Captain Kidd in New York Harbor. By J.L.G. Ferris, picture courtesy of Library of Congress

In the year 1699, The Edinburgh Gazette is first published in Scotland (Mar 2), Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam pump to the Royal Society of London (Jun 14), pirate Captain William Kidd is arrested and imprisoned in Boston, Massachusetts Bay (Jul 6), the Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye calls for the partition of the Swedish Empire - the Great Northern War follows (Sep 22), Peter the Great orders the Russian New Year changed, from 1 September to 1 January (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born:

1699-xxxx Matthew Brettingham* architect/father of nine - Norwich, England (1769/c. 70)

1699-0323 John Bartram* botanist/horticulturist/explorer - Darby, Pennsylvania Colony (1777/78)
1699-0325 Johann Adolph Hesse (B) composer/singer/music teacher - Bergedorf, Germany (1783/84)

1699-0403 Jean-Baptiste Forqueray* violinist/composer - Paris, Kingdom of France (1782/83)
1699-0417 Robert Blair* poet - Edinburgh, Scotland (1746/46)

1699-0626 Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin* salon holder/a leading figure in the French Enlightenment - Paris, France (1777/78)

1699-0827 Marketta Mikontytär Latva-Röyskö** mother of Kaisa Joosepintytär Ala-Kuhna - Latva-Röyskölä farm, Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1736/36)

1699-0913 Dorothy Boyle* (b Savile) noblewoman/ caricaturist/portrait painter - England (1758/59)

1699-1013 Jeanne Quinault* actress/ playwright/salon hostess - Strasbourg, France (1783/83)

1699-1102 Jean-Baptiste-Símeon Chardin* painter - Paris, France (1779/80)
1699-1130 Christian VI of Denmark* King of Denmark and Norway (1730- 1746) - Copenhagen Castle, Denmark (1746/46)

1699-1219 William Bowyer* printer/publisher - London, England (1777/77)

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