Historical Events In 1698
Sunday, 15 September 2024
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 on this day in history.
Jan 07 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England in the year 1698.
Feb 16 In the year 1698 pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)
Mar 06 John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist on this day in history.
Mar 10 Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer on this day in history.
Apr 05 Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer in the year 1698.
May 08 In the year 1698 the birth of Henry Baker, English naturalist
Jun 11 In the year 1698 balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64
Jul 02 Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine on this day in history.
Jul 14 In the year 1698 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 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1698 baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)
Sep 02 Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried in the year 1698.
Sep 05 Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards on this day in history.
Sep 28 On this day in history pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer
Oct 07 On this day in history henri Madin, composer
Oct 11 In the year 1698 france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
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 On this day in history spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
Dec 25 In the year 1698 jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator