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Historical Events Happened In 1697
Jan 01 Johann Pfeiffer, composer on this day in history.
Jan 06 Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1697.
Jan 16 On this day in history richard Savage, English poet
Jan 26 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli’s 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night on this day in history.
Jan 28 John Fenwick, English conspirator on this day in history.
Jan 30 On this day in history johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer
Feb 03 Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island on this day in history.
Feb 04 On this day in history 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia
Feb 17 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer in the year 1697.
Feb 24 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist on this day in history.
Mar 09 Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe on this day in history.
Mar 09 In the year 1697 friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)
Mar 20 On this day in history willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring “South Land”
Mar 21 In the year 1697 czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe
Mar 25 Hendrik Casimir II, King of Nassau-Dietzstadhouder, dies on this day in history.
Mar 29 In the year 1697 nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies
Mar 30 In the year 1697 john-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor
Apr 01 On this day in history the birth of Abbe Prevost, French author
Apr 05 Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 in the year 1697.
Apr 08 Pierre Prowo, composer in the year 1697.
Apr 15 In the year 1697 charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden
Apr 16 In the year 1697 johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer
Apr 23 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer in the year 1697.
May 07 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) on this day in history.
May 10 Jean Marie I’aine Leclair, composer on this day in history.
May 24 English king Willem III travels through northern Europe in the year 1697.
Jun 02 Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic on this day in history.
Jun 04 On this day in history jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi
Jun 11 Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist in the year 1697.
Jun 27 In the year 1697 polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king
Jul 10 In the year 1697 francois Hanot, composer
Jul 11 In the year 1697 jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d’Anville, French geographer/cartographer
Aug 06 On this day in history charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)
Sep 03 On this day in history king William’s War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick
Sep 06 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant in the year 1697.
Sep 11 Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen van Savoye beats Turkish superior power on this day in history.
Sep 17 Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen of Savoye beats Turks in the year 1697.
Sep 20 Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war) on this day in history.
Oct 08 On this day in history cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)
Oct 18 Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal) on this day in history.
Oct 30 On this day in history germany signs French/English/Spanish/Neth/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War
Nov 02 Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried in the year 1697.
Nov 09 Claudio Casciolini, composer in the year 1697.
Nov 09 On this day in history pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
Nov 10 In the year 1697 english parliament accept army reduction
Nov 10 William Hogarth, England, satiric painter/engraver (Rake’s Progress) on this day in history.
Nov 25 On this day in history gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)
Dec 02 In the year 1697 st Paul’s Cathedral opens in London
Dec 05 Carlo Arrigoni, composer in the year 1697.
