Historical Events In 1698
Friday, 26 July 2024
Jan 04 Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire on this day in history.
Jan 07 In the year 1698 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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1698.
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 Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1698.
Aug 18 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam in the year 1698.
Aug 19 In the year 1698 russian czar Peter the Great begins term
Aug 25 In the year 1698 czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe
Aug 27 Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) on this day in history.
Sep 02 Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried in the year 1698.
Sep 05 In the year 1698 russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
Sep 28 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer on this day in history.
Oct 07 In the year 1698 henri Madin, composer
Oct 11 France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on this day in history.
Oct 22 In the year 1698 nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer
Oct 23 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) on this day in history.
Nov 14 In the year 1698 spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
Dec 25 Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator in the year 1698.