Historical Events In 1691

Jan 07   Louis de Buade et de Palluau, Comte de Frontenac 1622-1698 is forced to issue card money to pay the troops in the Quebec garrison, due to the non-arrival of a supply ship in the year 1691.  

Jan 13   In the year 1691 george Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66  

Jan 18   English king Willem III travels to The Hague on this day in history.  

Jan 20   In the year 1691 christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77  

Jan 28   In the year 1691 johann Balthasar Konig, composer  

Feb 01   Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 in the year 1691.  

Feb 08   Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Feb 17   Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service in the year 1691.  

Apr 09   On this day in history french troops occupy Mons  

Apr 23   Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies on this day in history.  

May 16   Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason in the year 1691.  

May 17   In the year 1691 antoine Court, French reformed theologist  

May 29   In the year 1691 cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61  

Jun 12   Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII on this day in history.  

Jun 14   On this day in history jan Francisci, composer  

Jul 01   Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1691.  

Jul 12   On this day in history antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII  

Jul 12   In the year 1691 battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II  

Jul 16   In the year 1691 francois-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois, statesman, dies  

Jul 22   In the year 1691 battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France  

Jul 25   Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini) in the year 1691.  

Aug 16   Yorktown Va founded in the year 1691.  

Aug 19   In the year 1691 battle at Szalankemen: Austrians beat Turks  

Aug 19   In the year 1691 mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle  

Sep 12   Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (1680-91), dies at 44 in the year 1691.  

Sep 17   Colony Massachusetts Bay gets new charter on this day in history.  

Oct 03   In the year 1691 english & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland  

Oct 17   In the year 1691 new royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth  

Nov 15   In the year 1691 albert Cuyp, landscape painter, buried at 71  

Nov 27   Josef Antonin Planicky, composer in the year 1691.  

Dec 04   Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania in the year 1691.  

Dec 10   Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist in the year 1691.  

Jan 28   Johann Balthasar Konig, composer was born in the year 1691.  

Feb 27   On this day in history birth of edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754)  

Apr 09   Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.  

May 17   Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on this day in history.  

Jun 14   Jan Francisci, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jun 17   On this day in history birth of giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)  

Jul 25   Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 28   In the year 1691 birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)  

Jan 13   On this day in history george Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66  

Jan 20   On this day in history christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77  

Feb 01   Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Apr 03   In the year 1691 death of jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (b. 1608)  

Apr 23   On this day in history jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies  

May 10   Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615) died in the year 1691.  

May 16   On this day in history death of jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason