Anniversarial — 2011
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2011:
Births
- Appeals in Excise, Commissioners of (founded 1661–disbanded 1841), English government department
- Barton, Reverend Jeffry [senior] (born 1661–died 1725), English churchman
- Burnet, Elizabeth [formerly Mrs Berkeley; née Blake] (born 1661–died 1709), English gentlewoman, author
- Burridge, Ezekiel (born c. 1661–died 1707), Irish churchman, translator
- Cornand de La Croze, père Jean (born 1661–died 1705), French churchman, journalist
- Des Maizeaux, Pierre (born 1661–died 1745), French author, biographer, journalist, translator
- Digby, William, 5th Baron Digby (born 1661–died 1752), English politician, philanthropist
- Douglas, Robina, countess of Forfar [née Lockhart] (born c. 1661–died 1741), English aristocrat
- finances, contrôleur général des (founded 1661–disbanded 1791), French government department
- Fleuriau, Joseph Jean Baptiste, seigneur d’Armenonville (born 1661–died 1728), French aristocrat, government minister
- Garth, Sir Samuel (born 1661–died 1719), English physician, poet
- Hamilton, James, 6th earl of Abercorn (born c. 1661–died 1744), Scottish aristocrat, politician, member of Parliament
- Harcourt, Sir Simon, 1st Viscount Harcourt (born 1661–died 1727), English lawyer, politician, member of Parliament, civil servant
- Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford (born 1661–died 1724), English civil servant, patron, politician, member of Parliament
- Hecquet, Philippe (born 1661–died 1737), French physician, university teacher
- Innes, Isobel [née Gregory] (born 1661), Scottish home-maker
- Lenfant, Jacques (born 1661–died 1728), French author, translator, theologian
- Lowth, William (born 1661–died 1732), English religious author
- Molyneux, Sir Thomas, 1st baronet (born 1661–died 1733), Irish physician, academician, politician, member of Parliament
- Montagu, Charles, 1st earl of Halifax (born 1661–died 1715), English politician, member of Parliament
- Paulet, Charles, 2nd duke of Bolton (born c. 1661–died 1722), English politician, member of Parliament
- Pigott, Nathaniel (born 1661–died 1737), English lawyer
- Schulenburg, Johann Matthias von, graf von Schulenburg (born 1661–died 1747), German aristocrat, army officer, patron
- Tournemine, René Joseph (born 1661–died 1739), French churchman, Jesuit, university teacher, newspaper editor
- Vallisnieri, Antonio (born 1661–died 1730), Italian physician, entomologist, zoologist, university teacher, academician
- Veyssière La Croze, Mathurin (born 1661–died 1739), French librarian, historian, Orientalist, archivist
Deaths
- Buitendijck, Gosuinus van (born c. 1585–died 1661), Dutch churchman, Protestant, university administrator
- Digby, Kildare (born c. 1627–died 1661), Irish aristocrat
- Harcourt, Lady Anne (died 1661), English aristocrat
- Leslie, Alexander, 1st earl of Leven (born 1580–died 1661), Scottish army officer, soldier, governor
- Locke, John [senior] (born 1606–died 1661), English lawyer, army officer
- Plemp, Vopiscus Fortunatus (born 1601–died 1661), Dutch physician, philosopher
