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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England on this day in history.   

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

Mar 06   John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist in the year 1698.   

Mar 10   Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer in the year 1698.   

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

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

Jun 11   On this day in history balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64   

Jul 02   Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine in the year 1698.   

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

Aug 18   Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam in the year 1698.   

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

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

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

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

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   Henri Madin, composer on this day in history.   

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

Oct 22   On this day in history nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer   

Oct 23   In the year 1698 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   In the year 1698 jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator   

Jan 03   In the year 1698 birth of pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)   

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

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   Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

Apr 05   Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer was born in the year 1698.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1698 death of louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)   

Mar 14   Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1698.   

Jul 16   In the year 1698 cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84   

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

Sep 02   Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried died in the year 1698.