Historical Events In 1698
Friday, 23 May 2025
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