1772)
Clement XII (1652–1740) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740
George I of Great Britain (1660–1727) — King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727
Christopher Wren (1632–1723) — English architect (1632–1723)
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) — French poet and critic (1636–1711)
Vitus Bering (1681–1741) — Danish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736) — German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
Benedict XIII (1649–1730) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730
Charles II of Spain (1661–1700) — king of Spain, lived (1661-1700)
Clement XIII (1693–1769) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1758 to 1769
William Hogarth (1697–1764) — English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)
Innocent XII (1615–1700) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700
Clement XI (1649–1721) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721
Innocent XIII (1655–1724) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1721 to 1724
Ole Rømer (1644–1710) — Danish astronomer (*1644 – †1710)
Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) — Italian philosopher, rhetorician, historian and jurist
Carl XII of Sweden (1682–1718) — The fifth and last emperor of Sweden (1697–1718)
Philip V of Spain (1683–1746) — King of Spain from 1700 to 1746 (1683–1746)
Catherine I of Russia (1684–1727) — The first Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727
Nader Shah (1688–1747) — Shah of Iran (r. 1736–47) and founder of the Afsharid dynasty
Jacob Bernoulli (1654–1705) — Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685–1740) — 18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) — Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (*1625 – †1712)
Anna I of Russia (1693–1740) — The fourth Emperor of Russia (1730–1740)
Johann Bernoulli (1667–1748) — Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) — German composer
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640–1705) — Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia (1640–1705)
Pierre Bayle (1647–1706) — French philosopher and writer (1647–1706)
Ahmed III (1673–1736) — 23th Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1703–1730)
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) — German-Dutch entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717)
Canaletto (1697–1768) — Italian painter of landscapes (1697–1768)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) — French composer and music theorist (1683–1764)
François Fénelon (1651–1715) — French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)
Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) — prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire (1663-1736)
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) — French painter (1684-1721)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) — Italian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti
Mahmud I (1696–1754) — 24th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730–1754)
Mustafa II (1664–1703) — 22th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1695–1703)
Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708) — tenth Sikh guru (1661–1708)
Ivan Mazepa (1639–1709) — Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks from 1687 to 1708
William Penn (1644–1718) — English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) — Italian violinist and composer (1653–1713)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) — Italian painter (1696–1770)
Osman III (1699–1757) — 25th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1754–1757)
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678–1711) — Emperor from 1705 till his death in 1711
Blackbeard (1680–1718) — English pirate
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697–1745) — Holy Roman Emperor
Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722) — 3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty (r. 1661–1722)
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757) — French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757)
Frederick I of Prussia (1657–1713) — 1657 – 1713, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia)
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707) — Danish-German organist and composer (1637–1707)
Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737) — Italian stringed instrument maker (1643/1649-1737)

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