Historical Events In 1698
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Jan 04 Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire in the year 1698.
Jan 07 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England on this day in history.
Jan 07 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England in the year 1698.
Feb 16 On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)
Mar 06 John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist in the year 1698.
Mar 10 On this day in history gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer
Apr 05 In the year 1698 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer
May 08 In the year 1698 the birth of Henry Baker, English naturalist
Jun 11 Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64 in the year 1698.
Jul 02 Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine in the year 1698.
Jul 14 The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama in the year 1698.
Jul 16 Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1698.
Aug 18 On this day in history russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
Aug 19 In the year 1698 russian czar Peter the Great begins term
Aug 25 On this day in history czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe
Aug 27 Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) on this day in history.
Sep 02 In the year 1698 justus Vingboons, Architect, buried
Sep 05 On this day in history russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
Sep 28 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer in the year 1698.
Oct 07 Henri Madin, composer on this day in history.
Oct 11 In the year 1698 france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
Oct 22 Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer in the year 1698.
Oct 23 On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)
Nov 14 Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir in the year 1698.
Dec 25 In the year 1698 jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator