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| Years: 1694 1695 1696 - 1697 - 1698 1699 1700 | |
| Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick
- December 2 – St Paul's Cathedral opened in London
- Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
- Use of palanquins increases in Europe
- Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's first technical school.
- The royal castle "Tre Kronor" in Stockholm burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.
- Karl XII of Sweden is crowned king at the age of 15.
- Tayassal, capital of the Peten Itza Maya, the last independent Mesoamerican state, is conquered by Spain
- The Manchu Empire conquers western Mongolia
Births
- March 9 - Friederike Caroline Neuber, actress (d. 1760)
- August 6 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
- October 7 - Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)
- November 10 - William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764)
Deaths
- Karl XI of Sweden (stomach cancer) (b. 1655)
- March 1 - Francesco Redi, Italian physician (b. 1626)
- January 8 - Thomas Aikenhead (hanged)af:1697
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