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   In the year 1698 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   On this day in history gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer  

Apr 05   Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer on this day in history.  

May 08   The birth of Henry Baker, English naturalist on this day in history.  

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   The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama on this day in history.  

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

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

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   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   Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer in the year 1698.  

Oct 23   Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 03   Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born in the year 1698.  

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

Mar 06   On this day in history birth of john Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist  

Mar 10   Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer was born in the year 1698.  

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

Apr 05   On this day in history birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer  

Jul 02   Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780) was born in the year 1698.  

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   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 in the year 1698.  

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

Jun 11   Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 16   Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1698.  

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.