1670s births

17th/18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician

Maharani Tarabai Bhonsle (Marathi: [t̪aːɾabaːi; ; 1675 – 9 December 1761) was the regent of the Maratha Empire from 1700 until 1708. She was the queen of Rajaram I, and daughter-in-law of the kingdom's founder Shivaji I. She is acclaimed for her role in keeping alive the resistance against Mughal rule in Konkan, and acting as the regent of the Maratha Kingdom during the minority of her son, Shivaji II. She defeated Mughal forces of Aurangzeb in several battles and expanded the Maratha Kingdom.

Italian composer (c.1670–1736)

English baroque composer and organist

British sea captain and governor of the Bahamas (1679–1732)

British clockmaker, inventor, and geophysicist (1673-1751)

British Army general (1673-1721)

English Lady of the Bedchamber

British painter (1675-1734)

French writer (1679–1763)

Mughal prince (1679-1723)

King of Kakheti

Polish noble (1679-1728)

Italian composer (c. 1675–1755)

Irish artist (c.1675-1739)

English actress and soprano (1671-1748)

Agaja (also spelled Agadja and also known as Trudo Agaja or Trudo Audati) was a king of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, who ruled from 1718 until 1740. He came to the throne after his brother King Akaba. During his reign, Dahomey expanded significantly and took control of key trade routes for the Atlantic slave trade by conquering Allada (1724) and Whydah (1727). Wars with the powerful Oyo Empire to the east of Dahomey resulted in Agaja accepting tributary status to that empire and providing yearly gifts. After this, Agaja attempted to control the new territory of the kingdom of

French composer and flautist

German composer

Italian painter and poet

Prince of Wallachia

Ottoman grand vizier (1670–1711)

military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Japanese artist (1671-1743)

American artist (c.1674-1729)

English pirate

Archbishop of Canterbury

Ottoman princess (1680-1700), daughter of Mehmed IV

British naval officer (1671-1749)

French singer and harpsichord

Italian opera singer

Ruler of Marwar

English courtier

teenage girl arrested for witchcraft in Salem

British courtier

French financial historian and member of the Académie française

German musician

Lezgian vizier of the Safavid Empire

Bosnian poet and writer

rabbi

German Baroque composer

Baroque and early Galante composer

High Chancellor of Bohemia (1669-1712)

British Royal Navy officer and First Lord of the Admiralty (1679-1736)

British diplomat and politician (1672-1757)

Italian painter (1672-1740)

French surgeon

Russian noble

French composer and musician

British peer

Dutch physician and personal physician of Peter the Great (1674-1735)

German military personnel

accuser of the Salem witch trials

English politician (1676-1731)

French composer and organist

English Earl

French playwright, librettist, lyricist and singer

First Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England

American colonist, maidservant, and Salem witch trial accuser/accused

English novelist and translator