the 21st century. Foundation of the Chorina Comedy, the first theater in Russia. Births January 4 – Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742) January 18 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) February 13 – Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (d. 1731) February 26 – Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) May 1 – Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719) June 9 – Emperor Peter I of Russia (d. 1725) June 11 – Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749) July 13 – Nicolás Salzillo, Spanish artist (d. 1727) August 2 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) September 8 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703) October 11 – Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (d. 1742) October 21 – Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Italian historian, scholar (d. 1750) October 27 – Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna, Swedish writer (d. 1737) date unknown Ann Baynard, English natural philosopher (d. 1697) José Antonio Nebra Mezquita, Spanish organist and harpist (d. 1748) Deaths January – Denis Gaultier, French lutenist and composer (b. 1603) January 15 – John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594) January 21 – Adriaen van de Velde, Dutch painter (b. 1636) January 28 – Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588) February 17 – Madeleine Béjart, French actress and theatre director (b. 1618) February 19 – Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592) February 28 Christian, Duke of Brieg, Duke of Legnica (1663–1672) and Brieg (1664–1672) (b. 1618) Ralph Hare, English politician (b. 1623) March – Archibald Armstrong, court jester to James I of England and Charles I of England March 4 – Luis Guillermo de Moncada, 7th Duke of Montalto, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1614) March 8 – Thomas Tyrrell, English judge and politician (b. 1594) March 18 – Agneta Horn, Swedish writer (b. 1629) April 2 Pedro Calungsod, Filipino saint (b. 1654) Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Guam (b. 1627) April 4 – Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg (b. 1593) April 13 – Marguerite of Lorraine, princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (b. 1615) April 14 Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (b. 1657) King Pye Min of Burma (b. 1619) April 17 – Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska, Polish noble (b. 1623) April 21 – Antoine Godeau, French bishop and poet (b. 1605) April 22 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet