1695
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This article is about the year 1695.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s – 1690s – 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1692 1693 1694 – 1695 – 1696 1697 1698 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1695 MDCXCV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2448 |
| Armenian calendar | 1144 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6445 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -149–-148 |
| Bengali calendar | 1102 |
| Berber calendar | 2645 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Will. & Mar. – 8 Will. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2239 |
| Burmese calendar | 1057 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7203–7204 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年十一月十六日 (4331/4391-11-16) — to —
乙亥年十一月廿六日(4332/4392-11-26) |
| Coptic calendar | 1411–1412 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1687–1688 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5455–5456 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1751–1752 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1617–1618 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4796–4797 |
| Holocene calendar | 11695 |
| Iranian calendar | 1073–1074 |
| Islamic calendar | 1106–1107 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 8 (元禄8年) |
| Korean calendar | 4028 |
| Minguo calendar | 217 before ROC 民前217年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2238 |
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Year 1695 (MDCXCV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar. It was also a particularly cold and wet year. Contemporary records claim that wine froze in the glasses in the Palace of Versailles.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–June
- February 6 – Mustafa II (1695–1703) succeeds Ahmed II as Ottoman Emperor.
[edit] July–December
- July 17 – The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament.
- August 8 – The Wren Building is started in Williamsburg, Virginia (completed in 1700).
- August – Bombardment of Brussels
- September – Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to put an end to all English trading in India.
- December 31 – A window tax is imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid it.
[edit] Date unknown
- Russia declares war on Turkey.
- A £2 fine is imposed for swearing in England.
- After 23 years of construction, Spain completes Castillo de San Marcos to protect St. Augustine, Florida from foreign threats.
- English manufacturers call for an embargo on Indian cloth and silk weavers picket the House of Commons.
- In England, Parliament decides against a renewal of the Licensing Act, putting an end to royal censorship of printing presses and so clearing the way for a free press on the Act's expiry in 1696.
- After many years of construction, the Potala Palace is completed.
- Gold is discovered in Brazil.
- In Amsterdam, the bank Wed. Jean Deutz & Sn. floats the first sovereign bonds on the local market. The scheme is designed to fund a 1.5 million guilders loan to the Emperor. From that date on, European leaders commonly took advantage of the low interest rates available in the Republic and borrow several hundred millions on the Dutch capital market.[1]
[edit] Births
- February 2 – William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
- February 6 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
- March 9 – Martín Sarmiento, Spanish scholar and writer (d.1772)
- April 8 – Johann Christian Günther, German poet (d. 1723)
- May 2 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, French architect and painter (d. 1766)
- May 3 – Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
- June 6 – Adriaan Valckenier, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1737 to 1741 (d. 1751)
- September 3 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
- September 5 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
- October 5 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
- November 10 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
- date unknown – James Figg, first English bare-knuckle boxing champion (d. 1734)
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628)
- February 6 – Ahmed II of Turkey (b. 1643)
- February 18 – Sir William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
- March 5 – Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
- April 3 – Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. c. 1636)
- April 5 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer and statesman (b. 1633)
- April 13 – Jean de la Fontaine, French writer noted for his fables (b. 1621)
- April 17 – Sor Juana, Mexican writer (b. c. 1650)
- April 27 – John Trenchard, English statesman (b. 1640)
- April 28 – Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
- June 11 – André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
- July 8 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician and physicist who developed the wave theory of light (b. 1629)
- July 18 – Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
- August 6 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (b. 1625)
- August 12 – Huang Zongxi, Chinese political theorist, philosopher, writer, and soldier (b. 1610)
- September – Thomas Tew, English pirate
- November 16 – Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (b. 1625)
- November 20 – Zumbi, Brazilian leader of a runaway slave colony (b. 1655)
- November 21 – Henry Purcell, English composer whose works include the opera Dido and Aeneas (b. 1659)
- November 22 – Francis Nurse, husband of Rebecca Nurse (accused during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692), b. 1618
- November 28 – Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
- November 29 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
- December 8 – Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
- December 12 – Jacob Abendana, British rabbi (b. 1630)
[edit] References
- ^ Eeghen, I. H. van (1961). "Buitenlandse manopolies van de Amstersamse kooplieden in de tweedee helft van de zeventiende eeuw". Jaarboek Amstelodamum 53: 176–184.
