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   Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England in the year 1698.  

Jan 07   On this day in history russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England  

Feb 16   On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)  

Mar 06   On this day in history john Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist  

Mar 10   In the year 1698 gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer  

Apr 05   On this day in history georg Gottfried Wagner, composer  

May 08   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 18   On this day in history russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam  

Aug 19   Russian czar Peter the Great begins term in the year 1698.  

Aug 25   In the year 1698 czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe  

Aug 27   On this day in history baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)  

Sep 02   Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried on this day in history.  

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   Henri Madin, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 11   France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on this day in history.  

Oct 22   Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 23   Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) on this day in history.  

Nov 14   On this day in history spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir  

Dec 25   On this day in history jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator  

Jan 03   Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born in the year 1698.  

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   Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer was born in the year 1698.  

Mar 26   On this day in history birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

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

Jul 02   On this day in history birth of francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)  

Aug 27   In the year 1698 birth of baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)  

Jan 10   Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637) died on this day in history.  

Mar 14   In the year 1698 death of claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)  

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

May 15   Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642) died on this day in history.  

Jun 11   In the year 1698 balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64  

Jul 16   Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1698.  

Jul 18   Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) died in the year 1698.  

Sep 02   In the year 1698 death of justus Vingboons, Architect, buried