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

Aug 27   Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) in the year 1698.  

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

Oct 22   Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer in the year 1698.  

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   Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator in the year 1698.  

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

Feb 16   Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer) was born in the year 1698.  

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

Mar 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1698 birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer  

Jul 02   In the year 1698 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 14   In the year 1698 death of claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)  

Apr 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1698 balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64  

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

Jul 18   Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) died in the year 1698.  

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