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Years:
1694
1695
1696
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1697
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1698
1699
1700
Decades
:
1660s
1670s
1680s
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1690s
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1700s
1710s
1720s
Centuries
:
16th century
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17th century
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18th century
Events
September 20
- The
Treaty of Ryswick
December 2
–
St Paul's Cathedral
opened in
London
Peter the Great
travels in Europe officially
incognito
as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
Use of
palanquins
increases in Europe
Christopher Polhem
starts Sweden's first technical school.
The royal castle "Tre Kronor" in
Stockholm
burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.
Karl XII
of Sweden is crowned king at the age of 15.
Tayassal
, capital of the
Peten
Itza
Maya
, the last independent
Mesoamerican
state, is conquered by
Spain
The
Manchu Empire
conquers western
Mongolia
Births
March 9
- Friederike Caroline Neuber , actress (+
1760
)
August 6
-
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
October 7
-
Canaletto
(Giovanni Antonio Canale), Italian artist
November 10
-
William Hogarth
, English artist
Deaths
Karl XI of Sweden
dies of stomach cancer.
March 1
-
Francesco Redi
, physician, refuted
abiogenesis
(b.
1626
)
January 8
- Thomas Aikenhead hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
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