Anniversarial — 2016
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2016:
Births
- Astell, Mary (born 1666–died 1731), English feminist, author
- Bourbon, Marie Anne de, princesse de Conti (born 1666–died 1739), French aristocrat, princess
- Burchett, Josiah (born c. 1666–died 1746), English civil servant, politician, member of Parliament, author
- Eyre, Sir Robert (born 1666–died 1735), English judge, politician, member of Parliament
- Fenton, Jane [née Swift] (born 1666–died 1736), Irish lady’s maid, servant
- Fontanini, Giusto (born 1666–died 1736), Italian churchman, bibliophile, collector, bibliographer, scholar
- Fritsch, Thomas (born 1666–died 1726), German publisher, bookseller
- Gillmore, Joseph (born 1666–died 1723), English mathematician, naval engineer
- Granville, George, 1st Baron Lansdowne (born 1666–died 1735), English author, playwright, politician
- Gregory, James (born 1666–died 1742), Scottish mathematician
- Hamilton, George, 1st earl of Orkney (born 1666–died 1737), Scottish aristocrat, army officer
- Hunter, Robert (born 1666–died 1734), Scottish army officer, colonial governor
- Lewis, Reverend George (born c. 1666–died after 1730), English churchman
- Melmoth, William [the elder] (born 1666–died 1743), English lawyer, author
- Mossom, Robert (born c. 1666–died 1747), Irish churchman
- Popple, William [junior] (born 1666–died 1722), English civil servant
- Steigerthal, Doctor Johann Georg (born 1666–died 1740), German physician, academician
- Valsalva, Antonio Maria (born 1666–died 1723), Italian anatomist
- Victor Amadeus II, king of Sardinia (born 1666–died 1732), Italian monarch
- Wotton, Reverend William (born 1666–died 1727), English churchman, linguist, theologian, academician
- Zeno, Pier Caterino (born 1666–died 1732), Italian author, journalist, publisher
Deaths
- Barry, Alice, dowager countess of Barrymore [née Boyle] (born 1607–died 1666), Irish aristocrat
- Cheeshahteaumauk, Caleb (born c. 1646–died 1666), Native American (Wampanoag) student, intellectual
- Clifton, Sir Gervase (born 1587–died 1666), English aristocrat, politician, member of Parliament
- Leeke, Robert (born 1604/1605–died after 1666), English estate manager, executor
- Schott, Reverend Gaspar (born 1608–died 1666), German churchman, Jesuit, scientist
