Historical Events In 1698
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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 On this day in history russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England
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 In the year 1698 john Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist
Mar 10 On this day in history gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer
Apr 05 In the year 1698 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer
May 08 On this day in history the birth of Henry Baker, English naturalist
Jun 11 Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64 in the year 1698.
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 On this day in history cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84
Aug 18 On this day in history russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
Aug 19 In the year 1698 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 Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) in the year 1698.
Sep 02 In the year 1698 justus Vingboons, Architect, buried
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 In the year 1698 france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
Oct 22 Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer in the year 1698.
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 Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator in the year 1698.