Anniversarial — 2022
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2022:
Births
- Addison, Joseph (born 1672–died 1719), English politician, member of Parliament, poet, essayist
- Bernardoni, Pietro Antonio (born 1672–died 1714), Italian author, poet
- Boyle, Juliana, countess of Burlington [née Noel] (born 1672–died 1750), English aristocrat
- Brancas de Forcalquier, Louis Touissaint de, 2nd marquis de Céreste (born 1672–died 1750), French army officer, diplomat
- Calmet, Augustin (born 1672–died 1757), French churchman, monk, Benedictine, historian, scholar, academic
- Carmichael, Gershom (born 1672–died 1729), Scottish philosopher, university teacher, university administrator
- Erskine, David, 9th earl of Buchan (born 1672–died 1745), Scottish aristocrat, civil servant
- Finch, Charles, 4th earl of Winchilsea (born 1672–died 1712), English aristocrat
- Gale, Roger (born 1672–died 1744), English antiquarian, academician, politician, member of Parliament
- Geree, Reverend John (born 1672–died 1761), English churchman
- Hawkshaw, Benjamin (born c. 1672–died 1738), Irish churchman, poet
- Houdar de La Motte, Antoine (born 1672–died 1731), French playwright, poet, academician
- Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt, François Henri d’ (born c. 1672–died c. 1733), French army officer
- Jackman, John (born c. 1672–died 1743), English churchman
- La Roque, Antoine de (born 1672–died 1744), French art critic, journalist
- Legge, William, 1st earl of Dartmouth (born 1672–died 1750), English politician, member of Parliament
- Lockwood, Cutts (born 1672–died 1709), English merchant
- Methuen, Sir Paul (born c. 1672–died 1757), English diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
- Muratori, Lodovico Antonio (born 1672–died 1750), Italian author, historian, scholar, academic
- Phélypeaux, Louis, marquis de La Vrillière (born 1672–died 1725), French aristocrat
- Sohlenthal, Henrik Frederick von, baron von Sohlenthal (born c. 1672–died 1752), Danish diplomat
- Stanyan, Abraham (born 1672–died 1732), English diplomat
- Steele, Richard (born 1672–died 1729), Irish author, journalist, politician
- Sutton, Sir Robert (born 1672–died 1746), English diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
- Tilson, George (born c. 1672–died 1738), English civil servant, academician
- Usson, Jean Louis d’, marquis de Bonnac (born 1672–died 1738), French aristocrat, diplomat
- Wanley, Humphrey (born 1672–died 1726), English scholar, librarian, academician, academic, archivist
- Wentworth, Thomas, 1st earl of Strafford [2nd creation] (born 1672–died 1739), English army officer, diplomat
Deaths
- Bagshaw, Edward (born 1629–died 1672), English churchman, radical, schoolteacher
- Bellingham, Richard (born c. 1592–died 1672), English colonial governor, landowner
- Chauncy, Reverend Charles [the elder] (born 1592–died 1672), American churchman, university administrator
- Grandamy, Jacques (born 1588–died 1672), French churchman, Jesuit, physicist, astronomer
- Mesland, Denis (born 1616–died 1672), French churchman, Jesuit, missionary
- Meyssonnier, Lazare (born 1602–died 1672), French physician, astrologer, alchemist
- Owen, Reverend William (born c. 1618–died 1672), English churchman
- Peleau, François (born 1627/1631–died after 1672), French lawyer, translator
- Underhill, Captain John (born c. 1608–died 1672), Dutch soldier, colonist, army officer
- Wilkins, Reverend John, bishop of Chester (born 1614–died 1672), English churchman, linguist, university administrator, academician
