Explore 44 historical events from 1690–1699.
Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of Sweden, as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, with …
Stockholm's medieval castle Tre Kronor is destroyed by fire
Adam Falckenhagen was a German lutenist and composer of the Baroque period.
Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer (died 1754)
Sir John Trenchard was an English politician and landowner.
John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1640)
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, commonly known by his earlier title Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1…
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1763)
Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in…
Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (born 1639)
Henry Vaughan was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician. His religious poetry appeared in Silex Scintillans in 1650, with a s…
Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (born 1621)
Henri Pitot was a French hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the pitot tube.
Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (died 1771)
Johann Gottlieb Görner was a German composer and organist.
Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer (died 1778)
Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was a Hieronymite nun and a Novohispanic writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baro…
Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (born 1651)
Tre Kronor or Three Crowns Castle was a castle located in Stockholm, Sweden, on the site where Stockholm Palace is today. It is believed to have been a citadel that Birger Jarl bui…
The 13th-century castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm burned down; plans for the current royal palace were presented within
Hans Joachim von Zieten, sometimes spelled Johann Joachim von Ziethen,, also known as Zieten aus dem Busch, was a cavalry general in the Prussian Army. He served in four wars and w…
Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (died 1786)
Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in…
Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (born 1639)
D. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras, known as the Marquis of Pombal, was a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who despotically ruled …
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1782)
Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz was a statesman and poet from the second Silesian school. He lived in Bohemia.
Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (born 1646)
Lucas Achtschellinck was a Flemish landscape painter. He is counted among the landscape painters active in Brussels referred to as the School of Painters of the Sonian Forest who a…
Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (born 1626)
Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet was an English Jesuit who became a close adviser to King James II and was appointed a privy councillor.
Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (born 1631)
Lieutenant-General Francis Nicholson was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of South Carolina from 1721 to 1725. He also served as the gov…
Francis Nicholson and James Blair organize five May Day orations given by students of the College of William & Mary, lea
Henry Baker was a British naturalist.
Henry Baker, English naturalist (died 1774)
Gio Nicola Buhagiar was a Maltese painter.
Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter (died 1752)
Marie Champmeslé was a French stage actress.
Marie Champmeslé, French actress (born 1642)
Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of Sweden, as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, with …
Stockholm's medieval castle Tre Kronor is destroyed by fire
Johann Gottlieb Görner was a German composer and organist.
Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer (died 1778)
Adam Falckenhagen was a German lutenist and composer of the Baroque period.
Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer (died 1754)
Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. His brothers, the lesser-known Jean-Marie Leclair …
Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (died 1764)
Tre Kronor or Three Crowns Castle was a castle located in Stockholm, Sweden, on the site where Stockholm Palace is today. It is believed to have been a citadel that Birger Jarl bui…
The 13th-century castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm burned down; plans for the current royal palace were presented within
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, also widely known as Madame de Sévigné or Mme de Sévigné, was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her let…
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (born 1626)
Robert Plot was an English naturalist and antiquarian who was the first professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.
Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (born 1640)
Mariana of Austria was Queen of Spain from 1649 until her husband Philip IV of Spain died in 1665. Appointed Regent for their infant son Charles II, she remained an influential fig…
Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (born 1634)
Henry Capell, Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, KB, PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1692. He was then created Baron Capell.
Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1638)
The 1695 Linfen earthquake struck Shanxi Province in North China, Qing dynasty on May 18. Occurring at a shallow depth within the continental crust, the surface-wave magnitude 7.8 …
The 1695 Linfen earthquake in Shannxi, Qing dynasty causes extreme damage and kills at least 52,000 people
Jean-Nicolas Servan, also known as Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, was an Italian decorator, architect, painter, firework designer and trompe-l'œil specialist.
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French painter and architect (died 1766)
Henri Pitot was a French hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the pitot tube.
Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (died 1771)
Sir John Trenchard was an English politician and landowner.
John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1640)
Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was a Hieronymite nun and a Novohispanic writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baro…
Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (born 1651)