1698

Calendar year


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::summary Calendar year ::

::callout[type=note] 1698 ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/The_Old_Palace_of_Whitehall_by_Hendrik_Danckerts.jpg" caption="[[January 4]]: In England, the [[Palace of Whitehall]] is destroyed by fire."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Surikov_streltsi.jpg" caption="[[June 22]]: Executions of 57 leaders of the [[Streltsy uprising]] begin in Russia and last for seven days (1881 painting by [[Vasily Surikov]])"] ::

Events

January–March

April–June

  • April 1 – Scottish pirate William Kidd and his crew arrive at Île Sainte-Marie off of the coast of Madagascar in Kidd's Adventure Galley bringing with them the cargo of the captured ships Quedagh Merchant and Rouparelle. Upon arrival, all but 13 of Kidd's crew desert to work for another pirate, Robert Culliford. The Adventure Galley, which is leaking and falling apart, sinks and the Rouparelle is sunk by the deserters. Kidd and his 13 henchmen depart on Quedah Merchant.
  • April 10 – A total solar eclipse is visible in central America.
  • May 1 – The Banishment Act of 1697 goes into effect for Roman Catholic church officials in Ireland, having been the deadline for all "popish archbishops, bishops, vicars general, deans, jesuits, monks, friars, and other regular popish clergy" to have reported to Irish ports for deportation. Re-entry to Ireland after May 4, 1698, is a criminal offense with a penalty of 12 months imprisonment and expulsion, while a second re-entry is punishable by death as treason.
  • May 4 – At the imperial capital at Inwa, Sanay Min of the Toungoo dynasty becomes the new King of Burma upon the death of his father, Minye Kyawhtin.
  • May 17 – The British Royal Navy ship HMS Hastings, a 32-gun fifth rate, is launched.
  • June 20An earthquake of magnitude 7.2–7.9 damages an extended region around Ambato, Ecuador, including the Tungurahua, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo provinces. Ambato and Latacunga are completely destroyed and several thousand casualties are reported.
  • June 21John Churchill, Earl of Marlborough is reinstated in the English Army, with readmission to the Privy Council by King William III. On July 26, he is selected as one of the Lords Justice.
  • June 22 – The executions of 57 leaders of the Streltsy uprising begin and continue until June 28.
  • June 24 – The Trade with Africa Act 1697 goes into effect in English overseas possessions, ending the monopoly of the Royal African Company (RAC) on the triangular trade by opening it to any English merchants who pay a 10 percent fee to the RAC.

July–September

October–December

Date unknown

Births

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Metastasio_by_Batoni.jpg" caption="[[Pietro Metastasio]] born [[3 January"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Giovanni_Battista_de'_Rossi.jpg" caption="[[Giovanni Battista de' Rossi]] born [[22 February"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Crop_of_Portrait-Of-Lady-Jane-Douglas,-Full-Length,-As-A-Shepherdess-Seated-In-A-Landscape.jpg" caption="[[Lady Jane Douglas]] born [[17 March"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Jan_Vilímek_-_Prokop_Diviš_2.jpg" caption="[[Prokop Diviš]] born [[26 March"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Steven_Hoogendijk.jpg" caption="[[Steven Hoogendijk]] born [[1 April"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Henry_Baker_(naturalist).jpg" caption="[[Henry Baker (naturalist)]] born [[8 May"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Weliwita_Sri_Saranankara_thera.jpg" caption="[[Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero]] born [[19 June"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Jean-Michel_Chevotet.jpg" caption="[[Jean-Michel Chevotet]] born [[11 July"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Giacomo_Ceruti_-self-portait-Pinacoteca_di_Brera,Milan(ritoccato)(crop).jpg" caption="[[Giacomo Ceruti]] born [[13 October"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Ange_Jacques_Gabriel_door_Jean-Baptiste_Greuze_Louvre.jpg" caption="[[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]] born [[23 October"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Autoportrait_Paul_Troger_1728.jpg" caption="[[Paul Troger]] born [[30 October"] ::

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Moyse_Charas_-_Portrait.jpg" caption="[[Moyse Charas]] died [[17 January"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Catherine_de_Bar.jpg" caption="[[Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament]] died [[6 April"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Jacob_Sasportas.jpg" caption="[[Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas]] died [[15 April"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Elizabeth_Murray_(1626–1698),_by_Peter_Lely.jpg" caption="[[Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale]] died [[5 June"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Raja_Ravi_Varma,_Maharana_Jai_Singh.jpg" caption="[[Jai Singh of Mewar]] died [[23 September"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Portrait_of_Louis_de_Buade,Count_of_Frontenac(cropped).jpg" caption="[[Louis de Buade de Frontenac]] died [[28 November"] ::

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

References

References

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  2. "Gingee I 1689—1698 Mughal—Maratha Wars", in ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges'', ed. by Tony Jacques (Greenwood Press, 2007) p. 395
  3. "Total Solar Eclipse of 1698 Apr 10". EclipseWise.com.
  4. (June 2010). "Locations and magnitudes of historical earthquakes in the Sierra of Ecuador (1587–1996)". Geophysical Journal International.
  5. C. T. Atkinson, ''Marlborough and the Rise of the British Army'' (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921) p. 150
  6. V. I. Buganov, ''Moscow uprisings of the late 17th century'' (Nauka, 1969) p.399
  7. Poffenberger, Leah. (2018-07-01). "July 2, 1698: Thomas Savery Patents an Early Steam Engine".
  8. ''Members of Parliament Return to Two Orders of the Honourable the House of Commons. Parliaments of England, 1213-1702'' (House of Commons, 1878) pp. 589-595
  9. Carlyle, E. I.. (2004). "Savery, Thomas (1650?–1715)".
  10. "Charters Granted to the Second East India Company", in ''A Collection of Charters and Statutes Relating to the East India Company'' (Eyre and Strahan, 1817) p. vii
  11. Cates, William L. R.. (1863). "The Pocket Date Book". Chapman and Hall.
  12. O’Neill, C. E.. "Le Moyne de Bienville, Jean-Baptiste".
  13. Arthur M. Harris, "Pirate Tales from the Law" (Little, Brown and Company, 1923) pp. 47-48
  14. R. A. Brock, ''Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians'' (Clearfield Press, 1888) p.10
  15. (1897). "Danske malede portraetter: en beskrivende katalog". Gyldendal.

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