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Historical Events Happened In 1698

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Jan 04   Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 16   Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer) on this day in history.  

Mar 06   John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist on this day in history.  

Mar 10   On this day in history gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 18   Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Russian czar Peter the Great begins term on this day in history.  

Aug 25   Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) on this day in history.  

Sep 02   On this day in history justus Vingboons, Architect, buried  

Sep 05   On this day in history russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards  

Sep 28   Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer on this day in history.  

Oct 07   On this day in history henri Madin, composer  

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   On this day in history 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   Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator on this day in history.  

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Famous Birthdays In 1698

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 03   Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)  

Mar 06   John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist was born on this day in history.  

Mar 10   Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 26   On this day in history birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

Apr 05   On this day in history birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer  

Jul 02   On this day in history birth of francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)  

Aug 27   On this day in history birth of baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)  

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Famous Deaths In 1698

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 10   On this day in history death of louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)  

Mar 14   On this day in history death of claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)  

Apr 29   On this day in history death of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)  

May 15   Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642) died on this day in history.  

Jun 11   Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 16   Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jul 18   On this day in history death of johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633)  

Sep 02   On this day in history death of justus Vingboons, Architect, buried  

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