1701

1701 was a common year.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1670s  1680s  1690s  – 1700s –  1710s  1720s  1730s
Years:	1698 1699 1700 – 1701 – 1702 1703 1704

Births

• September 7 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (d. 1788)