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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe in the year 1698.   

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

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   In the year 1698 france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty   

Oct 22   In the year 1698 nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer   

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

Nov 14   Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir on this day in history.   

Dec 25   On this day in history jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator   

Jan 03   Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

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

Apr 05   On this day in history 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   Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)   

Mar 14   On this day in history death of claes RÃ¥lamb, 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 11   Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64 in the year 1698.   

Jul 16   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.