Historical Events In 1698

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1698.   

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   On this day in history balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64   

Jul 02   On this day in history thomas Savery patents the first steam engine   

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   In the year 1698 cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84   

Aug 18   Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam in the year 1698.   

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 in the year 1698.   

Aug 27   In the year 1698 baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)   

Sep 02   In the year 1698 justus Vingboons, Architect, buried   

Sep 05   Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards in the year 1698.   

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

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   On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

Nov 14   In the year 1698 spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir   

Dec 25   On this day in history jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator   

Jan 03   Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born in the year 1698.   

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

Mar 06   John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist was born in the year 1698.   

Mar 10   In the year 1698 birth of gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer   

Mar 26   On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, 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   Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) was born in the year 1698.   

Jan 10   In the year 1698 death of louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)   

Mar 14   In the year 1698 death of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)   

Apr 29   Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655) died in the year 1698.   

May 15   Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642) died in the year 1698.   

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   Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) died in the year 1698.   

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