Explore 115 historical events from 1690–1699.
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Charles XI. She is often admired for her generosity and charity.
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, queen of Sweden (born 1656)
Willem Kalf was one of the most prominent Dutch still-life painters of the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age. We first get acquainted with Willem Kalf through Arnold Houbraken, in…
Willem Kalf, Dutch still life painter (born 1619)
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…
Nine Years' War: French troops defeated the forces of the Grand Alliance led by William III of England at the Battle…
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 is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty the same day
Port Royal was a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and m…
Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are s
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gr…
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Geminiano Giacomelli was an Italian composer.
Geminiano Giacomelli, Italian composer (died 1740)
John Henley, English clergyman, commonly known as 'Orator Henley', was a preacher known for showmanship and eccentricity.
John Henley, English minister and poet (died 1759)
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1723 to 1726. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a …
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (died 1740)
Johannes Zollikofer was a Swiss reformed vicar.
Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (born 1633)
Elias Ashmole was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer, freemason and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War,…
Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (born 1617)
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people…
Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts ca
The Battle of Steenkerque was fought on 3 August 1692, during the Nine Years' War, near Steenkerque in Belgium, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. A French force under Marshal F…
British-Dutch forces under William III defending the city of Brussels fight an inconclusive battle at Steenkerque…
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people…
Salem witch trials: In Salem, province of Massachusetts Bay, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., John Proctor, John…
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, Colonial Massachusetts woman hanged as a witch during the Salem witch trials (born 1632)
Gilles Ménage was a French scholar.
Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (born 1613)
The 1692 Jamaica earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica, on 7 June. A stopped pocket watch found in the harbour during a 1959 excavation indicated that it occurred around 11:43 AM l…
An earthquake registering approximately 7
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
Godard van Reede, 1st Earl of Athlone was a Dutch States Army officer and nobleman who rose to prominence during the Williamite War in Ireland. During the Franco-Dutch War, his bra…
A Williamite army under Godert de Ginkell takes the city of Athlone from the Jacobites after a short siege
The Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the largely Irish Jacobite army loyal to James II and the forces of William II…
Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
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)
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary; and Archduchess of Austria, et…
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress (died 1750)
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)