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Events
First performance of
Racine's
tragedy
,
Phèdre
Sarah Churchill
marries
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Battle of Cassel
,
Philippe I of Orléans
defeats
William of Orange
Mary II of England
marries William of Orange
English
Statute of frauds
is passed into law
Battle of Landskrona
Elias Ashmole
gifts the collection that begins the
Ashmolean Museum
to
Oxford University
Francis Aungier is made the first
Earl of Longford
Michel le Tellier
becomes chancellor of France
Sir
John Chardin
returns to Europe from his travels in
Persia
Second London Baptist Confession
written, published in
1689
Charles II of England
makes
Henry Purcell
court musician.
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
begins
la place Vendôme
in
Paris
(completed in
1698
).
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
observes spermatozoa under the microscope.
The
Swedes
defeat the
Danes
, at
Rostock
and at Landström .
Population of
Paris
first exceeds 500,000
Ice cream
becomes popular.
Births
February 8
-
Jacques Cassini
, French astronomer (died
1756
)
October 20
-
Stanislaus I of Poland
Deaths
February 21
-
Baruch Spinoza
, Dutch philosopher
Isaac Barrow
, English mathematician
Fabian von Fersen
, Swedish soldier
August -
Matthew Locke
, composer
Gilbert Sheldon
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
(b.
1598
)
Duke William Louis of Württemberg
Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton
Mathieu Le Nain , French painter
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