Deaths on October 10

Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert

Died on October 10, 1714

Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (b. 1646)

Pierre le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert or Boisguillebert (French: [bwaɡilbɛʁ]; 17 February 1646 – 10 October 1714) was a French lawmaker and a Jansenist, one of the inventors of the notion of an economic market.

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George I of Great Britain
George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.