Battle of Narva in 1700

Protestant Western Europe, except England, start using the Gregorian calendar (Jan 1), the Great Northern War begins (Feb 12), Protestant Germany and Denmark-Norway adopt the Gregorian calendar (Mar 1), Russian army invades Swedish Estonia in Narva (Aug), the militaristic Swedish King Charles XII defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Narva (Nov 30), this is the year when calendars get switched, at different times in different countries - and all these fine people were born:

1700-xxxx Mary Musgrove* (b Coosaponakeesa) intermediary between Muscogee Creek natives and the English colonists - Coweta, Alabama (1765/65)
1700-0129 Daniel Bernoulli* Swiss mathematician/physicist - Groningen, Dutch Republic (1782/82)

1700-0211 Gabriel Polhem* mechanic/son of Christopher Polhem - Falun, Sweden (1772/72)

1700-0313 Michel Blavet* flute virtuoso/composer - Besançon, France (1768/68)
1700-0327 Isak Ervast* vicar/devotional writer - Kemi, Sweden-Finland (1757/56)

1700-0512 Luigi Vanvitelli* (b van Wittel) engineer/ architect - Naples, Kingdom of Naples (1773/73)

1700-0911 James Thomson* poet/playwright - Ednam, Roxburghshire, Kingdom of Scotland (1748/47)
1700-0930 Stanislaw Konarski* educational reformer/political writer/ dramatist - Żarczyce Duże, Poland (1773/72)

1700-1010 Lambert-Sigisbert Adam* sculptor - Nancy, Kingdom of France (1759/58)
1700-1031 Joseph Blake (B) highwayman/prison escapee - London, England (1724/24)

1700-1119 Jean-Antoine Nollet* clergyman/physicist - Pimprez, Kingdom of France (1770/69)
1700-1128 Nathaniel Bliss* astronomer - Bisley, Gloucestershire, England (1764/63)

Updated 26.3.2021
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