Historical Events In 1690

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" ) in the year 1690.  

Jul 01   Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army on this day in history.  

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

Jul 10   Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet in the year 1690.  

Jul 10   Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeats Anglo-Dutch fleet on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1690 friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75  

Jul 12   In the year 1690 battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II  

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

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

Aug 01   In the year 1690 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   Job Charnock establishes an English trading post in West Bengal, considered the official founding of India's largest city, Calcutta in the year 1690.  

Aug 24   Job Charnock founds Calcutta India on this day in history.  

Sep 06   King Willem III escapes back to England on this day in history.  

Sep 15   In the year 1690 ignazio Prota, composer  

Sep 25   Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st & last ed on this day in history.  

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

Oct 07   English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade in the year 1690.  

Oct 08   Jaime de Casellas, composer in the year 1690.  

Oct 08   Turkish troops occupy Belgrade on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 in the year 1690.  

Oct 19   Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 23   Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking in the year 1690.  

Oct 30   Hieronymus van Beverningk, Duitch general, dies at 76 in the year 1690.  

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   On this day in history francois Collin de Blamont, composer  

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

Nov 24   On this day in history charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer  

Dec 10   In the year 1690 mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money  

Dec 10   Mass Bay becomes first American colonial government to borrow money on this day in history.  

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Jan 13   Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer was born in the year 1690.  

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   Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born in the year 1690.  

Feb 28   Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 18   Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) was born in the year 1690.  

Jan 03   In the year 1690 death of hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615)  

Feb 07   In the year 1690 death of william Morice, English royalist statesman  

Feb 22   In the year 1690 charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70  

Mar 18   In the year 1690 charles, duke of Lutherans, dies  

Apr 12   On this day in history miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71  

Apr 18   In the year 1690 charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies  

Apr 25   David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 in the year 1690.  

May 21   On this day in history john Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85