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| * ] - ] accepts ]. | * ] - ] accepts ]. | ||
| * ] - in around this year, ] and ]-] adopt the ], including the convention that ] is January 1st. | * ] - in around this year, ] and ]-] adopt the ], including the convention that ] is January 1st. | ||
| * ] - Massive earthquake hits ]. | * ] - Massive earthquake hits ]. | ||
| * ] - The island of ] is discovered. | * ] - The island of ] is discovered. | ||
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* ] - ]: ] - King ] defeats the army of ] ] at ]. | ||
| * Vietnamese gain control of entire Indochina peninsula. | * Vietnamese gain control of entire Indochina peninsula. | ||
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| *Control of ] passes from the ]s to the ]s | *Control of ] passes from the ]s to the ]s | ||
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| * ] - ] (+ ]) | * ] - ] (+ ]) | ||
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| *], ] ] and ] | *], ] ] and ] | ||
| *], last of the Spanish Habsburgs | *], last of the Spanish Habsburgs | ||
Revision as of 05:14, 21 November 2003
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century)
Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s
Years: 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 - 1700 - 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705
Events
- January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar.
- January 1 - in around this year, Germany and Denmark-Norway adopt the Gregorian calendar, including the convention that New Year's Day is January 1st.
- January 26 - Massive earthquake hits British Columbia.
- February 27 - The island of New Britain is discovered.
- November 20 - Great Northern War: Battle of Narva - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats the army of Tsar Peter the Great at Narva.
- Vietnamese gain control of entire Indochina peninsula.
- The Great Northern War begins when Russia, Denmark and Saxony/Poland make a coordinated attack on Sweden (to 1721)
- Control of Spain passes from the Habsburgs to the Bourbons
Births
- February 9 - Daniel Bernoulli, mathematician
- May 26 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf (+ 1760)
- Klemens August of Bavaria
Deaths
- John Dryden, English poet and playwright
- Charles II of Spain, last of the Spanish Habsburgs