Historical Events In 1698
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Jan 04 Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire in the year 1698.
Jan 07 On this day in history russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England
Jan 07 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England in the year 1698.
Feb 16 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer) on this day in history.
Mar 06 On this day in history john Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist
Mar 10 Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer in the year 1698.
Apr 05 In the year 1698 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer
May 08 The birth of Henry Baker, English naturalist on this day in history.
Jun 11 Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64 on this day in history.
Jul 02 In the year 1698 thomas Savery patents the first steam engine
Jul 14 On this day in history the Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama.
Jul 16 In the year 1698 cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84
Aug 18 In the year 1698 russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
Aug 19 On this day in history russian czar Peter the Great begins term
Aug 25 Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe on this day in history.
Aug 27 Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) in the year 1698.
Sep 02 In the year 1698 justus Vingboons, Architect, buried
Sep 05 Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards on this day in history.
Sep 28 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer on this day in history.
Oct 07 Henri Madin, composer on this day in history.
Oct 11 France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on this day in history.
Oct 22 Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer in the year 1698.
Oct 23 On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)
Nov 14 Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir on this day in history.
Dec 25 On this day in history jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator