Today in History for Year 1697

Months in Year 1697: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 18 of 18

Jan 26th - Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
Feb 4th - 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia
Mar 9th - Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe
Mar 20th - Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"
Mar 21st - Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe
Apr 15th - Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden
May 7th - Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire (in the 18th century, it is replaced by the current Royal Palace).
May 24th - English King William III travels through northern Europe
Jun 2nd - Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic
Jun 27th - Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king
Sep 3rd - King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick
Sep 11th - Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen van Savoye beats Turkish superior power
Sep 17th - Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen of Savoye beats Turks
Sep 20th - Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war)
Oct 30th - Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Neth/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War
Nov 9th - Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
Nov 10th - English parliament accept army reduction
Dec 2nd - St Paul's Cathedral opens in London

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

Jan 1st - Johann Pfeiffer, composer
Jan 16th - Richard Savage, English poet
Jan 30th - Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer
Feb 17th - Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer
Feb 24th - Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist
Mar 9th - Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)
Mar 30th - John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor
Apr 1st - Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763)
Apr 8th - Pierre Prowo, composer
Apr 16th - Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer
Apr 23rd - George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer
May 10th - Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
Jun 4th - Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi
Jun 11th - Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist
Jul 10th - Francois Hanot, composer
Jul 11th - Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer/cartographer
Aug 6th - Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)
Sep 6th - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant
Oct 8th - Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)
Oct 18th - Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal)
Oct 28th - Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)
Nov 9th - Claudio Casciolini, composer
Nov 10th - William Hogarth, England, satiric painter/engraver (Rake's Progress)
Nov 25th - Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)
Dec 5th - Carlo Arrigoni, composer
Dec 5th - Giuseppe de Majo, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 1st - Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine biographer/historian (b. 1624)
Jan 6th - Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56
Jan 26th - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
Jan 28th - John Fenwick, English conspirator
Feb 3rd - Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island
Mar 1st - Francesco Redi, Italian physician (b. 1626)
Mar 25th - Hendrik Casimir II, King of Nassau-Dietzstadhouder, dies
Mar 26th - Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)
Mar 27th - Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (b. 1603)
Mar 29th - Nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies
Apr 5th - Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41
Apr 8th - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (b. 1629)
Nov 2nd - Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried
Nov 22nd - Libéral Bruant, French architect (b. 1635)