Historical Events In 1698

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 in the year 1698.  

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

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   Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer in the year 1698.  

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   In the year 1698 thomas Savery patents the first steam engine  

Jul 14   In the year 1698 the Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama.  

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

Aug 25   Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe in the year 1698.  

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

Sep 02   On this day in history justus Vingboons, Architect, buried  

Sep 05   In the year 1698 russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards  

Sep 28   In the year 1698 pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer  

Oct 07   In the year 1698 henri Madin, composer  

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

Oct 22   Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer in the year 1698.  

Oct 23   Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) in the year 1698.  

Nov 14   In the year 1698 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   In the year 1698 birth of gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer  

Mar 26   In the year 1698 birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

Apr 05   In the year 1698 birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer  

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   On this day in history death of claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)  

Apr 29   Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655) died on this day in history.  

May 15   Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642) died in the year 1698.  

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

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.