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   Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England in the year 1698.  

Jan 07   On this day in history russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England  

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

Mar 06   In the year 1698 john Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist  

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

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

May 08   The birth of Henry Baker, English naturalist in the year 1698.  

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

Jul 02   In the year 1698 thomas Savery patents the first steam engine  

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   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   On this day in history russian czar Peter the Great begins term  

Aug 25   On this day in history czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe  

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

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   France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty in the year 1698.  

Oct 22   In the year 1698 nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer  

Oct 23   In the year 1698 ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)  

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 in the year 1698.  

Feb 16   Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 06   In the year 1698 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 DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

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

Jul 02   Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 27   In the year 1698 birth of baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)  

Jan 10   In the year 1698 death of louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)  

Mar 14   Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622) died on this day in history.  

Apr 29   In the year 1698 death of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)  

May 15   In the year 1698 death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)  

Jun 11   On this day in history balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64  

Jul 16   In the year 1698 cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84  

Jul 18   Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) died on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried died on this day in history.