Historical Events In 1698
Friday, 21 February 2025
Jan 04 On this day in history most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.
Jan 07 In the year 1698 russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England
Jan 07 In the year 1698 russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England
Feb 16 On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)
Mar 06 John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist in the year 1698.
Mar 10 Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer in the year 1698.
Apr 05 Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer on this day in history.
May 08 On this day in history the birth of Henry Baker, English naturalist
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 on this day in history.
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 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) in the year 1698.
Sep 02 On this day in history 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 in the year 1698.
Oct 11 On this day in history france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
Oct 22 On this day in history nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer
Oct 23 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) in the year 1698.
Nov 14 On this day in history spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
Dec 25 Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator on this day in history.