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   In the year 1698 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   On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)  

Mar 06   John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist on this day in history.  

Mar 10   On this day in history gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer  

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   Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 02   Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine on this day in history.  

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

Jul 16   Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Aug 18   In the year 1698 russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam  

Aug 19   Russian czar Peter the Great begins term in the year 1698.  

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

Aug 27   On this day in history baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)  

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

Sep 05   Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer in the year 1698.  

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   In the year 1698 nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer  

Oct 23   On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)  

Nov 14   In the year 1698 spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir  

Dec 25   In the year 1698 jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)  

Feb 16   In the year 1698 birth of pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)  

Mar 06   John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist was born on this day in history.  

Mar 10   In the year 1698 birth of gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer  

Mar 26   On this day in history birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

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

Jul 02   On this day in history birth of francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)  

Aug 27   On this day in history 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 in the year 1698.  

Mar 14   Claes Rålamb, 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 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   Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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.