book form. Births January 1 – Alvise Pisani, 114th Doge of Venice (d. 1741) January 4 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742) January 14 Johann Jakob Schudt, German theologian (d. 1722) Simon van Slingelandt, Grand Pensionary of Holland (d. 1736) January 15 – Jean Meslier, French Catholic priest, later discovered to have promoted atheism (d. 1729) January 17 – Antonio Salvi, Italian poet (d. 1724) January 20 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) January 24 – John Vanbrugh, English architect and dramatist (d. 1726) February 6 – Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1703) February 8 – William Seymour, British politician (d. 1728) February 13 – Teodor Andrzej Potocki, Polish noble (d. 1738) February 23 – Georg Dietrich Leyding, German composer and organist (d. 1710) February 24 (baptized) – Thomas Newcomen, English inventor (d. 1729) February 26 – Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Swiss mathematician (d. 1753) March 4 – Juan de Esteyneffer, Moravian German lay Jesuit missionary sent to the New World (d. 1716) March 11 – Jørgen Otto Brockenhuus, Dano-Norwegian officer (d. 1728) March 12 – Moritz Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (d. 1718) March 14 – Silvio Stampiglia, Italian poet and opera librettist (d. 1725) March 17 – Georg Österreich, German composer and music collector (d. 1735) March 20 – Johann Homann, German cartographer (d. 1724) April 5 – Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine, French noblewoman, Princess of Epinoy by marriage (d. 1748) April 6 Arvid Horn, Swedish politician (d. 1742) Gustaf Cronhielm, Swedish politician (d. 1737) April 11 – Pierce Lewis, Welsh cleric who helped to "correct" the 1690 edition of the Welsh Bible (d. 1699) April 14 – Ulrik Adolf Holstein, Danish nobleman and statesman (d. 1737) April 30 – François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709) May 6 – Bhai Bachittar Singh, Indian Sikh martyr (d. 1705) May 10 – Tørres Christensen, Norwegian merchant (d. 1721) May 20 – Andreas Schlüter, German architect and sculptor (d. 1714) May 30 – Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal and statesman (d. 1754) June 3 – Rachel Ruysch, painter from the Northern Netherlands (d. 1750) June 7 Edward Harley, English politician (d. 1735) Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe, Irish peer (d. 1741) June 22 – Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1707) June 24 – François Pourfour du Petit, French anatomist, ophthalmologist and surgeon (d. 1741) June 28 – Nicolas Bernier, French composer (d. 1734)