Historical Events for Year 1690
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Months in Year 1690: January February March May June July August September October December
Events 1 - 27 of 27
Jan 6th - Joseph I, later Holy Roman Emperor and son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
Jan 14th - Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany
Jan 22nd - Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
Feb 3rd - 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass)
Feb 8th - French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire
Feb 8th - Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
Mar 16th - French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland
May 11th - English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
May 20th - England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
Jun 8th - Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.
Jun 11th - English king Willem III departs to Ireland
Jun 24th - King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14]
Jun 30th - Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Neth/English fleet
Jul 1st - Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army
Jul 1st - Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland
Jul 10th - Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet under Cornelis Evertsen
Jul 11th - Battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Neth-Engl) beat Jacobus II (Ire)
Jul 12th - Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II
Aug 1st - Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye
The Sun King Louis XIV
Aug 24th - Job Charnock founds Calcutta India
Sep 6th - King Willem III escapes back to England
Sep 25th - Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st & last ed
Oct 7th - English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade
Oct 8th - Turkish troops occupy Belgrade
Oct 23rd - Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking
Dec 10th - Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money
Dec 23rd - John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
