Events

January–March

Francesco Morosini Francesco Morosini (26 February 1619 – 16 January 1694) was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War. He was one of the many Doges and generals produced by the noble Venetian family of Morosini.Encyclopædi ...

, the

Doge of Venice The Doge of Venice ( ; vec, Doxe de Venexia ; it, Doge di Venezia ; all derived from Latin ', "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian '), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 ...

since 1688, dies after ruling the Republic for more than five years and a few months after an unsuccessful attempt to capture the island of

Negropont Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

from the Ottoman Empire during the

Morean War The Morean War ( it, Guerra di Morea), also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Military ...

. *

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 Chine ...

– Sir James Montgomery of Scotland, who had been arrested on January 11 for conspiracy to restore King James to the throne, escapes and flees to France. *

January 21 Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. *1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Co ...

(January 11 O.S.) – The

Kiev Academy National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a national, research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The ...

, now the national university of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

, receives official recognition by Tsar

Ivan V of Russia Ivan V Alekseyevich (russian: Иван V Алексеевич; – ) was Tsar of Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I. Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Maria ...

. *

January 28 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession ...

– '' Pirro e Demetrio'', an opera by Alessandro Scarlatti, is given its first performance, debuting at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples. The opera is adapted in 1708 in London as Pyrrhus and Demetrius and becomes the second most popular opera in 18th century London. *

January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ru ...

– French missionary

Jean-Baptiste Labat Jean-Baptiste Labat (sometimes called, simply, Père Labat) (1663 – 6 January 1738) was a French clergyman, botanist, writer, explorer, ethnographer, soldier, engineer, and landowner. Life Labat was born and died in Paris. He entered the ...

arrives in the "New World", landing at the Caribbean island of

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island and an Overseas department and region, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of ...

. *

February 5 Events Pre-1600 *AD 62, 62 – AD 62 Pompeii earthquake, Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. *1576 – Henry IV of France, Henry of Navarre :wikt:abjure, abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Re ...

– The ship ''

Ridderschap van Holland ''Ridderschap van Holland'' (Dutch - "Knighthood of Holland") is a name that has been held by various Dutch naval and merchant ships, including: * ''Ridderschap van Holland'', Dutch naval ship, 64/66 guns, Vice-Admiral Johan de Liefde's flagship ...

'' is lost at sea, having departed the

Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is ...

with a crew of 300, with a destination of Batavia (now Jakarta in Indonesia), normally a voyage of two months. It never arrives and is never seen again. * February 6 – The colony of ''

Quilombo dos Palmares Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a ''quilombo'', a community of Slavery in Brazil, escaped slaves and others, in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694. It was located in the captaincy of Pernambuco, in wha ...

'', created by rebel African slaves 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 ...

, is destroyed by the

bandeirantes The ''Bandeirantes'' (), literally "flag-carriers", were slavers, explorers, adventurers, and fortune hunters in early Colonial Brazil. They are largely responsible for Brazil's great expansion westward, far beyond the Tordesillas Line of 1494 ...

, colonial troops under the command of

Domingos Jorge Velho Domingos Jorge Velho (1641–1705) was one of the fiercest and most effective bandeirantes. He was born in Santana de Parnaíba, captaincy of São Paulo, to Francisco Jorge Velho and Francisca Gonçalves de Camargo. He was responsible for ...

. After a successful attack on its capital,

Cerca do Macaco Cerca do Macaco, also called "Cerca Real dos Macacos" or just "Macaco", was a historical settlement located on the peak of the Serra da Barriga in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. It was the main settlement of the Palmares, an established group o ...

, the last King of Dos Palmares,

Zumbi Zumbi (1655 – November 20, 1695), also known as Zumbi dos Palmares (), was a Brazilian quilombola leader, being one of the pioneers of resistance to Slavery in Brazil, slavery of Africans by the Portuguese Empire, Portuguese in colonial Brazi ...

, flees after a reign of more than 13 years, but is later captured and executed. *

February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is ...

–

Silvestro Valier Silvestro Valier or Valiero (Venice, 28 March 1630 – Venice, 7 July 1700) was the 109th Doge of Venice, reigning from his election on 25 February 1694 until his death six years later. The Morean War between the Republic of Venice and the Otto ...

is elected as the new

to replace the late

March 1 Events Pre-1600 *509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocletian and ...

– The HMS ''Sussex'' treasure fleet of thirteen ships is wrecked in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar, with the loss of approximately 1,200 lives. *

March 8 Events Pre-1600 *1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. * 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. *1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bo ...

- The

Casa da Moeda do Brasil The Casa da Moeda do Brasil is the Brazilian mint, owned by the Brazilian government and administratively subordinated to the Ministry of Finances. It was established in 1694. Its current headquarters and industrial facilities occupy a modern pla ...

is formed by

Peter II of Portugal '' Dom'' Pedro II (Peter II; 26 April 1648 – 9 December 1706), nicknamed "the Pacific", was King of Portugal from 1683 until his death, previously serving as regent for his brother Afonso VI from 1668 until his own accession. He was the fifth ...

April–June

April April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. April is commonly associated with ...

– The largest volcanic eruption of

Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma- stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of ...

since 1631 takes place, with explosive activity in the crater from 5 April and lava flows on 13 April towards both

San Giorgio a Cremano San Giorgio a Cremano is a primarily residential town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in Italy. It is located on the foothills of Mount Vesuvius to the west of the volcano, and is six kilometres to the south east of the centre ...

and

Torre del Greco Torre del Greco (; nap, Torre d' 'o Grieco; "Greek man's Tower") is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called ''Corallini'' because of the once plentiful cora ...

. Around 20 April ash falls are experienced as far away as Calabria. *

April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. J ...

–

Sheikh Yusuf Abadin Tadia Tjoessoep (1626–23 May 1699), more commonly known as Sheikh Yusuf or Sheik Joseph, was an Indonesian Muslim of noble descent. He was also known as Muhammad Yusuf al-Maqassari. In 1693 he was exiled to the Cape of Good Hope, South Af ...

, exiled by the administrators of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), arrives at the

Dutch Cape Colony The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name. The original colony and its successive states that the colony was inco ...

on the ship ''De Voetboog'', at what is now

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second larges ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

, along with two wives, two concubines and 12 children. Resettled by the colonial government at a farm in Zandvliet, the Sheikh introduces Islam to

. *

April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Emp ...

– The English Navy's 40-gun warship, HMS ''Ruby'', captures the French

privateer A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or deleg ...

'' Entreprenant'' in battle. The confiscated ship is renamed HMS ''Ruby Prize''. *

April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted t ...

– The French ship ''Diligente'', commanded by

René Duguay-Trouin René Trouin, Sieur du Gué, also known as René Duguay-Trouin, (10 June 1673 – 1736) was a French naval officer, nobleman, slave trader, and privateer best known for his career during the War of the Spanish Succession. He had a brillian ...

, covers the escape of a convoy of ships that he is escorting, but then is surrounded and attacked by six Royal Navy ships led by David Mitchell. Most of the ''Diligente'' crew is lost in the battle, and Duguay-Trouin is captured. *

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 o ...

– Frederick Augustus of Wettin, later known as "Augustus the Strong" and the future King of Poland, becomes the new

Elector of Saxony The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (German: or ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. It was centered around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles ...

upon the death of his 25-year-old older brother, John George IV *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. *1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– Taking advantage of a fog, the French Army, with 24,000 troops, fights the

Battle of Torroella The Battle of Torroella, also known as Battle of the river Ter, was a battle in the Nine Years' War, fought on 27 May 1694 along the banks and fords of the Ter River near the Puente Mayor in the vicinity of the important town of Girona, Cata ...

against an equally large Spanish Army force on the banks of the

Ter Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob S ...

in Spain, near the city of

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in 2020. Girona is the capit ...

during the Nine Years' War. The Spaniards suffer 3,000 casualties, while the French sustain 500. *

June 22 Events Pre-1600 *217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. * 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Per ...

– An annular

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six mo ...

is visible across North America and the Atlantic Ocean. *

June 24 Events Pre-1600 *1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa. *109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome. ...

– The Tunisian–Algerian War begins as Algerian troops cross into Tunisia. *

June 29 Events Pre-1600 * 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei. *1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. *1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, le ...

– The

Battle of Texel The naval Battle of Texel or Battle of Kijkduin took place off the southern coast of island of Texel on 21 August 1673 (11 August O.S.) between the Dutch and the combined English and French fleets. It was the last major battle of the Third Ang ...

is fought near the Dutch island of

Texel Texel (; Texels dialect: ) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,643 in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of ...

, one of the

West Frisian Islands The West Frisian Islands (; fry, Waadeilannen) are a chain of islands in the North Sea off the Dutch coast, along the edge of the Wadden Sea. They continue further east as the German East Frisian Islands and are part of the Frisian Islands. F ...

. The French Navy force of 8 ships, commanded by

Jean Bart Jean Bart (; ; 21 October 1650 – 27 April 1702) was a French naval commander and privateer. Early life Jean Bart was born in Dunkirk in 1650 to a seafaring family, the son of Jean-Cornil Bart (c. 1619-1668) who has been described variously ...

, locates and rescues three French ships that had been captured by 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 late May. Bart fights a larger force commanded by

Hidde Sjoerds de Vries Hidde Sjoerds de Vries (22 December 1645, Sexbierum - 1 July 1694, North Sea), was a Dutch commander, like his uncle Tjerk Hiddes de Vries. During the Battle of Texel 1694, his ship was captured by the French and he died of wounds.Haws/Hurst p.335 ...

, who dies of his wounds after being captured.

July–September

July 27 Events Pre-1600 *1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. *1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan ...

– The Bank of England is founded through

Royal charter A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but ...

by the

Whig Whig or Whigs may refer to: Parties and factions In the British Isles * Whigs (British political party), one of two political parties in England, Great Britain, Ireland, and later the United Kingdom, from the 17th to 19th centuries ** Whiggism ...

-dominated

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 ...

, following a proposal by Scottish merchant William Paterson to raise capital, by offering safe and steady returns of interest guaranteed by future taxes. A total of £1.2 million is raised for the war effort against

Louis XIV of France , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of V ...

by the end of the year, to establish the first-ever

government debt A country's gross government debt (also called public debt, or sovereign debt) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. A deficit o ...

. *

August 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. *1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Ques ...

– The coronation of

Sultan Husayn Soltan Hoseyn ( fa, شاه سلطان حسین, Soltān-Hoseyn; 1668 – 9 September 1727) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Solayman (). Born and raised in the royal harem, Soltan Hoseyn asce ...

of the Safavid dynasty as the

Shah of Persia Iranian monarchism is the advocacy of restoring the monarchy in Iran, which was abolished after the 1979 Revolution. Historical background Iran first became a constitutional monarchy in 1906, but underwent a period of autocracy during the years ...

takes place in Isfahan, eight days after the death of his father Suleiman I. *

August 24 Events Pre-1600 * 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father. * 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is written. * ...

– The

Dictionnaire de l'Académie française The ''Dictionnaire de l'Académie française'' is the official dictionary of the French language. The Académie française is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations ...

, the first official dictionary of the French language, is presented by

Jacques de Tourreil Jacques de Tourreil (Toulouse, 18 November 1656 – Paris, 11 October 1714) was a French jurist, orator, translator and man of letters. Biography The author of translations of Demosthenes and essays on jurisprudence, Tourreil was elected to the A ...

and Academy members on behalf of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

King Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

. *

September 5 Events Pre-1600 * 917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. * 1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava *1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Hen ...

– The

Great Fire of Warwick The Great Fire of Warwick was a major conflagration that swept through the small town of Warwick, England, beginning at 2:00 p.m. on 5 September 1694 and lasting for six hours. The fire started from a stray spark from the blacksmith located in ...

breaks out in England and destroys half the town. Donors raise £110,000 toward disaster relief, with Queen Anne contributing £1,000."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p. 46 *

September 8 Events Pre-1600 * 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty. *1100 – Election of Antipope Theo ...

– The

1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake The 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake occurred on 8 September. It caused widespread damage in the Basilicata and Apulia regions of what was then the Kingdom of Naples, resulting in more than 6,000 casualties. The earthquake occurred at 11:40 ...

causes widespread severe damage and over 6,000 deaths in the Kingdom of Naples. *

September 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England. *1331 – The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teuto ...

– A hurricane hits

Carlisle Bay, Barbados Carlisle Bay is a small natural harbour located in the southwest region of Barbados. The island nation's capital, Bridgetown, is situated on this bay which has been turned into a marine park. Carlisle Bay's marine park is a popular spot on the ...

, sinking 27 British ships and resulting in 3,000 casualties.

October–December

October 19 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage. * 439 – The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in Nor ...

– A major windstorm begins and continues for several days, spreading the Culbin Sands over a large area of farmland in the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland ...

in the

County of Moray Moray; ( gd, Moireibh ) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. ...

and burying the now-abandoned village of Culbin. *

October 23 Events Pre-1600 *4004 BC – James Ussher's proposed creation date of the world according to the Bible. *42 BC – Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat an army under Brutus in the second part of the B ...

– British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phips, fail to seize Quebec from the French. *

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 ...

– Queen

Mary II of England 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 ...

founds the

Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings, in Greenwich, London, were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the University of Greenwich, and ar ...

. *

November 12 Events Pre-1600 * 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom. *1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros. * ...

– The Army of

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captures

Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

, the capital of Ottoman Tunisia, Tunisia, after a siege of Tunis (1694), siege of three months, bringing an end to the Tunisian–Algerian War. Mohamed Bey El Mouradi, the List of beys of Tunis, Bey of Tunis, flees southward while Prince Muhammad ben Cheker of Tunisia becomes the new Dey on behalf of the List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers, Dey of Algiers, Hadj Ahmed. * December 3 – The

passes the Triennial Act, requiring general elections every three years. * December 6 – Thomas Tenison is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. * December 16 – A total

is visible across South America.

Date unknown

* The Lao people, Lao empire of Lan Xang unofficially ends. * The notorious voyage of the English slave ship ''Hannibal (slave ship), Hannibal'' (part of the Atlantic slave trade out of Benin) ends with the death of nearly half of the 692 slaves aboard. * Rascians establish the settlement which will become Novi Sad on the Danube. * The Parker Tavern is built in Reading, Massachusetts.

Births

Elisha Williams fourth Rector of Yale College 1726 to 1735

January–March

* January 1 – Abdallah of Morocco, Sultan of Morocco (d. 1757) * January 3 – Paul of the Cross, Italian mystic (d. 1775) * January 5 – Theophilus Siegfried Bayer, German sinologst (d. 1738) * January 6 – Melchor Chyliński, Polish presbyter (d. 1741) * January 12 ** Oluf Blach, Danish merchant (d. 1767) ** Johann Heinrich Callenberg, German theologian (d. 1760) * January 25 – Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold (d. 1734) *

– Peter Collinson (botanist), Peter Collinson, botanist (d. 1768) * February 1 – Giuseppe Spinelli, Catholic cardinal (d. 1763) * February 4 – Georg Gottlob Richter, German philosopher and physician (d. 1773) * February 11 – Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer, English noblewoman (d. 1755) * February 18 – Johann Christoph Handke, Czech painter (d. 1774) * February 21 – Richard Waldron (Secretary), Richard Waldron, Colonial New Hampshire businessman and politician (d. 1753) * February 24 – Bartolomeo Altomonte, Austrian artist (d. 1783) * March 11 – Elizabeth Tollet, British poet (d. 1754) * March 15 – Friedrich Michael Ziegenhagen, English clergyman with German connection (d. 1776) * March 21 – Daniel Scott (lexicographer), Daniel Scott, British lexicographer (d. 1759) * March 24 ** Giuseppe Bernardi, Italian sculptor (d. 1774) ** Thomas Bullock (priest), Thomas Bullock, Anglican dean (d. 1760) * March 25 – Christian Otto of Limburg, Reigning count of Limburg-Styrum-Styrum (d. 1749)

April–June

* April 3 – George Edwards (naturalist), George Edwards, English naturalist and ornithologist (d. 1773) * April 14 – Maximilien-Henri de Horion (d. 1759) * April 25 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (d. 1753) * April 30 – William Pitkin, Governor of the Connecticut Colony (d. 1769) * May 7 – Pierre-Jean Mariette, French art historian (d. 1774) * May 8 – Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne, French writer (d. 1779) * May 10 – Michael Harvey (died 1748), Michael Harvey, British Member of Parliament (d. 1748) * May 11 ** Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein, Czech noblewoman (d. 1772) ** Hieronymus Florentinus Quehl, German composer (d. 1739) * May 22 – Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (d. 1757) * June 3 – Scawen Kenrick, English clergyman (d. 1753) * June 4 – François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774) * June 6 – Francis Wollaston (scientist), Francis Wollaston, English scientist (d. 1774) * June 9 – Price Devereux, 10th Viscount Hereford, British politician (d. 1748) * June 11 – Thomas Willoughby (MP), Thomas Willoughby, British politician (d. 1742) * June 18 – Karl Heinrich von Hoym, German diplomat, statesman and politician (d. 1736) * June 19 – Jean-André Peyssonnel, French physician (d. 1759) * June 20 – Hans Adolph Brorson, Danish bishop (d. 1764) * June 23 – Stamp Brooksbank, MP and Governor of the Bank of England (d. 1756) *

– Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Genevan legal and political theorist (d. 1748) * June 26 – Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) * June 27 – John Michael Rysbrack, Flemish sculptor (d. 1770) *

– Maria Josepha of Dietrichstein, German noblewoman, member of the House of Dietrichstein; by marriage Countess and later Princess Kinsky of Wchinitz und Tettau (d. 1758)

July–September

* July 4 ** Claudio Francesco Beaumont, Italian painter (d. 1766) ** Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772) * July 11 – Charles-Antoine Coypel, French painter, art commentator, and playwright (d. 1752) * July 12 – Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German noble (d. 1748) * July 16 – Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone, Irish politician (d. 1763) * July 18 ** Alexander Buturlin, Russian general and courtier (d. 1767) ** Margarete von Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen (d. 1761) * August 1 – Michael Davies (priest), Michael Davies, priest (d. 1779) * August 3 – Marc-Antoine-Nicolas de Croismare, French dilettante (d. 1772) * August 4 – Étienne-François Avisse, French playwright (d. 1747) * August 5 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744) * August 8 – Francis Hutcheson (philosopher), Francis Hutcheson, Scottish philosopher (d. 1746) * August 10 – John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, British politician (d. 1754) * August 11 – Giorgio Baffo, Venetian senator and poet (d. 1768) * August 14 ** James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (second creation), James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (d. 1758) ** Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle, English noble and politician (d. 1758) * August 16 – Réginald Outhier, French astronomer and priest (d. 1774) * August 19 – Elizabeth Compton, Countess of Northampton, British noble (d. 1741) * August 20 ** Stephanus Versluys, Dutch colonial governor (d. 1736) ** Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental, German noble (d. 1729) * August 23 – Johann Georg Schmidt (engraver), Johann Georg Schmidt, engraver from Germany (d. 1767) * August 25 ** Theodore of Corsica, German noble (d. 1756) ** Hongxi (prince), Hongxi, prince (d. 1742) * August 26 – Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755) * August 27 – Henry Osborn (Royal Navy officer), Henry Osborn, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1771) * August 28 – Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Grand Duchess of Russia (d. 1715) * September 6 – Johann Daniel Schöpflin, German historian (d. 1771) * September 7 – Johan Ludvig Holstein, Danish politician (d. 1763) * September 9 – John Vanderbank, British artist (d. 1739) * September 12 – Johan von Mangelsen, Norwegian businessman and general (d. 1769) * September 13 – Yeongjo of Joseon, 21st King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history (d. 1776) * September 18 – Jacques-Ignace de La Touche, painter (d. 1781) * September 22 – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, British statesman and man of letters (d. 1773) * September 25 – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754) * September 26 – Martin Schmid, Swiss composer and architect (d. 1772)

October–December

* October 4 ** George Murray (general), George Murray, Scottish Jacobite general (d. 1760) ** Tsarevna Praskovya Ivanovna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Ivan V of Russia (d. 1731) * October 9 – Marquard Herrgott, German Benedictine historian and diplomat (d. 1762) * October 14 – Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone, British politician (d. 1761) * October 15 ** Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas, Scottish nobleman (d. 1761) ** William Knollys (Banbury MP), William Knollys, English politician from Oxfordshire (d. 1740) * October 18 – René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, French statesman (d. 1757) * October 24 – Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757), Humphrey Sydenham, British politician (d. 1757) * October 26 ** Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet, English politician (d. 1775) ** Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish Baroque composer (d. 1758) * October 27 – Simon Pelloutier, German historian (d. 1757) * November 2 – Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, Heir apparent of Neuburg, Sulzbach and the Palatinate (d. 1729) * November 3 ** John May (shipwright), John May, English shipwright (d. 1779) ** William Mackworth Praed, British politician (d. 1752) * November 5 – Ricardo Wall, Irish-born soldier, diplomat and minister in the Spanish service (d. 1777) *

– Augustine Washington, British-American planter, slave owner, and the father of George Washington (d. 1743) * November 16 – Isabella Simons, banker in the Austrian Netherlands (d. 1756) * November 21 – Voltaire, French writer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1778) * November 23 – Charlotte Daneau de Muy, Canadian historian (d. 1759) * November 26 – Louis de Boissy, French writer (d. 1758) * November 29 – Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen (d. 1728) * December 2 – William Shirley, British governor of Massachusetts and then of the Bahamas (d. 1771) * December 10 – Vittorio Francesco, Marquis of Susa, Prince of Savoy (d. 1762) * December 11 – Johann Michael von Loën, German author (d. 1776) * December 20 – Andrew Johnston (New Jersey politician), Andrew Johnston, American politician (d. 1762) * December 22 – Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768) * December 24 ** Louisa Berkeley, Countess of Berkeley, British noble (d. 1716) ** Christfried Kirch, German astronomer (d. 1740)

Deaths

Lazzarini, Gregorio - Merit Offers the Command to Doge Morosini - 1694

Portrait of Tsaritsa Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina - Google Cultural Institute

Caballero del chambergo Nicolas de Villacis

Portrait de Claire Clémence de Maillé par Jean Marie Ribou (Musée Condé)

Bernard Offidski (Kapucinski samostan Krško)

Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst

January–March

* January 2 – Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician and Earl (b. 1652) * January 7 – Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English aristocrat and soldier (b. c. 1618) * January 8 – Thomas Strickland (Cavalier), Thomas Strickland, English royalist soldier (b. 1621) * January 10 – Andrew Balfour (botanist), Andrew Balfour, British doctor and botanist (b. 1630) * January 16 ** John Lamotte Honywood, English Member of Parliament (b. 1647) **

, Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694 (b. 1619) * January 17 ** Anselm de Guibours, Augustinian friar and genealogist (b. 1625) ** Francis Sandford (herald), Francis Sandford, English herald (b. 1630) * January 19 – François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne, French nobleman and member of the House of Lorraine (b. 1624) * January 25 – William Dolben (judge), William Dolben, English judge (b. 1627) * January 31 – Henry Northleigh, English Member of Parliament (b. 1643) * February 1 – John Louis of Elderen, Bishop of Liege (b. 1620) * February 4 ** Leonhard Baldner, French naturalist (b. 1612) ** Natalya Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651) * February 8 – Domenico Santi, Italian painter (b. 1621) * February 9 – Anne-Marie Bigot de Cornuel, French salon-holder (b. 1605) * February 17 – Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières, French writer, poet (b. 1638) * February 19 ** Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki, Polish noble (b. 1640) ** Gennaro Sanfelice, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1622) ** Francis Wheler, Royal Navy officer (b. 1656) * February 21 – Simon Abeles, Jewish youth in Prague whose father was accused of murdering him “out of hatred for the Christian faith” (b. 1682) * February 23 – Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1650) * February 25 – Gilles Hallet, Flemish Baroque painter (b. 1620) *

– Charles Scarborough, English physician and natural philosopher (b. 1615) * March 5 – Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble (b. 1622) * March 10 – Paul Fréart de Chantelou, art collector (b. 1609) * March 11 – Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, French harpsichordist and composer (b. 1633) * March 12 – John Conant, English theologian, clergyman, and academic administrator (b. 1608) * March 15 – Cresheld Draper, English politician (b. 1646) * March 24 – Peter Colleton, English politician (b. 1635) * March 25 – Greenvile Collins, English hydrographer (b. 1643) * March 26 – Arthur Stanhope, English politician (b. 1627)

April–June

* April 5 – Diego Ibáñez de la Madrid y Bustamente, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1649) * April 8 – Nicolás de Villacis, Spanish painter (b. 1616) * April 9 – Angelo Berardi, Italian composer and music theorist (b. 1630) * April 10 – Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg, Austrian writer and noble (b. 1633) *

– John Swinfen, English politician (b. 1613) * April 13 – José de Jesús María Fajardo, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate; Bishop of Alghero (b. 1643) * April 14 – Magdalena Sibylla of Neidschutz, German countess (b. 1675) * April 16 – Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé, French noblewoman (b. 1628) * April 17 – François IV de Beauharnais, French nobleman (b. 1636) * April 18 – William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland (b. 1634) * April 20 ** Giovanni Carlo Antonelli, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ferentino (b. 1612) ** Johann Balthasar Lauterbach, German architect and mathematician (b. 1663) *

– John George IV, Elector of Saxony, German noble (b. 1668) * May 1 – Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt, Mother of Johann Sebastian Bach (b. 1644) * May 2 – Martin Desjardins, French sculptor (b. 1637) * May 4 – Ludwig Anton von Pfalz-Neuburg, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1660) * May 17 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer (b. 1648) * May 20 – Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount Teviot, Member of the Parliament of England (b. 1629) * May 24 – Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland, English politician (b. 1656) *

– Thomas Hervey (landowner), Thomas Hervey, politician of Ickworth, Suffolk (b. 1625) * June 2 ** Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Baronet, Member of the English Parliament (b. 1620) ** Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna, Spanish duke (b. 1625) * June 8 – Pieter van der Willigen, Dutch painter (b. 1634) * June 17 ** Louis Chein, French composer (b. 1637) ** Philip Howard (cardinal), Philip Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (b. 1629) *

– Thomas Tollemache, English general (b. 1651) * June 27 – François Louis, Count of Harcourt, French count (b. 1627) * June 28 – Francisco Spinola, Roman Catholic clergyman (b. 1654) * June 30 – Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, American farmer and landowner (b. 1625)

July–September

* July 1 ** Philippe Goibaut, French translator (b. 1626) ** Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel, General in the Williamite War in Ireland (b. 1638) ** Peter Christoffersen Tønder, Norwegian government official (b. 1641) * July 6 – Francesco Beretta, Italian composer (b. 1640) * July 11 – Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish count of Brandenburgian extraction and a soldier (b. 1665) * July 12 – Juan de Santiago y León Garabito, Spanish Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadalajara and Bishop of Puerto Rico (b. 1641) * July 19 – René Ouvrard, French composer (b. 1624) * July 21 – Jacob Jensen Jersin, Danish-Norwegian theologian, priest, bishop of the Diocese of Christianssand (b. 1633) * July 25 ** Robert Fleming the elder, Scottish Presbyterian Minister, died 1694 (b. 1630) ** Hishikawa Moronobu, Japanese painter and printmaker (b. 1618) *

– George Pitt (died 1694), George Pitt, English politician (b. 1625) * July 28 – William Lowther (1668–1694), William Lowther, English Member of Parliament (b. 1668) * July 29 – Suleiman I of Persia, Shah of Persia from 1666 to 1694 (b. 1647) * August 1 ** Jean-Claude Rambot, 17th century French sculptor and architect in Aix-en-Provence (b. 1618) ** John Michael Wright, portrait painter (b. 1617) * August 5 ** Mareen Duvall, American settler (b. 1625) ** Mogens Skeel, Danish playwright (b. 1651) *

– Gabriel de la Corte, Spanish painter (b. 1648) * August 8 – Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher, mathematician (b. 1612) * August 21 – Tommaso Saladini, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1647) * August 22 ** Samuel Aboab, rabbi (b. 1610) ** Maria Sofia De la Gardie, Swedish countess and industrialist (b. 1627) ** Bernard of Offida, Italian saint (b. 1604) * August 28 – Francesco Antonio Picchiatti, Italian architect (b. 1617) * August 29 – Sir Richard Everard, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1625) * August 30 – Louis de Crevant, Duke of Humières, Marshal of France (b. 1628) * September 3 – Jean Barbier d'Aucour, French lawyer to the parliament of Paris, ardent Jansenist and satirist (b. 1641) * September 6 – Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Italian noble (b. 1660) * September 7 – Andrija Zmajević, Serbian poet (b. 1624) * September 10 – Thomas Lloyd (lieutenant governor), Thomas Lloyd, Lieutenant-governor of provincial Pennsylvania and Quaker preacher (b. 1640) * September 14 ** Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1663) ** Jonathan Cope (MP for Stafford), Jonathan Cope, English politician; (b. 1664) ** Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers, English Earl (b. 1628) * September 22 – Henry Neville (writer), Henry Neville, English politician (b. 1620) * September 24 – Jean Garet, French monk (b. 1627) *

– Giuseppe Colombi, musician, composer (b. 1635) * September 28 – Gabriel Mouton, French abbot and scientist (b. 1619) * September 29 ** Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz, German noble (b. 1625) ** Katarzyna Sobieska, Polish noble (b. 1634)

October–December

* October 6 – Sugiyama Waichi, Japanese accupuncturist (b. 1610) * October 9 – Jean-Louis Bergeret, French lawyer (b. 1641) * October 12 ** Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan, British politician (b. 1639) ** Delphin Strungk, German composer (b. 1601) * October 13 – Johann Christoph Pezel, German violinist, trumpeter and composer (b. 1639) * October 18 – Pierre Ango, French Catholic priest and scientist (b. 1640) *

– Pierre Menault, French composer (b. 1642) * October 20 – Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (b. 1653) * October 26 – Samuel von Pufendorf, German philosopher (b. 1632) * October 27 – Gevherhan Sultan (daughter of Ibrahim), Gevherhan Sultan, Daughter of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I (b. 1642) * October 30 ** Francis Fenwick, English monk (b. 1645) ** Raimondo del Pozzo, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vieste (b. 1622) * November 7 – Jacques de Claeuw, painter from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1623) * November 14 – Christian III Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, German duke (b. 1680) * November 16 – Jacques-Théodore de Bryas, clergyman from the Low Countries, bishop of Saint-Omer and archbishop of Cambrai (b. 1631) * November 22 – John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1630) * November 23 ** Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria, Viceroy of Valencia, 1663, Viceroy of Catalonia, 1664–1667 and Viceroy of Sicily 1679 (b. 1602) ** Jean Talon, first Intendant of New France (b. 1626) * November 25 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605) * November 28 – Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (b. 1644) * November 29 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (b. 1628) * December 2 – Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer (b. 1620) * December 4 ** Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds, Marshal of France (b. 1630) ** Jean-Baptiste Boisot, French abbot, bibliophile and scholar (b. 1638) * December 5 – William Beecher (died 1694), William Beecher, English politician (b. 1628) * December 7 – Tiberio Fiorilli, Italian-born actor (b. 1608) * December 9 – Paolo Segneri, Italian Jesuit (b. 1624) * December 11 – Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma from 1646 until his death (b. 1630) * December 12 – Filippo Lauri, Italian painter (b. 1623) * December 20 – Erasmus Finx, German polymath (b. 1627) * December 24 – Giovanni Paolo Meniconi, Catholic bishop (b. 1629) * December 26 – Francis Cuffe (died 1694), Francis Cuffe, politician (b. 1654) * December 27 – Henrik Span, naval officer in the Dutch (b. 1634) * December 28 ** Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour, English Baron (b. 1607) ** Queen

, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1662) * ''date unknown'' – Hafız Post, Turkish musician

References

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