1699

Years:
1696 1697 1698 - 1699 - 1700 1701 1702

Decades:
1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s

Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

1699 by topic:
Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

Events

January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed
March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa.
May 1 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley
William Dampier explores the northwest coast of Australia.

January 21 - Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)
February 27 - Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician
March 12 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b. 1635)
April 21 - Jean Racine, French playwright (b. 1639)
April 22 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (b. 1646)
May 12 - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
May 15 - Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councillor (b. 1631)
June 22 - Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)
August 25 - Christian V, King of Denmark and Norway (b. 1646)
November 29 - Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)af:1699