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January 21, 1704 Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 February 2, 1704 Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62 February 23, 1704 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 February 24, 1704 Hubert Renotte, composer February 24, 1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies February 28, 1704 Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York City February 28, 1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100 February 29, 1704 French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 March 17, 1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63 April 12, 1704 John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 April 17, 1704 1st successful U.S. newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell May 1, 1704 Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad May 3, 1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59 May 7, 1704 Carl Heinrich Graun, composer May 20, 1704 Elias Neau forms school for slaves in NY June 11, 1704 Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer July 12, 1704 Stanislaw Leszcynski becomes king of part of Poland July 15, 1704 August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in North America July 16, 1704 John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle July 24, 1704 English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar |
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