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•  Nicholas Hawksmoor

  Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 - 25 March 1736) was a British architect born to a humble family in Nottinghamshire. His career formed the brilliant middle link in Britain's trio of great baroque architects. Hawksmoor was characterised by Howard Colvin as "more assured in his command of the classical vocabulary than the untrained Vanbrugh, more imaginative in his vision than the intellectual Wren.

  

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•  Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

  Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, PC, FRS (16 April 1661 – 19 May 1715) was an English poet and statesman.

  

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  33.3%
  

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•  Feodor III of Russia

  Feodor (Theodore) III Alexeevich of Russia (9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was the Tsar of all Russia between 1676 and 1682. Fyodor was born in Moscow, the eldest surviving son of Tsar Alexis and Maria Miloslavskaya. In 1676, at the age of fifteen, he succeeded his father on the throne.

  

  42.9%
  

  42.9%
  

  14.3%
  
•  Charles II of Spain

  Charles II (6 November 1661, Madrid – 1 November 1700, Madrid) was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines. He is noted for his extensive physical, intellectual, and emotional problems – along with the consequent ineffectual rule – as well as his role in the developments preceding the War of the Spanish Succession.

  

  22.2%
  

  33.3%
  

  44.4%
  
•  Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon

  Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (28 November 1661 – 31 March 1723), styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709, was Governor of New York and New Jersey between 1701 and 1708, and is perhaps best known for the claims of him cross-dressing while in office.

  

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•  Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

  Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville [pronounced as described in note] (born 16 July 1661 — died, probably, on 9 July 1706),

  

  33.3%
  

  33.3%
  

  33.3%
  
•  Christopher Polhem

  Christopher Polhammar (December 18, 1661 – August 30, 1751), better known as Christopher Polhem, which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.

  

  75.0%
  

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  25.0%
  
•  Charles Rollin

  Charles Rollin (30 January 1661 – 14 December 1741) was a French historian and educator. He was born in Paris.

  

  50.0%
  

  16.7%
  

  33.3%
  
•  Daniel Marot

  Daniel Marot (1661–1752) was a French Protestant, an architect, furniture designer and engraver at the forefront of the classicizing Late Baroque "Louis XIV" style. Born in Paris, he was a pupil of Jean Le Pautre and the son of Jean Marot (1620–1679), who was also an architect and engraver.

  

  66.7%
  

  33.3%
  

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•  Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

  Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (5 December 1661 – 21 May 1724) was a British politician and statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory Ministry. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as First Lord of the Treasury, effectively Queen Anne's Chief Minister. His government agreed the Treaty of Utrecht with France, bringing an end to British involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession.

  

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  50.0%
  

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• 1737 deaths by likeorhate
• French Jesuits by likeorhate

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•  Hypnic jerk

  A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, or night start is an involuntary myoclonic twitch which occurs during hypnagogia, just as the subject is beginning to fall asleep. Physically, hypnic jerks resemble the "jump" made when a person is startled, often accompanied by a falling sensation. It is commonly caused by irregular sleep schedules.

  

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•  International Motorsports Hall of Fame

  The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. Although people of many nationalities have been inducted (including racing legends such as Fangio, Moss, Senna) the majority of inductees chosen by the American organization are American drivers who competed in domestic series.

  

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•  1997 Thredbo landslide

  The Thredbo landslide was a catastrophic landslide that occurred at the village and ski resort of Thredbo, New South Wales, Australia.

  

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•  Branco (river)

  

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•  Egersky Regiment

  Egersky guards regiment — Russian infantry guards regiment.

  

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