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What Happened in January 1694

Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 30 Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster, German composer, born in Gangekofen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. c.1751)

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 2 Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician, dies at 42
  • Jan 6 Francesco Morosini, Venetian army general who fought the Ottomans and Doge of Venice (1688-94), dies at 74
  • Jan 7 Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (bc. 1618)