Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1694
Birthdays
- April 25 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
- June 4 - François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774)
- June 24 - Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss publicist (d. 1748)
- June 26 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
- July 4 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772)
- August 5 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
- August 8 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
- August 26 - Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
- August 29 - Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg, (d. 1715)
- September 7 - Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
- September 13 - Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1776)
- September 22 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
- September 25 - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)
- October 26 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758)
- November 21 - Voltaire, French philosopher (d. 1778)
- December 2 - William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)
- December 22 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768)
Deaths
- January 2 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington
- January 7 - Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
- February 4 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651)
- April 27 - John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)
- June 17 - Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (b. 1629)
- August 6 - Antoine Arnauld, French philosopher and mathematician (b. 1612)
- September 28 - Gabriel Mouton, French scientist (b. 1618)
- October 13 - Samuel von Pufendorf, German jurist (b. 1632)
- November 22 - John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1630)
- November 25 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605)
- November 28 - Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (b. 1644)
- November 29 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (b. 1628)
- December 2 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622)
- December 11 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
- December 28 - Queen Mary II of England (b. 1662), of the famed joint monarchy William and Mary.
Events
- July 27 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
- October 23 - American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec.
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