Historical Events In 1698
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Jan 04 In the year 1698 most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.
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 John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist in the year 1698.
Mar 10 Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer in the year 1698.
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 in the year 1698.
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 On this day in history cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84
Aug 18 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam on this day in history.
Aug 19 In the year 1698 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 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 On this day in history russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
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 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 On this day in history spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
Dec 25 On this day in history jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator