1699
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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
Years: 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 - 1699 - 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704
1699 is a year in the 17th century.
[edit] The most important events
- January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed.
- March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh made the Khalsa.
- May 1 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville starts the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley.
- William Dampier goes to and discovers what is at the northwest coast of Australia.
[edit] Births
- March 23 - John Bartram the American botanist (died 1777)
- March 25 - Johann Adolf Hasse the German composer (died 1783)
- May 1 - Hans Joachim von Zieten the Prussian field marshal (died 1786)
- May 13 - Marquis of Pombal the Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1782)
- November 2 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin the French painter (died 1779)
- December 10 - King Christian VI of Denmark (died 1746)
- Robert Blair the Scottish poet and cleric (died 1746)
- Pierre Subleyras the French painter (died 1749)
[edit] Deaths
- January 21 - Obadiah Walker the English writer (born 1616)
- March 12 - Peder Griffenfeld the Danish statesman (born 1635)
- April 21 - Jean Racine the French playwright (born 1639)
- April 22 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz the German statesman and poet (born 1646)
- May 12 - Lucas Achtschellinck the Flemish painter (born 1626)
- May 15 - Edward Petre the English Jesuit and privy councillor (born 1631)
- June 22 - Josiah Child the English Governor of the East India Company (born 1630)
- September 26 - Simon Arnauld de Pomponne the French diplomat and minister of Louis XIV (born 1618).
- August 25 - Christian V the King of Denmark and Norway (born 1646)
- November 29 - Patrick Gordon the Scottish general (born 1635)