Today in History for Year 1699
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Months in Year 1699: January February March April May June July August September November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 12 of 12
Jan 14th - Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
Jan 26th - Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
Jan 26th - Treaty of Carlowitz signed.
Feb 4th - 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
Mar 4th - Jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany
Apr 14th - Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
Jun 11th - England, France & Neth agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain
Jul 6th - Pirate Capt William Kidd is captured in Boston
Sep 22nd - People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter
Nov 22nd - Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden
Dec 3rd - Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague
Dec 20th - Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 16 of 16
Jan 2nd - Osman III, sultan (Turkey)
Jan 9th - Robert J Pothier, French lawyer
Feb 17th - Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)
Mar 23rd - John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany
Mar 25th - Johann Adolf Hasse, composer
Apr 7th - Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer
Apr 17th - Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave)
May 13th - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
May 14th - Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
Aug 10th - Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer
Nov 2nd - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
Nov 13th - Jan Zach, composer
Nov 30th - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway
Dec 8th - Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)
Dec 19th - William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)
Dec 23rd - Joseph Gibbs, composer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 16 of 16
Jan 21st - Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)
Jan 27th - William Temple, statesman, dies
Feb 6th - Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies
Feb 27th - Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
Mar 12th - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b. 1635)
Apr 21st - Jean Racine, French dramatist (b. 1639)
Apr 22nd - Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53
Apr 29th - Samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50
May 12th - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
May 15th - Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)
Jun 22nd - Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)
Aug 19th - Jose Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69
Aug 25th - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
Nov 9th - Hortense Mancini, mistress of Charles II, King of England (b. 1646)
Nov 29th - Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
Dec 15th - Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63
