Anniversarial — 2016

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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2016:

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
Gillmore, Joseph (born 1666–died 1723), English — mathematician, naval engineer
Granville, George, 1st Baron Lansdowne (born 1666–died 1735), English — author, playwright, politician
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, academy member
Victor Amadeus II, king of Sardinia (born 1666–died 1732), Italian — monarch
Wotton, Reverend William (born 1666–died 1727), English — churchman, linguist, theologian, academy member

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