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| Years: 1683 1684 1685 - 1686 - 1687 1688 1689 | |
| Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- The League of Augsburg is founded.
- Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
- September 2 The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end of Turkish rule in Hungary during the subsequent years.
- New York City and Albany, New York are granted city charters by the colonial governor.
- A hurricane saves Charleston from attack by Spanish vessels.
Births
- May 24 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, Dutch physicist and inventor (d. 1736)
- June 9 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
Deaths
- November 11 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (b. 1621)
- November 20 - Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor (b. 1602)af:1686
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