Today in History for Year 1691

Months in Year 1691: January February April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 18th - English king Willem III travels to The Hague
Feb 17th - Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service
Apr 9th - French troops occupy Mons
Jun 12th - Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII
Jul 12th - Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII
Jul 12th - Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II
Jul 22nd - Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France
Aug 16th - Yorktown Va founded
Aug 19th - Battle at Szalankemen: Austrians beat Turks
Sep 17th - Colony Massachusetts Bay gets new charter
Oct 3rd - English & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland
Oct 17th - New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth
Dec 4th - Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
Dec 4th - Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13

Jan 28th - Johann Balthasar Konig, composer
Feb 27th - Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754)
Apr 9th - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)
May 17th - Antoine Court, French reformed theologist
Jun 14th - Jan Francisci, composer
Jun 17th - Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
Jul 25th - Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini)
Aug 28th - Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)
Sep 29th - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
Oct 1st - Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
Oct 28th - Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)
Nov 27th - Josef Antonin Planicky, composer
Dec 10th - Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 24 of 24

Jan 13th - George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66
Jan 20th - Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77
Feb 1st - Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
Feb 1st - George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
Feb 8th - Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79
Apr 3rd - Jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (b. 1608)
Apr 23rd - Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies
May 10th - Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)
May 16th - Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
May 23rd - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
May 29th - Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61
Jul 1st - Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77
Jul 16th - Francois-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois, statesman, dies
Jul 30th - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
Aug 14th - Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
Aug 19th - Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle
Sep 12th - Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (1680-91), dies at 44
Oct 9th - William Sacheverell, English statesman (b. 1638)
Oct 10th - Isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613)
Nov 14th - Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
Nov 15th - Albert Cuyp, landscape painter, buried at 71
Dec 8th - Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)
Dec 30th - Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)
Dec 31st - Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)