Historical Events In 1698

Jan 04   On this day in history most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.   

Jan 07   Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England in the year 1698.   

Jan 07   In the year 1698 russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England   

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

Mar 06   John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer   

Apr 05   In the year 1698 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

May 08   In the year 1698 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   The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama on this day in history.   

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

Aug 18   Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam on this day in history.   

Aug 19   Russian czar Peter the Great begins term on this day in history.   

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   Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried in the year 1698.   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1698 pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer   

Oct 07   On this day in history henri Madin, composer   

Oct 11   France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty in the year 1698.   

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   Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir on this day in history.   

Dec 25   Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator in the year 1698.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)   

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

Mar 06   John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist was born on this day in history.   

Mar 10   In the year 1698 birth of gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer   

Mar 26   On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)   

Apr 05   On this day in history birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

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

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

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

May 15   On this day in history death of marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)   

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

Jul 16   On this day in history 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 in the year 1698.