What is 1701?
{{Year nav|1701}} {{Year in various calendars|1701}} '''1701''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] in the Gregorian calendar and a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] in the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the [[18th century]]. As of the start of 1701, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. == Births == * [[September 7]] – [[Georges-Louis Leclerc]], [[Comte de Buffon]], [[France|French]] naturalist (d. [[1788]]) [[Category:1701| ]]