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Centuries: 16th century
- 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s
Years: 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 - 1700 -
1701 1702 1703
1704 1705
Events
Year in topic
- 1700 in literature
- 1700 in science
- 1700 state leaders
Births
Deaths
- May 12 - John Dryden, English poet and playwright (born 1631).
- September 15 - Andre Le Notre, French landscape gardener (born 1613).
- September 27 - Pope Innocent XII (born 1615).
- November 1 - Charles II of Spain, last of the Spanish Habsburgs (born 1661).
- Caius Gabriel Cibber, Danish sculptor, emigrated to
England, father of Colley Cibber (born 1630).
- Patriarch Adrian of
the Russian Orthodox Church, last Patriarch of Moscow until the Russian Revolution.
- Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, son
of Princess Anne, two years before she became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1689).
- Artus
Quellinues de Jonge, Dutch sculptor (born 1625).
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