What Happened in September 1701

Historical Events

Sep 7 Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant

The Old Pretender

Sep 16 James Francis Edward Stuart "The Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father James II

King of England, Scotland and Ireland James II

Sep 28 Divorce legalized in Maryland

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Famous Deaths

Sep 15 Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)

James II (1633-1701)

Sep 16 King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1685-88), dies at 68

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