Historical Events for Year 1698
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Months in Year 1698: January July August September October November
Events 1 - 10 of 10
Jan 4th - Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.
Jan 7th - Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England
Jul 2nd - Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine
Jul 14th - The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama.
Aug 18th - Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
Aug 19th - Russian czar Peter the Great begins term
Aug 25th - Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe
Sep 5th - Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
Oct 11th - France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
Nov 14th - Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
