Years: 1688 1689 1690 - 1691 - 1692 1693 1694

Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1691 in literature 1691 in science 1691 state leaders

Events

• March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons
• March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender
• Treaty of Limerick penalizes public worship of catholics and Presbyterians
• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Suleiman II (1687-1691) to Ahmed II (1691-1695).
• Michel Rolle invents Rolle's theorem, an essential theorem of mathematics.

Births

Deaths

• Suleiman II, Sultan, Ottoman Empire (born 1642)
• January 13 - George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends (born 1624)
• February 1 - Pope Alexander VIII (born 1610)
• December 30 - Robert Boyle, chemist (born 1627)