Page 2: Historical Events In 1690

Jul 01   Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (Now celebrated on July 12 as "The Battle of the Orange" ) on this day in history.   

Jul 01   On this day in history battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army   

Jul 07   Johann Tobias Krebs, composer in the year 1690.   

Jul 10   Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1690 battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeats Anglo-Dutch fleet   

Jul 10   In the year 1690 domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39   

Jul 11   On this day in history battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Neth-Engl) beat Jacobus II (Ire)   

Jul 11   In the year 1690 friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75   

Jul 12   In the year 1690 battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II   

Jul 12   In the year 1690 orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland   

Jul 23   Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1690 battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye   

Aug 09   On this day in history lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer   

Aug 24   On this day in history calcutta, India, is founded by the British East India Company.   

Aug 24   Job Charnock establishes an English trading post in West Bengal, considered the official founding of India's largest city, Calcutta in the year 1690.   

Aug 24   On this day in history job Charnock founds Calcutta India   

Sep 01   On this day in history yellow fever in Thirteen Colonies   

Sep 06   On this day in history king Willem III escapes back to England   

Sep 15   Ignazio Prota, composer in the year 1690.   

Sep 25   Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st & last ed on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Publick Occurrences, first US (Boston) newspaper, publish first & last ed in the year 1690.   

Oct 07   English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade on this day in history.   

Oct 08   On this day in history jaime de Casellas, composer   

Oct 08   In the year 1690 turkish troops occupy Belgrade   

Oct 16   On this day in history margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43   

Oct 19   On this day in history giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer   

Oct 23   Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking on this day in history.   

Oct 30   On this day in history hieronymus van Beverningk, Duitch general, dies at 76   

Nov 11   In the year 1690 gerhard Hoffmann, composer   

Nov 17   Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Francois Collin de Blamont, composer in the year 1690.   

Nov 23   Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI in the year 1690.   

Nov 24   Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer in the year 1690.   

Dec 10   Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money in the year 1690.   

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Jan 13   Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)   

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer   

Feb 03   On this day in history birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)   

Feb 21   In the year 1690 birth of christoph Stoltzenberg, composer   

Feb 28   In the year 1690 birth of aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great   

Mar 01   Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) was born in the year 1690.   

Jan 03   Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615) died in the year 1690.   

Feb 07   William Morice, English royalist statesman died on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 in the year 1690.   

Mar 18   Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies in the year 1690.   

Apr 12   Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1690.   

Apr 18   Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies in the year 1690.   

Apr 25   In the year 1690 david Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79   

May 21   John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 on this day in history.