Historical Events In 1699

 

Jan 14 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"

Jan 26 Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey

Feb 04 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow

Feb 03 The colony of Massachusetts issues paper money for the first time in America, as it pays its soldiers fighting against Quebec.

Dec 20 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1

Jul 06 Capt William Kidd arrested in Boston

Mar 02 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville 1661-1706 builds Fort Maurepas on the Gulf of Mexico; French control now extends all the way down the Mississippi River.

Mar 04 Jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany