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It was also a particularly cold and wet year. Contemporary records claim that wine froze in the glasses in the
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Events


January–March

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January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
(December 28, 1694 O.S.) – The United Kingdom's last joint monarchy, the reign of husband-and-wife King William III and
Queen Mary II Mary II (30 April 166228 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, William III & II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. Mary was the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York, and his first wife A ...
comes to an end with the death of Queen Mary, at the age of 32. Princess Mary had been installed as the monarch along with her husband and cousin, Willem Hendrik von Oranje,
Stadtholder In the Low Countries, ''stadtholder'' ( nl, stadhouder ) was an office of steward, designated a medieval official and then a national leader. The ''stadtholder'' was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and H ...
of the
Dutch Republic The United Provinces of the Netherlands, also known as the (Seven) United Provinces, officially as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: ''Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden''), and commonly referred to in historiography ...
, in 1689 after
King James II James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ...
was deposed by Willem during the "
Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...
". *
January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
(January 4 O.S.) – The Royal Navy warship HMS ''Nonsuch'' is captured near England's
Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly (; kw, Syllan, ', or ) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over further south than the most southerly point of the ...
by the 48-gun French privateer ''Le Francois''. ''Nonsuch'' is then sold to the French Navy and renamed ''Le Sans Pareil''. *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. *1438 – The Cou ...
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
's Court Theater is destroyed in a fire. *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
– A flotilla of six Royal Navy warships under the command of Commodore James Killegrew aboard HMS ''Plymouth'' captures two French warships, the ''Content'' and the ''Trident'', the day after the French ships had mistaken the English fleet to be a group of merchant ships to attack. *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
Mustafa II Mustafa II (; ota, مصطفى ثانى ''Muṣṭafā-yi sānī''; 6 February 1664 – 29 December 1703) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703. Early life He was born at Edirne Palace on 6 February 1664. He was the son of Sult ...
(1664 – 1703) succeeds his uncle, Ahmed II as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. *
March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
– The funeral of Queen
Mary II of England Mary II (30 April 166228 December 1694) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England, List of Scottish monarchs, Scotland, and Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, William III of England, William III & II, from 1689 unt ...
takes place, accompanied by music written for the occasion by
Henry Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer. Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest E ...
. * March 10 – Almost all French Army soldiers in a column of 1,300 troops, commanded by Brigadier General Urbain Le Clerc de Juigné, are killed or captured in the Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas against a smaller Spanish Empire force led by Ramon de Sala i Saçala during the War of the Grand Alliance. *
March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
John Trevor, Speaker of the English House of Commons, is expelled from the House by vote of the members, after being found guilty of accepting a bribe of 1000 pounds sterling from the City of London Corporation. *
March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...
Paul Foley is elected as the new Speaker of the House after the expulsion of John Trevor. * March 26John Hungerford is expelled from the English House of Commons when members vote to find him guilty of accepting a bribe in return for using his committee chairmanship to promote the pending Orphans Bill.


April–June

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April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
– The
House of Commons of England The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of ...
decides not to renew the Licensing Order of 1643, and states its reasoning, beginning with "Because it revives, and re-enacts, a Law which in no-wise answered the End for which it was made". The lifting of censorship creates a more open society, and an explosion of print results. Within 30 years, the number of printing houses in England increases from 20 to 103.Alvin B. Kernan, "Samuel Johnson and the Impact of Print" (Princeton University Press, 2021) p. 59 *
April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern ...
Sürmeli Ali Pasha Sürmeli Ali Pasha ( 1645 – 29 May 1695) was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1694 to 1695. His epithet ''sürmeli'' literally means "wearing mascara" in Turkish. Ali was born in Didymoteicho (to ...
is fired from his position as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, after coming into a disagreement with the new Sultan, Mustafa II. Sürmeli is initially sent into exile, but executed on the Sultan's orders on May 29. *
April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700) The Russo-Turkish War of 1686–1700 was part of the joint European effort to confront the Ottoman Empire. The larger European conflict was known as the Great Turkish War. The Russo-Turkish War began after the Tsardom of Russia joined the Europ ...
:
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
begins the
Azov campaigns (1695–96) Azov (russian: Азов), previously known as Azak, is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, situated on the Don River just from the Sea of Azov, which derives its name from the town. Population: History Early settlements in the vicinity The mo ...
against the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
, with 31,000 troops departing to the Ottoman fortress at Azov on the Don River."Azov campaigns of 1695–1696", ''The Black Sea Encyclopedia'' (Springer Berlin, 2014) p. 71 *
May 18 Events Pre-1600 * 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. * 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...
– The 7.8 magnitude Linfen earthquake in Shanxi Province, Qing Dynasty kills over 50,000 people. * June 11 – An annular eclipse of the sun is visible across South America. * June 24 – The Commission of Enquiry into the Massacre of Glencoe in
Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
in
1692 Events January–March * January 24 – At least 75 residents of what is now York, Maine are killed in the Candlemas Massacre, carried out by French soldiers led by missionary Louis-Pierre Thury, along with a larger force of Abenaki and ...
reports to the
Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised t ...
, blaming Sir John Dalrymple, Secretary of State over Scotland, and declares that a soldier should refuse to obey a "command against the law of nature".


July–September

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July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II of ...
– The Siege of Namur begins in the
Spanish Netherlands Spanish Netherlands (Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a ''pars pro toto'') was the Ha ...
(now
Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
). * July 15 – The siege of the Ottoman fortress at Azaq by the Russian Army begins, but is unsuccessful and is discontinued after October 2 (September 22 O.S.). * July 17 – The Bank of Scotland is founded. * August 8 – The Wren Building is started in
Williamsburg, Virginia Williamsburg is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 15,425. Located on the Virginia Peninsula ...
(completed in
1700 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 19), where then Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 11 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 17 ...
). *
August 13 Events Pre-1600 * 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Em ...
–15 –
Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarch ...
: Brussels is bombarded by
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
troops. *
September 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...
Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarch ...
:
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
surrenders
Namur Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namu ...
,
Spanish Netherlands Spanish Netherlands (Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a ''pars pro toto'') was the Ha ...
to forces of the Grand Alliance, led by King
William III of England William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of County of Holland, Holland, County of Zeeland, Zeeland, Lordship of Utrecht, Utrec ...
, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, following the 2-month Siege of Namur. *
September 7 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. * 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. *1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen. *1191 – Third Cru ...
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
pirate Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ...
Henry Every Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery (20 August 1659after 1696), sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s. He probably used several aliases ...
perpetrates one of the most profitable raids in history, with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship '' Ganj-i-Sawai''. In response, Emperor
Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...
threatens to put an end to all English trading in India. *
September 24 Events Pre-1600 *787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia. *1568 – Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near ...
– All but eight of the remaining 305 crew of the
Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
ship are killed when the ship founders in the
Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and e ...
. According to the ship's logbook, an epidemic of
yellow fever Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains – particularly in the back – and headaches. Symptoms typically improve within five days. In ...
began on August 1 and had killed 45 people before the hurricane struck, and left all but seven crew members too ill to walk.


October–December

* October 11King William III of England dissolves
Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
in the wake of a scandal involving former Speaker of the House of Commons John Trevor and other Tory MPs. *
October 25 Events Pre-1600 * 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers. * 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...
– The 48-gun English Navy ship HMS ''Berkeley Castle'' is captured by the French Navy. *
November 22 Events Pre-1600 * 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. * 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fra ...
– The new Parliament, with 513 members of the House of Commons is opened by King William III. Commons is composed of 257 Whigs (who hold a majority of one), 203 Tories and 53 members of other parties or independents. * December 6 – A total eclipse of the sun is visible across the Middle East and western Asia. *
December 31 It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Years Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the followin ...
– A
window tax Window tax was a property tax based on the number of windows in a house. It was a significant social, cultural, and architectural force in England, France, and Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries. To avoid the tax, some houses from the pe ...
is imposed in
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Some windows are bricked up to avoid it.


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* English manufacturers call for an embargo on Indian cloth, and silk weavers picket the
House of Commons of England The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of ...
. * A £2 fine is imposed for
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in
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. * After 23 years of construction,
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
completes ''
Castillo de San Marcos The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for "St. Mark's Castle") is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida. It was designed by the Spanish ...
'' to protect
St. Augustine, Florida St. Augustine ( ; es, San Agustín ) is a city in the Southeastern United States and the county seat of St. Johns County on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously inhabit ...
, from foreign threats. * After many years of construction, the
Potala Palace The Potala Palace is a ''dzong'' fortress in Lhasa, Tibet. It was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas from 1649 to 1959, has been a museum since then, and a World Heritage Site since 1994. The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, the mythica ...
in
Lhasa Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level city, prefecture-level Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Regio ...
is completed. *
Gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...
is discovered in
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. *
Johanne Nielsdatter Johanne Nielsdatter or Johanne Nilsdatter (died 1695), was a Norwegian woman who was executed for witchcraft. Her execution is the last confirmed execution for witchcraft in Norway. Life She was from Kvæfjord in present-day Troms og Finnmark. ...
is executed for witchcraft, the last such confirmed execution in Norway. * In
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
, the bank ''Wed. Jean Deutz & Sn.'' floats the first sovereign bonds on the local market. The scheme is designed to fund a 1.5 million guilder loan to the
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. From this date on, European leaders commonly take advantage of the low interest rates available in the
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, and borrow several hundred millions on the Dutch capital market. * A large unidentified tropical volcanic eruption causes colder temperatures, crop failure, food shortage and mortality in north-western Europe. * The
Great Famine of 1695–1697 The Great Famine of 1695–1697, or simply the Great Famine, was a catastrophic famine that affected the present Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden, all of which belonged to the Swedish Empire with the exception of Norway. The areas worst ...
begins as the
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in Swedish Estonia and spreads across
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,
Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
and
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, while the "
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" of famine in
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are ongoing.


Births


January–March

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January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
Sir Robert Cotton, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (2 January 1695 – 27 August 1748) was a politician in Great Britain. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1727 to 1734 and for Lostwithiel Lostwithiel (; kw, Lostwydhyel) is a civil p ...
, British politician (d.
1748 Events January–March * January 12 – Ahmad Shah Durrani captures Lahore. * January 27 – A fire at the prison and barracks at Kinsale, in Ireland, kills 54 of the prisoners of war housed there. An estimated 500 prison ...
) *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian composer and oboist (d.
1750 Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era. Events January–March * January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain ...
) *
January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
Ferdinand Ashmall Ferdinand Ashmall (9 January 1695 – 2 February 1798) was an English centenarian and Catholic priest for the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Biography He was born on 9 January 1695 in Elwick, County Durham to Thomas Ashmall and Mary ...
, British clergy (d.
1798 Events January–June * January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts. * January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of Wa ...
) *
January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
Paul Bécart de Granville et de Fonville Paul Bécart de Granville et de Fonville (January 18, 1695 – March 19, 1754) was an officer in the colonial regular troops and a seigneur. Bécart de Fonville, was the brother of Charles Bécart de Granville et de Fonville, a king’s attorney ...
, French colonial officer (d.
1754 Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...
) *
January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
**
Prince Francis Ernest of Hesse-Darmstadt Francis Ernest of Hesse-Darmstadt (born 25 January 1695 in Gießen; died: 8 January 1716 in Darmstadt) was a German nobleman. He was the third son of Count Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea C ...
, German aristocrat (d.
1716 Events January–March * January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, concluding ...
) ** Satake Yoshitada (d.
1715 Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire i ...
) *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 1531 Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. *1564 – ...
José Quer y Martínez José Quer y Martínez (1695–1764), was a Spanish doctor and botanist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Biography Quer studied medicine and surgery in his hometown of Perpignan, where he wa ...
, Spanish botanist (d.
1764 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday and is the fifth year of the 1760s decade, the 64th year of the 18th century, and the 764th year of the 2nd millennium. Events January–June * January 7 – The Siculicidium is ...
) *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
Anne Howard, Countess of Effingham Anne Howard, Countess of Effingham (27 January 1695 – 15 November 1774), formerly Anne (or Annie) Bristow, was the second wife of Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham. She was the daughter of Robert Bristow, MP. Her brothers Robert and Jo ...
, British countess (d.
1774 Events January–March * January 21 – Mustafa III, List of Ottoman Sultans, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. * January 27 ** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and f ...
) *
February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
** William Borlase, English antiquarian, geologist and naturalist (d.
1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Carolin ...
) **
François de Chevert François de Chevert (2 February 1695 – 24 January 1769) was a French general. Chevert was born in Verdun, Meuse (department), Meuse. He entered service in 1706, became major in Beauce's regiment in Toul in 1728, later in 1739 lieutenant-colone ...
, French general (d.
1769 Events January–March * February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in ...
) **
Christoph Sauer Christoph Sauer (1695 – September 25, 1758) was the first German-language printer and publisher in North America. Johann Christoph Sauer was born in 1695 in Ladenburg (near Heidelberg), the son of a Reformed pastor. He came to the county ( ...
, German-American printer and ublisher (d.
1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...
) *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
Nicolaus II Bernoulli Nicolaus II Bernoulli, a.k.a. Niklaus Bernoulli, Nikolaus Bernoulli (6 February 1695, Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy, Switzerland – 31 July 1726, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, Russia) was a Switzerland, Swiss mathematician as ...
, Russian mathematician (d.
1726 Events January–March * January 23 – (January 12 Old Style) The Conventicle Act (''Konventikelplakatet'') is adopted in Sweden, outlawing all non-Lutheran religious meetings outside of church services. * January 26 – ...
) *
February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparkin ...
Armand Jules de Rohan-Guéméné Armand-Jules de Rohan-Guémené (Paris, 10 February 1695 - Saverne, 28 August 1762) was a French ecclesiastic, Peer of France and the Archbishop of Reims. Early life Prince de Guemene was the fifteenth child of Charles III de Rohan, Prince of Gu ...
, French archbishop (d.
1762 Events January–March * January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples. * January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick t ...
) *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
**
Françoise de Graffigny Françoise de Graffigny (''née'' Françoise d'Issembourg du Buisson d'Happoncourt; 11 February 1695 – 12 December 1758), better known as Madame de Graffigny, was a French novelist, playwright and salon hostess. Initially famous as the author o ...
, French writer (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) **
Abraham Pelt Abraham Pelt (11 February 1695 - 14 April 1783) was a Danish industrialist and philanthropist. Early life Pelt was born in Copenhagen, the son of Hans Peter Pelt (died 1715) and Dorothea Kellinghusen (died 1732). In 1708, his father, who was orig ...
, Danish industrialist and philanthropist (d.
1783 Events January–March * January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain. * January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...
) *
February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...
Francesco Maria Della Rovere, politician (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) *
February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
Joseph Anton Glantschnigg, painter of German origin (d. 1755) *
February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...
Philippe-Claude de Montboissier de Beaufort Noël-Philippe-Claude de Montboissier de Beaufort, ''marquis de Canillac'' (16 February 1695 – 31 September 1765), was an 18th-century French soldier, diplomat and peer of France. The son of Jean-Gaspard de Montboissier, baron de Dienne (who die ...
, French politician (d.
1765 Events January–March * January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna. * January 29 – One week before his death, Mir Jafar, who had been enthroned as the Nawab of Bengal and ru ...
) *
February 21 Events Pre-1600 * 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The Prus ...
Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold, English noble (d.
1723 Events January–March * January 25 – British pirate Edward Low intercepts the Portuguese ship ''Nostra Signiora de Victoria''. After the Portuguese captain throws his treasure of 11,000 gold coins into the sea rather than s ...
) *
March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut o ...
Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, German music publisher (d.
1777 Events January–March * January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...
) * March 3 – María Anna Águeda de San Ignacio, Mexican writer (d. 1756) * March 4 – Marie Huber, Genevan writer and theologian (d. 1753) * March 9 – Martín Sarmiento, Spanish scholar and writer (d.
1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Carolin ...
) * March 10 – Adrien Manglard, French painter and engraver (d. 1760) * March 12 – Mihael Summa, Albanian clergyman and auxiliary bishop (d.
1777 Events January–March * January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...
) * March 13 – Daniel Overbeek, Dutch colonial governor (d. 1751) * March 15 ** Infante António of Portugal, Portuguese infante (d.
1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...
) ** Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (d.
1762 Events January–March * January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples. * January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick t ...
) * March 16 ** Christian Hilfgott Brand, German Austrian painter (d. 1756) ** William Greene (colonial governor), William Greene, Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) * March 19 ** William Noel (1695–1762), William Noel, English barrister, judge and politician, (d.
1762 Events January–March * January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples. * January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick t ...
) ** Christian Seybold, German painter (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) * March 20 – Toki Yoritoshi, Daimyo in the Tokugawa shogunate (d. 1744) * March 27 – Johann Philipp Anton von Franckenstein, German priest (d. 1753)


April–June

* April 8 – Johann Christian Günther, German poet (d.
1723 Events January–March * January 25 – British pirate Edward Low intercepts the Portuguese ship ''Nostra Signiora de Victoria''. After the Portuguese captain throws his treasure of 11,000 gold coins into the sea rather than s ...
) * April 14 – Pietro Guarneri, Italian luthier (d.
1762 Events January–March * January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples. * January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick t ...
) * April 16 – Christoph Jacob Trew, German physician and botanist (d.
1769 Events January–March * February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in ...
) *
April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
– Ludovico Valenti, Italian cardinal (d. 1763) * April 19 ** Roger Morris (1695–1749), Roger Morris, English architect (d. 1749) ** Georg Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby, German noble, Count of Barby (d. 1739) * May 1 – Pierre Saint-Sevin, French composer (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) * May 2 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, French architect and painter (d. 1766) * May 3 ** Pacifico Bizza, Roman-Catholic archbishop (d. 1756) ** Henri Pitot, French hydraulic engineer (d. 1771) * May 6 – Isaac Wilkinson, English businessman (d. 1784) * May 7 ** Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet, British politician (d. 1755) ** Gabriel Huquier, French art dealer (d.
1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Carolin ...
) * May 8 – John Lee (1695–1761), John Lee, British politician (d. 1761) * May 16 – Louis-Urbain-Aubert de Tourny, French intendant (d. 1760) * May 22 – Anna Folkema, Engraver from the Northern Netherlands (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) * May 27 – Miguel Cabrera (painter), Miguel Cabrera, Mexican painter (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) * May 28 – Alexander Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven, British politician (d.
1754 Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...
) * June 3 – Francis Wise, Keeper of the archive at the University of Oxford (d. 1767) * June 5 – Johann Conrad Schlaun, German architect (d. 1773) * June 6 – Adriaan Valckenier, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1737-1741) (d. 1751) * June 14 – Johann Friedrich Walther, German teacher, organist and draughtsman (d. 1776) * June 17 – Henri-Michel Guedier de Saint-Aubin, French theologist (d. 1741) * June 21 ** Joseph Banks (MP for Peterborough), Joseph Banks, English landowner and MP (d. 1741) ** Sir Peter Halkett, 2nd Baronet, politician (d. 1755) * June 23 – Louise Anne de Bourbon, French princess, the daughter of Louis III de Bourbon (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) * June 24 – Martin van Meytens, Austrian artist (d. 1770) * June 28 – Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, German poet (d. 1760)


July–September

* July 2 ** Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet, British politician 1695–1764 (d.
1764 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday and is the fifth year of the 1760s decade, the 64th year of the 18th century, and the 764th year of the 2nd millennium. Events January–June * January 7 – The Siculicidium is ...
) ** Louis Charles César Le Tellier, French military commander and Marshal of France (d. 1771) * July 6 – Giovanni Francesco II Brignole Sale, Italian politician (d. 1760) * July 17 ** Alexandre de Gusmão, Portuguese diplomat (d. 1753) ** Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg (d. 1766) ** Alexander Moncrieff (Secession minister), Alexander Moncrieff, Scottish minister of the Secession church (d. 1761) * July 18 – Boris Grigoryevich Yusupov, Russian politician (d. 1759) * July 21 – Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer, British politician (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) * July 28 – Yunlu, prince Zhuang of the First Rank (d. 1767) * July 30 – Charles Philippe d'Albert de Luynes, French noble (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) * August 1 – John Rutherford (physician), John Rutherford, Scottish physician (d. 1779) * August 3 – Antonio Cocchi, Italian physician and naturalist (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) * August 9 – Andreas Murray, Swedish priest (d. 1771) * August 10 – Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, British politician (d. 1770) * August 11 – Michelangelo Unterberger, Austrian painter (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) * August 14 – Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł, Lithuanian–Polish noble (d.
1715 Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire i ...
) * August 17 – Gustaf Lundberg, Swedish rococo painter (d. 1786) * August 20 – Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, French princess (d. 1719) * August 26 – Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French opera singer and composer (d. 1791) * August 31 – Maximilian, Prince of Hornes, prince (d. 1763) * September 3 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian Baroque composer and violinist (d.
1764 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday and is the fifth year of the 1760s decade, the 64th year of the 18th century, and the 764th year of the 2nd millennium. Events January–June * January 7 – The Siculicidium is ...
) * September 5 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish count, politician and art collector (d. 1770) * September 6 – Charles Pole (1695–1779), Charles Pole, British businessman and politician (d. 1779) *
September 7 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. * 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. *1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen. *1191 – Third Cru ...
– François Hus, French comedian (d.
1774 Events January–March * January 21 – Mustafa III, List of Ottoman Sultans, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. * January 27 ** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and f ...
) * September 10 – Johann Lorenz Bach, German composer (d. 1773) * September 15 – Michel Lullin de Chateauvieux, Genevan agronomist (d. 1781) * September 21 – Ferdinando Colonna of Stigliano, 2nd Prince of Sonnino (d. 1775) * September 22 – Mathias Chardon, French historian (d. 1771) * September 27 – Anders Anton von Stiernman, Swedish historian (d.
1765 Events January–March * January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna. * January 29 – One week before his death, Mir Jafar, who had been enthroned as the Nawab of Bengal and ru ...
)


October–December

* October 5 – John Glas, Scottish theologian (d. 1773) * October 23 – François de Cuvilliés, Bavarian architect (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) * October 31 – Nicolas-Joseph de Noyelles de Fleurimont, French soldier (d. 1761) * November 1 – Pablo Maroni, Austrian missionary (d.
1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...
) * November 4 ** John Erskine of Carnock, Scottish legal scholar (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) ** Fabrizio Serbelloni, Catholic cardinal (d. 1775) * November 9 – Theodosia Bligh, 10th Baroness Clifton, English peer, born Theodosia Hyde (d. 1722) * November 10 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771) * November 17 – Barthold Douma van Burmania, Dutch diplomat (d. 1766) * December 1 – Francesco Saverio Quadrio, Italian scholar (d. 1756) * December 2 – Andrzej Stanisław Załuski, Polish bishop (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) * December 11 – Charles Guillaume Loys de Bochat, jurist (d.
1754 Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...
) * December 12 – Michael Christoph Hanow, German historian and scientist (d. 1773) * December 15 – Benigna Marie of Reuss-Ebersdorf, German noblewoman and author of hymns (d. 1751) * December 18 – David Nitschmann der Bischof, bishop (d.
1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Carolin ...
) * December 19 ** Andrea Locatelli, Italian painter (d. 1741) ** Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale, British Member of Parliament (d. 1752) ** Jacob de Wit, Dutch painter (d.
1754 Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...
) * December 22 – Rebecca Kellogg Ashley, captive of Native Americans (d.
1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...
) * December 26 – Johann Caspar Bachofen, Swiss composer (d. 1755) * December 29 – Jean-Baptiste Pater, French painter (d. 1736) * ''date unknown'' – Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie (1695–1745), Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie, Swedish salonnière (d. 1745) ** Cai Wan, politically influential Chinese poet (d. 1755)


Deaths


January–March

* January 4 – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628) *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
– Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (b. 1641) * January 11 – Nizel Rivers, Member of Parliament of England (b. 1614) * January 16 – Hans Adam Weissenkircher, Austrian painter (b. 1646) *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 1531 Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. *1564 – ...
– Johann Jakob Wepfer, Swiss pathologist (b. 1620) *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
– Francesco Nasini, Italian painter (b. 1611) * January 29 ** Paul Hermann (botanist), Paul Hermann, German botanist (b. 1646) ** Diego Sarmiento Valladares, Spanish bishop (b. 1611) *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
** Ahmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695 (b. 1643) ** Ahmed II of Turkey (b. 1643) *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
** John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston, English politician (b. 1616) ** Abraham Hinckelmann, German theologian (b. 1652) *
February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
– Georg von Derfflinger, field marshal in the army of Brandenburg-Prussia (b. 1606) * February 18 – Sir William Phips, First royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1651) * February 24 – Johann Ambrosius Bach, German musician, father to Johann Sebastian Bach (b. 1645) * March 4 – Philip Sherard (MP), Philip Sherard, English politician (b. 1623) *
March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
– Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664) * March 6 – Everhard Jabach, German private banker (b. 1618) * March 12 – Cristoval Royas de Spinola, Spanish bishop and diplomat (b. 1626) * March 15 – Rutger von Langerfeld, Dutch painter and architect (b. 1635) * March 23 – Adam Perelle, French draughtsman and painter (b. 1640) * March 25 – Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, margravine consort of Brandenburg (b. 1667) * March 26 ** George Nevill, 12th Baron Bergavenny, English noble (b. 1665) ** Jan Karol Opaliński, Polish starost and kasztelan of Poznań (b. 1642) * March 28 – William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry, British politician (b. 1637) * March 30 – Anselm Franz von Ingelheim (Archbishop of Mainz), Anselm Franz von Ingelheim, Archbishop of Mainz (b. 1634)


April–June

* April 3 – Melchior d'Hondecoeter, painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1636) * April 5 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer and statesman (b. 1633) * April 6 – Richard Busby, English clergyman (b. 1606) * April 12 – Jean-Baptiste Corneille, French historical painter, etcher, and engraver (b. 1649) * April 13 ** Petrus Draghi Bartoli, roman-catholic patriarch (b. 1646) ** Jean de La Fontaine, French poet, fabulist and writer (b. 1621) * April 15 ** Christoph Arnold, German astronomer (b. 1650) ** Claude Lancelot, French monk and grammarian (b. 1615) *
April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
** Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, writer, philosopher, composer and poet (b. 1648) ** Henri Testelin, French painter (b. 1616) * April 20 – Georg Caspar Wecker, German composer (b. 1632) * April 23 ** Petronella Dunois, Dutch art collector (b. 1650) ** Henry Vaughan, Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet (b. 1621) *
April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
** John Trenchard (politician), John Trenchard, English politician (b. 1649) ** John Trenchard (Secretary of State), John Trenchard, English statesman (b. 1640) * April 29 – Jan Karol Dolski, Polish-Lithuanian noble (b. 1637) * April 30 – Ikegusuku Anken, sanshikan of Ryukyu (b. 1635) * May 1 – Goeku Chōsei, sanshikan of Ryukyu (b. 1621) * May 5 – Daniel Brevint, Jersey writer and clergyman (b. 1616) * May 9 – Lambert van Haven, Danish architect (b. 1630) * May 15 – Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Scottish peer (b. 1643) * May 17 – Cornelis de Heem, Dutch painter (b. 1631) * May 24 – Matsudaira Yorishige, daimyo of the early Edo period; 1st lord of Takamatsu (b. 1622) * May 29 **
Sürmeli Ali Pasha Sürmeli Ali Pasha ( 1645 – 29 May 1695) was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1694 to 1695. His epithet ''sürmeli'' literally means "wearing mascara" in Turkish. Ali was born in Didymoteicho (to ...
, Ottoman grand vizier (b. 1645) ** Giuseppe Recco, Italian painter (b. 1634) * May 30 ** Andreas Albinowski, Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (1695– (b. 1640) ** Pierre Mignard, French painter (b. 1612) * June 3 – Philip Aranda, Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1642) * June 7 – Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr., German physician (b. 1641) * June 11 – André Félibien, France, French architect (b. 1619) * June 15 – Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean, French painter (b. 1654) * June 27 – Prince Christian of Denmark (1675–1695), Prince Christian of Denmark, Danish prince (b. 1675) * June 29 – Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd Baronet, politician (b. 1667)


July–September

* July 8 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician and physicist who developed the wave theory of light (b. 1629) * July 18 – Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634) * July 23 – Charles Philip of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Titular Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (b. 1673) * August 2 ** Mattia de Rossi, Italian painter (b. 1637) ** Gabriel Tammelin, Lutheran clergyman (b. 1641) * August 6 ** François de Harlay de Champvallon, Roman Catholic archbishop of Paris (b. 1625) ** Thomas Moore (died 1695), Thomas Moore, English politician (b. 1618) * August 8 – Carel de Vogelaer, Dutch still life painter (b. 1653) * August 9 – Paulus de Roo, Dutch colonial governor (b. 1658) * August 12 – Huang Zongxi, Chinese political theorist, philosopher, writer, and soldier (b. 1610) * August 19 ** Jean-Gilles Delcour, Flemish painter (b. 1632) ** Christopher Merret, English physician and scientist (b. 1614) * August 20 – Giuseppe Francesco Borri, Italian alchemist, prophet and doctor (b. 1627) * August 24 – Enkū, Japanese sculptor and monk (b. 1632) * August 25 – John Waddon (died 1695), John Waddon, English politician (b. 1649) * September – Thomas Tew, English pirate * September 2 – Giovanni Battista Gentile, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1658) * September 15 – Giacomo de Angelis, Catholic cardinal (b. 1610) * September 17 – Henry Newcome, English nonconformist preacher (b. 1627) * September 22 – George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret, English baron (b. 1667) * September 23 – Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, Prince-Bishop of Olomouc (b. 1623)


October–December

* October 6 – Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, last Administrator of Ratzeburg (b. 1633) * October 10 – Tommaso de Rosa, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Policastro and Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia (b. 1621) * October 13 – Ephrem de Nevers, French missionary (b. 1603) * October 16 – William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, member of England's House of Lords (b. 1626) * October 17 – Arthur Rawdon, Irish botanist and politician (b. 1662) * October 19 – Johann Wilhelm Baier, German theologian (b. 1647) * October 21 ** Johann Arnold Nering, German architect (b. 1659) ** Teofilo Testa, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tropea (b. 1631) * October 29 – Barrington Bourchier, Member of Parliament (b. 1627) * November 3 – Charles Hutchinson (Nottingham MP), Charles Hutchinson, English politician (b. 1636) * November 8 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer (b. 1637) * November 10 – Charles Legardeur de Tilly (b. 1616) * November 13 – William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron, British Baron (b. 1636) * November 16 – Pierre Nicole, France, French Jansensist (b. 1625) * November 19 – Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet, English Member of Parliament (b. 1650) * November 20 – Zumbi, Brazilian leader of a runaway slave colony (b. 1655) * November 21 –
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), (b. 1618) * November 28 ** Jan Sladký Kozina, Czech revolutionary (b. 1652) ** Anthony Wood (antiquary), Anthony Wood, England, English antiquarian (b. 1632) * November 29 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619) * November 30 – Giacomo Cantelli, Italian cartographer (b. 1643) * December 7 – Giuseppe Spinucci, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1617) * December 8 ** Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, France, French orientalist (b. 1625) ** Mariana of the Purification, Nun of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance (b. 1623) * December 10 – Leonard Bilson (1616–1695), Leonard Bilson, English Member of Parliament (b. 1616) * December 12 – Jacob Abendana, British rabbi (b. 1630) * December 14 – William Bond (Massachusetts politician), William Bond, Speaker of the Massachusetts Province House (b. 1625) * December 15 – Richard Hampden, English politician; (b. 1631) * December 16 – Thomas Boylston, American colonist doctor (b. 1644) * December 17 – Caleb Carr (governor), Caleb Carr, Rhode Island colonial governor (b. 1624) * December 20 – David Pohle, German baroque composer (b. 1624) * December 24 ** Jacob Johan Hastfer, Swedish field marshal (b. 1647) ** Louis Thomassin, French bishop and theologian (b. 1619) * December 30 – Samuel Morland, British academic, diplomat and spy (b. 1625)


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