Historical Events In 1690

Jan 06   Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king   

Jan 13   Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer   

Jan 14   Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany.   

Jan 22   Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French   

Jan 22   Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to the English against the French   

Feb 01   Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer.   

Feb 03   1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass)   

Feb 03   The inaugural paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)   

Feb 07   William Morice, English royalist statesman   

Feb 08   French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire   

Feb 08   French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire   

Feb 08   Lord Halifax steps down as Lord Privy Seal.   

Feb 08   Louis de Buade et de Palluau, Comte de Frontenac 1622-1698 organizes attack by Mohawk natives and French troops against Schenectady; 60 people killed, 30 captured.   

Feb 21   Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer.   

Feb 22   Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70   

Feb 28   Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great   

Mar 01   Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer.   

Mar 16   French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland   

Mar 18   Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies   

Mar 18   Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position).   

Apr 12   Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71   

Apr 18   Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies.   

Apr 22   John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)   

Apr 25   David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79.   

Apr 25   Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer.   

May 11   English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia.   

May 20   England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II.   

May 21   John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85.   

May 27   Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63   

Jun 08   Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai   

Jun 11   English king Willem III departs to Ireland.   

Jun 24   King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14]   

Jun 30   Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Neth/English fleet   

Jul 01   Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (Now celebrated on July 12 as "The Battle of the Orange" )   

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Jan 13   On this day in history birth of gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer   

Jan 22   In the year 1690 birth of nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)   

Feb 01   Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born in the year 1690.   

Feb 28   On this day in history birth of aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great   

Mar 01   On this day in history birth of conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer   

Mar 18   Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) was born in the year 1690.   

Jan 03   Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615) died on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1690 death of william Morice, English royalist statesman   

Feb 22   Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 in the year 1690.   

Mar 18   In the year 1690 charles, duke of Lutherans, dies   

Apr 12   On this day in history miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71   

Apr 18   Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 25   In the year 1690 david Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79   

May 21   John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on this day in history.