Page 2: Historical Events In 1690

Jul 01   In the year 1690 army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (Now celebrated on July 12 as "The Battle of the Orange" )   

Jul 01   Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Johann Tobias Krebs, composer in the year 1690.   

Jul 10   Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1690 battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeats Anglo-Dutch fleet   

Jul 10   On this day in history domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39   

Jul 11   In the year 1690 battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Neth-Engl) beat Jacobus II (Ire)   

Jul 11   In the year 1690 friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75   

Jul 12   In the year 1690 battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II   

Jul 12   In the year 1690 orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland   

Jul 23   On this day in history richard Gibson, minature painter, dies   

Aug 01   Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye on this day in history.   

Aug 09   In the year 1690 lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer   

Aug 24   On this day in history calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company.   

Aug 24   On this day in history job Charnock establishes an English trading post in West Bengal, considered the official founding of India's largest city, Calcutta.   

Aug 24   Job Charnock founds Calcutta India in the year 1690.   

Sep 01   On this day in history yellow fever in Thirteen Colonies   

Sep 06   King Willem III escapes back to England on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Ignazio Prota, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st & last ed on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Publick Occurrences, first US (Boston) newspaper, publish first & last ed on this day in history.   

Oct 07   English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade in the year 1690.   

Oct 08   Jaime de Casellas, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Turkish troops occupy Belgrade in the year 1690.   

Oct 16   Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Oct 19   Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 23   Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking in the year 1690.   

Oct 30   On this day in history hieronymus van Beverningk, Duitch general, dies at 76   

Nov 11   In the year 1690 gerhard Hoffmann, composer   

Nov 17   Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Francois Collin de Blamont, composer in the year 1690.   

Nov 23   Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI in the year 1690.   

Nov 24   On this day in history charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer   

Dec 10   On this day in history mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money   

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Jan 13   Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743) was born in the year 1690.   

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer   

Feb 03   Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

Feb 28   Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great was born on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer was born in the year 1690.   

Mar 18   Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) was born in the year 1690.   

Jan 03   Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615) died in the year 1690.   

Feb 07   In the year 1690 death of william Morice, English royalist statesman   

Feb 22   Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 in the year 1690.   

Mar 18   In the year 1690 charles, duke of Lutherans, dies   

Apr 12   Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1690.   

Apr 18   On this day in history charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies   

Apr 25   David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

May 21   John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on this day in history.