Historical Events In 1698

Jan 04   In the year 1698 most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.   

Jan 07   Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England in the year 1698.   

Jan 07   In the year 1698 russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England   

Feb 16   Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer) in the year 1698.   

Mar 06   On this day in history john Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist   

Mar 10   In the year 1698 gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer   

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   In the year 1698 balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64   

Jul 02   In the year 1698 thomas Savery patents the first steam engine   

Jul 14   The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama in the year 1698.   

Jul 16   Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Aug 18   On this day in history russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam   

Aug 19   Russian czar Peter the Great begins term on this day in history.   

Aug 25   On this day in history 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   In the year 1698 justus Vingboons, Architect, buried   

Sep 05   In the year 1698 russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards   

Sep 28   On this day in history pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer   

Oct 07   Henri Madin, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 11   France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty in the year 1698.   

Oct 22   On this day in history nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer   

Oct 23   In the year 1698 ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

Nov 14   Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir in the year 1698.   

Dec 25   Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator in the year 1698.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)   

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)   

Mar 06   On this day in history birth of john Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist   

Mar 10   Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)   

Apr 05   In the year 1698 birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

Jul 02   In the year 1698 birth of francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)   

Aug 27   Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1698 death of louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)   

Mar 14   Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622) died in the year 1698.   

Apr 29   On this day in history death of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)   

May 15   In the year 1698 death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)   

Jun 11   On this day in history balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64   

Jul 16   On this day in history cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84   

Jul 18   In the year 1698 death of johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633)   

Sep 02   On this day in history death of justus Vingboons, Architect, buried