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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1698 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   In the year 1698 pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)   

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

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

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   On this day in history justus Vingboons, Architect, buried   

Sep 05   On this day in history russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards   

Sep 28   On this day in history pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer   

Oct 07   Henri Madin, composer in the year 1698.   

Oct 11   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Nov 14   On this day in history spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir   

Dec 25   Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator on this day in history.   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)   

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

Mar 10   Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 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 in the year 1698.   

Mar 14   Claes RÃ¥lamb, 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   In the year 1698 death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)   

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

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   On this day in history death of justus Vingboons, Architect, buried