Historical Events In 1690

Jul 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army  

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

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

Jul 10   On this day in history battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeats Anglo-Dutch fleet  

Jul 10   In the year 1690 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   Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75 in the year 1690.  

Jul 12   Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II in the year 1690.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 01   On this day in history battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye  

Aug 09   Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history job Charnock founds Calcutta India  

Sep 01   Yellow fever in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.  

Sep 06   On this day in history king Willem III escapes back to England  

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

Sep 25   On this day in history publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st & last ed  

Sep 25   In the year 1690 publick Occurrences, first US (Boston) newspaper, publish first & last ed  

Oct 07   On this day in history english attack Quebec under Louis de Buade  

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

Oct 08   Turkish troops occupy Belgrade in the year 1690.  

Oct 16   On this day in history margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43  

Oct 19   On this day in history giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer  

Oct 23   Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking on this day in history.  

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

Nov 11   Gerhard Hoffmann, composer on this day in history.  

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

Nov 22   Francois Collin de Blamont, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 23   Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI on this day in history.  

Nov 24   Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 10   Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money on this day in history.  

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Jan 13   On this day in history birth of gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer  

Jan 22   Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 03   In the year 1690 birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)  

Feb 21   In the year 1690 birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer  

Feb 28   On this day in history birth of aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great  

Mar 01   Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 18   Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 07   William Morice, English royalist statesman died on this day in history.  

Feb 22   On this day in history charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70  

Mar 18   Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies in the year 1690.  

Apr 12   In the year 1690 miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71  

Apr 18   Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.  

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.