Explore 168 historical events from 1690–1699.
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)
František Antonín Míča was a conductor, tenor singer and composer from Bohemia.
František Václav Míča, Czech conductor and composer (died 1744)
Johan Ludvig Holstein, Lensgreve til Ledreborg was a Danish Minister of state from 1735 to 1751.
Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish Minister of State (died 1763)
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield was a British politician, diplomat and writer.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1773)
Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death in 1754. He was the younger brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st D…
Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1754)
Lord George Murray was a Scottish army officer. The sixth son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, he took part in the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1719 and played a senior role in …
Lord George Murray, Scottish Jacobite General (died 1760)
Johan Helmich Roman was a Swedish Baroque composer. He has been called "the father of Swedish music" or "the Swedish Handel". He was the leader of the Swedish Royal Orchestra duri…
Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer and academic (died 1758)
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)
Gabriel Mouton was a French abbot and scientist. He was a doctor of theology from Lyon, but was also interested in mathematics and astronomy. His 1670 book, the Observationes diame…
Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (born 1618)
Samuel von Pufendorf was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1694; he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sw…
Samuel von Pufendorf, German historian, economist, and jurist (born 1632)
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.
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: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
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)