Explore 60 historical events from 1690–1699.
Bridget Bishop was a midwife and the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged, and one, Giles Corey, was pressed to death. A…
Bridget Bishop became the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts
Jan Francisci was an organist and composer born in Neusohl, Kingdom of Hungary. In 1709, he succeeded his father as cantor there before going to Vienna in 1722. He visited J.S. Bac…
Jan Francisci, Slovak organist and composer (died 1758)
Giovanni Paolo, also known as Gian Paolo Panini or Pannini, was an Italian Baroque painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the vedutisti. As a pai…
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (died 1765)
Jacob Leisler was a German-born politician and colonial administrator in the Province of New York. He gained wealth in New Amsterdam in the North American fur trade and tobacco bus…
Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1640)
Adrien Auzout French pronunciation: [ozu.(t‿)] was a French astronomer.
Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (born 1622)
Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, Count of Sølvesborg was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal…
Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (born 1629)
William III and II, also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch …
King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II
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)
Giovanni Antonio Giay was an Italian composer. His compositional output includes 15 operas, 5 symphonies, and a significant amount of sacred music.
Giovanni Antonio Giay, Italian composer (died 1764)
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, and artist. He was an extremely versatile artist known for his prolific output. He was an i…
David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter and educator (born 1610)
John Eliot was a Puritan missionary to Native Americans who some called "the apostle to the Indians", and the founder of Roxbury Latin School in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 164…
John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (born 1604)
Giovanni Legrenzi was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late…
Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (born 1626)