Historical Events In 1698
Thursday, 22 April 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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history john Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist
Mar 10 On this day in history gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer
Apr 05 Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer in the year 1698.
May 08 In the year 1698 the birth of Henry Baker, English naturalist
Jun 11 In the year 1698 balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64
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 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam on this day in history.
Aug 19 In the year 1698 russian czar Peter the Great begins term
Aug 25 Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe on this day in history.
Aug 27 In the year 1698 baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)
Sep 02 On this day in history justus Vingboons, Architect, buried
Sep 05 Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards on this day in history.
Sep 28 On this day in history pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer
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 In the year 1698 ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)
Nov 14 Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir on this day in history.
Dec 25 Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator on this day in history.