1690
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s – 1690s – 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1687 1688 1689 – 1690 – 1691 1692 1693 |
Events
- January 6 – Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans
- January 14 – The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany
- May 20 – England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
- July 1 – The Battle of the Boyne, in Ireland
- October 6-12 – Massachusetts Puritans led by Sir William Phips besiege the city of Quebec. The siege ends in failure.
- December 29 – earthquake in Anconer in Papal States, Italy
- Earliest recorded sighting of the planet Uranus, by John Flamsteed, who mistakenly catalogues it as the star 34 Tauri
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere.
- The French invade the small town of Teignmouth in Southwest England, in their last attack on England.
Births
- January 22 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
- February 1 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (d. 1768)
- February 3 – Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (d. 1755)
- March 18 – Christian Goldbach Prussian mathematician (d. 1764)
- April 22 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (d. 1763)
- September 12 – Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
- October 29 – Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
- November 24 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750)
- November 29 – Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
- December 1 – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1764)
1690 Media
Kilian Stobæus born 6 February
Sangram Singh II born 24 March
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