Mar 16 French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland

Aug 24 Calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company.

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

Sep 25 Publick Occurrences, first US (Boston) newspaper, publish first & last ed

Feb 08 Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal

Feb 08 Louis de Buade et de Palluau, Comte de Frontenac 1622-1698 organizes attack by Mohawk natives and French troops against Schenectady; 60 people killed, 30 captured

Feb 03 The first paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)

Feb 08 French &Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire

Dec 10 Mass Bay becomes first American colonial government to borrow money

Dec 23 John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered

May 11 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia

May 20 England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II

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

Jul 10 Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeats Anglo-Dutch fleet

Jul 01 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" )

Jan 14 Clarinet is invented, in Nüremberg, Germany

Jan 06 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king

Jan 06 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king

Jan 22 Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to the English against the French