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   In the year 1698 russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England  

Jan 07   Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England in the year 1698.  

Feb 16   Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer) in the year 1698.  

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

Mar 10   In the year 1698 gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer  

Apr 05   Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer on this day in history.  

May 08   In the year 1698 the birth of Henry Baker, English naturalist  

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

Jul 02   In the year 1698 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   In the year 1698 russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam  

Aug 19   On this day in history russian czar Peter the Great begins term  

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   Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried in the year 1698.  

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   On this day in history henri Madin, composer  

Oct 11   France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty in the year 1698.  

Oct 22   In the year 1698 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 in the year 1698.  

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   On this day in history birth of john Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist  

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

Mar 26   In the year 1698 birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

Apr 05   In the year 1698 birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer  

Jul 02   In the year 1698 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   Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622) died in the year 1698.  

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

May 15   In the year 1698 death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)  

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

Jul 16   On this day in history cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84  

Jul 18   In the year 1698 death of johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633)  

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