Explore 115 historical events from 1690–1699.
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 …
An earthquake measuring
The Wren Building is a building in the College Yard on the campus of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. First constructed between 1695 and 1700 to host studen…
The foundation for what is now known as the Wren Building, the oldest surviving college building in the United States,…
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington was a British architect and politician often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington a…
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died 1753)
Daniel Gran was an Austrian painter. His pictures ornament several public buildings in his native city. He was of some consideration in his time and after a century of Italian domi…
Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (died 1757)
Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui was a Genevan legal and political theorist who popularised a number of ideas propounded by other thinkers.
Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss author and theorist (died 1748)
Georg Brandt was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt c. 1735. He was the first person to discover a metal unknown in ancient times. He is also known for exposi…
Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (died 1768)
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 exampl…
A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
François Quesnay was a French economist and physician of the Physiocratic school. He is known for publishing the "Tableau économique" in 1758, which provided the foundations of the…
François Quesnay, French economist and physician (died 1774)
Louis-Claude Daquin was a French composer, writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist.
Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (died 1772)
Leonardo Leo, more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer.
Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (died 1744)
Francis Hutcheson was an Irish philosopher widely regarded as one of the key figures of the early Scottish Enlightenment. He served as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Universi…
Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher and academic (died 1746)
Elisha Williams was a Congregational minister, legislator, militia soldier, jurist, and rector of Yale College from 1726 to 1739.
Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician (died 1755)
John George IV was Elector of Saxony from 1691 to 1694. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin and was the eldest son of John George III, Elector of Saxony and …
John George IV, Elector of Saxony (born 1668)
Philip Howard was an English Roman Catholic cardinal.
Philip Howard, English cardinal (born 1629)
Antoine Arnauld was a French Catholic theologian, priest, philosopher and mathematician. He was one of the leading intellectuals of the Jansenist group of Port-Royal and had a very…
Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1612)
Sabinas Hidalgo is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.
Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico.
The Nine Years' War was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. Fought primarily in Europe, related conflicts include the Williamit…
War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
Johann Georg Walch was a German Lutheran theologian.
Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (died 1775)
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne was an English Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and whose offic…
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1768)
Dom Pierre Pérignon, was a French Benedictine monk who made important contributions to the production and quality of champagne wine in an era when the region's wines were predomina…
Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented…
Laurent Belissen was a French Baroque composer. He was born in Aix-en-Provence and may have been among the last students of Guillaume Poitevin, then maître de musique at the choir …
Laurent Belissen, French composer (died 1762)
Claude de Rouvroy, 1st Duke of Saint-Simon, was a French soldier and courtier, and favourite of Louis XIII, who created his dukedom for him. His only son Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of …
Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (born 1607)
Sir John Wildman was an English politician, republican activist and soldier. A prominent Leveller during the English Civil War, he helped draft the Agreement of the People and late…
John Wildman, English soldier and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (born 1621)
Admiral Sir John Ashby was an officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of Admiral. Ashby was the fourth son of Robert Ashby and his wife Alice, who was a sister of Sir Thoma…
John Ashby, English admiral (born 1640)