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1690s

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The 1690s decade ran from January 1, 1690, to December 31, 1699.

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1690

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1691

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1692

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1693

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1694

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1695

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  • October 11King William III of England dissolves Parliament in the wake of a scandal involving former Speaker of the House of Commons John Trevor and other Tory MPs.
  • October 25 – The 48-gun English Navy ship HMS Berkeley Castle is captured by the French Navy.
  • November 22 – The new Parliament, with 513 members of the House of Commons is opened by King William III. Commons is composed of 257 Whigs (who hold a majority of one), 203 Tories and 53 members of other parties or independents.
  • December 6 – A total eclipse of the sun is visible across the Middle East and western Asia.[80]
  • December 31 – A window tax is imposed in England.[75] Some windows are bricked up to avoid it.

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1696

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1697

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1698

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Births

1690

Susanna Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton born 1 January
Francesco Maria Veracini born 1 February
Kilian Stobæus born 6 February
Maria Vittoria of Savoy born 9 February
Sangram Singh II born 24 March
Louis Petit de Bachaumont born 2 June
George Albert, Prince of East Frisia born 13 June
Epes Sargent (soldier) born 12 July
Martha Blount born 15 October
Peter Tordenskjold born 28 October
Martin Folkes born 29 October
Carlo Lodoli born 28 November

1691

George Lillo born 3 February
Francesco Alborea born 7 March
James Alexander (lawyer) born 27 May
Giovanni Paolo Panini born 17 June
Alessandro Galilei born 25 August
Arthur Onslow born 1 October
Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia born 20 October
Dudley Ryder (judge) born 4 November
Cornelis Pronk born 10 December

1692

Petrus Wesseling born 7 January
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée born 14 February
Christian David born 17 February
John Byrom born 29 February
Pieter van Musschenbroek born 14 March
Joseph Highmore born 13 June
Louisa Maria Stuart born 28 June
Elisabeth Farnese born 25 October
Anne Claude de Caylus born 31 October
Louis Racine born 6 November
Laurentius Blumentrost born 8 November

1693

Matthew Hutton (archbishop of Canterbury) born 3 January
José del Campillo born 13 February
Malhar Rao Holkar born 16 March
Mary Alexander born 16 April
Anne Sophie Reventlow born 16 April
Thomas Gent born 4 May
Diego de Torres Villarroel born 17 June
Christian August Hausen born 19 June
Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach born 13 September
Marie-Madeleine de Parabère born 6 October
Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon born 22 November
Nathaniel Appleton born 9 December

1694

Paul of the Cross born 3 January
Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer born 11 February
Francis Hutcheson (philosopher) born 8 August
Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental born 20 August
Elisha Williams born 26 August
John Vanderbank born 9 September
Yeongjo of Joseon born 13 September
Henry Pelham born 25 September
Tsarevna Praskovya Ivanovna of Russia born 4 October
Augustine Washington born 12 November
Voltaire born 21 November

1695

William Borlase born 2 February
Françoise de Graffigny born 11 February
Abraham Pelt born 11 February
Infante António of Portugal born 15 March
William Greene (colonial governor) born 16 March
Christoph Jacob Trew born 16 April
Henri Pitot born 3 May
Sir Peter Halkett, 2nd Baronet born 21 June
Louise Anne de Bourbon born 23 June
Martin van Meytens born 24 June
Antonio Cocchi born 3 August
Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys born 10 August
Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans born 20 August

1696

Marco Foscarini born 4 February
Esther Wheelwright born 10 April
Countess Palatine Franziska Christine of Sulzbach born 16 May
Mahmud I born 2 August
Giuseppe Pozzobonelli born 11 August
Charles Gray (Colchester MP) born 20 September
Alphonsus Liguori born 27 September
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey born 13 October
Augustus III of Poland born 17 October
Giulia Crostarosa born 31 October
Conrad Weiser born 2 November
Zorawar Singh (Sikhism) born 17 November
Anne-Madeleine Remuzat born 29 November

1697

William Smellie (obstetrician) born 5 February
Yunli born 24 March
Jean-Marie Leclair born 10 May
Countess Palatine Ernestine of Sulzbach born 15 May
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor born 6 August
Princess Benedetta d'Este born 18 August
Alexander Monro (primus) born 19 September
William Smith (judge, born 1697) born 8 October
Georg Desmarées born 29 October
Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco born 10 November
Johann Baring born 15 November
Maria Karolina Sobieska born 25 November

1698

Pietro Metastasio born 3 January
Giovanni Battista de' Rossi born 22 February
Lady Jane Douglas born 17 March
Prokop Diviš born 26 March
Steven Hoogendijk born 1 April
Henry Baker (naturalist) born 8 May
Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero born 19 June
Jean-Michel Chevotet born 11 July
Giacomo Ceruti born 13 October
Ange-Jacques Gabriel born 23 October
Paul Troger born 30 October

1699

Infanta Francisca Josefa of Portugal born 30 January
John Bartram born 23 March
Hubert-François Gravelot born 26 March
Joseph Spence (author) born 28 April
Anna Leszczyńska (1699–1717) born 25 May
Alamgir II born 6 June
Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough born 15 July
Mastani born 29 August
Jeanne Quinault born 13 October
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin born 2 November
Christian VI of Denmark born 30 November

Deaths

1690

Johannes Gezelius the elder died 20 January
Joshua Janavel died 5 March
Jan van Mieris died 17 March
Patriarch Joachim of Moscow died 17 March
Raymond Poisson died 9 May
John Eliot (missionary) died 21 May
François Tortebat died 4 June
Hosokawa Yukitaka died 9 July
Gottfried Welsch died 5 September
Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland died 19 September
John Maynard (1604–1690) died 9 October
Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes died 10 October
Juan de Valdés Leal died 15 October
Margaret Mary Alacoque died 17 October
Jean-Baptiste Christyn died 25 October

1691

George Fox died 13 January
Richard Lower (physician) died 17 January
Pope Alexander VIII died 1 February
Brother Lawrence died 12 February
Luo Wenzao died 27 February
Thomas Lamplugh died 5 May
Cornelis Tromp died 29 May
Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire died 22 June
Mary Sackville died 6 August
Kumazawa Banzan died 9 September
Catharina Hooft died 30 September
Isaac de Benserade died 10 October
Israel Silvestre died 11 October
Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt died 7 November
Robert Boyle

1692

Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra died 7 January
Wang Fuzhi died 18 February
Antimo Liberati died 24 February
Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken died 3 March
Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy died 12 May
Elias Ashmole died 18 May
Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons died 3 June
Bridget Bishop died 10 June
Rebecca Nurse died 19 July
Gilles Ménage died 23 July
George Burroughs died 19 August
Martha Carrier (Salem witch trials) died 19 August
Giles Corey died 19 September
Martha Corey died 22 September
Charles Fleetwood died 4 October
Thomas Shadwell died 19 November
John Russell (clergyman) died 10 December

1693

Mehmed IV died 6 January
Marguerite de la Sablière died 6 January
Federico Visconti died 7 January
John de Britto died 4 February
Constantin Cantemir died 24 March
Adriaantje Hollaer died 31 March
Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy died 9 April
Rutger von Ascheberg died 17 April
Madame de La Fayette died 25 May
Willem Kalf died 31 July
Flavio Chigi died 13 September
Bankei Yōtaku died 30 September
Theodor von Strattman died 25 October
Kyprian Zochovskyj died 26 October
Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde died 23 November
Willem van de Velde the Elder died 13 December

1694

Francesco Morosini died 16 January
William Dolben (judge) died 25 January
Natalya Naryshkina died 4 February
Nicolás de Villacis died 8 April
Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé died 16 April
Philip Howard (cardinal) died 17 June
Hishikawa Moronobu died 25 July
Suleiman I of Persia died 29 July
Antoine Arnauld died 8 August
Bernard of Offida died 22 August
Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst died 14 September
Matsuo Bashō died 28 November
Marcello Malpighi died 29 November
Pierre Puget died 2 December
Mary II of England died 28 December

1695

Ahmed II died 6 February
William Phips died 18 February
Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł died 25 March
Lambert van Haven died 9 May
Prince Christian of Denmark (1675–1695) died 27 June
Christiaan Huygens died 8 July
François de Harlay de Champvallon died 6 August
Huang Zongxi died 12 August
Christopher Merret died 19 August
Enkū died 24 August
Johann Wilhelm Baier died 19 October
Zumbi died 20 November
Henry Purcell died 21 November

1696

Ivan V of Russia died 8 February
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné died 17 April
Queen Anu died 12 June
John III Sobieski died 17 June
Inaba Masanori died 4 July
Raugravine Caroline Elisabeth died 7 July
Dionysius III of Constantinople died 14 October
Gregório de Matos died 26 November
Empress Meishō died 4 December

1697

Francesco Redi died 1 March
William Child died 23 March
Niels Juel died 8 April
Louise Boyer died 22 May
John Aubrey died 7 June
John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale died 11 August
Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland died 17 December
Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental died 20 December

1698

Moyse Charas died 17 January
Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament died 6 April
Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas died 15 April
Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale died 5 June
Jai Singh of Mewar died 23 September
Louis de Buade de Frontenac died 28 November

1699

Mattia Preti died 3 January
Kinoshita Jun'an died 23 January
Erhard Weigel died 20 March
Hans Rosing died 13 April
Jean Racine died 21 April
Mary Beale died 8 October
Kosa Pan died 15 November
Patrick Gordon died 29 November