January 13 – Captain
Thomas Pound, after being captured with his crew the previous month, is tried in Boston and found guilty of piracy although he is later reprieved.[1]
April 16 – An estimated
8.0 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Caribbean Sea less than 10 miles (16 km) from
Barbuda and also affects St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as Antigua.[5]
June – An earthquake in Brazil of estimated magnitude 7, with
epicenter on the left bank of the
Amazon River about 45 km downstream from
Manaus, spreads
seismic waves through the forest and is felt up to 1000 km away.[6]
July–September
July 10 (June 30 O.S.) –
Battle of Beachy Head: the Anglo-Dutch navy is defeated by the French, giving rise to fears of a
Jacobite invasion of England.
July 11 (July 1 O.S.) –
Battle of the Boyne in Ireland: King
William III of England (William of Orange) defeats the deposed
James II, who returns to exile in
France.[7] The rebellion in Ireland continues for a further year until the Orange army gains full control.
July 26 – A French landing party raids and burns
Teignmouth in
Devon, England. However, with the loss of James II's position in Ireland, any plans for a real invasion are soon shelved, and Teignmouth is the last French attack on England.
November 7 – The opera Énée et Lavinie (Aeneas and Lavinia) by the French composer
Pascal Collasse receives its first performance at the Académie Royale de Musique (the
Paris Opera).
November 17 –
Barclays, which will continue to be active into the 21st century as a multinational bank and lending institution, is founded in
London by John Freame and Thomas Gould as Freame & Gould. The bank changes its name in 1736 when James Barclay becomes a partner.
December 20 (December 10, 1690 O.S.) — The General Court of the
Province of Massachusetts Bay creates the first authorized paper money issued by any government in the
Western World as a substitute for coins.[16][17] The first money is printed on February 13, 1691 (N.S.) and is dated "Feb. 3, 1690" based on the British old style calendar in use at the time.[16]
French physicist
Denis Papin, while in
Leipzig and having observed the mechanical power of atmospheric pressure on his 'digester', builds a working model of a
reciprocatingsteam engine for pumping water, the first of its kind, though not efficient.
The construction of
Fort Longueuil, a stone
fort in
Longueuil, in
Quebec,
Canada, is completed. It is one of the only buildings in Canada that could ever be considered a castle (fortified residence for a noble), and out of those buildings it most resembles the castles of Europe.
The French dictionary and encyclopaedia Dictionnaire universel, contenant generalement tous les mots françois, compiled by
Antoine Furetière, is published posthumously.
Possible year of the disappearance of the western part of the island of
Buise, in
St. Peter's Flood.
^"Judicial Torture, the Liberties of the Subject and Anglo-Scottish Relations, 1660-1960, by Clare Jackson, in Anglo-Scottish Relations from 1603 to 1900, ed. by T. C. Smout (Oxford University Press and British Academy, 2005) pp.96-97
^Francis Baily, An Account of the Rev'd John Flamsteed, to Which is Added his British Catalogue of Stars (Lords Commission of the Admiralty, 1835) p. 393
^
abAndrew McFarland Davis, Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, Volume 1, Issue 4 (American Economic Association, 1900) p.10, p.370
^Newman, Eric P. (1990). The Early Paper Money of America (3rd ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 11.
ISBN0-87341-120-X.
January 13 – Captain
Thomas Pound, after being captured with his crew the previous month, is tried in Boston and found guilty of piracy although he is later reprieved.[1]
April 16 – An estimated
8.0 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Caribbean Sea less than 10 miles (16 km) from
Barbuda and also affects St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as Antigua.[5]
June – An earthquake in Brazil of estimated magnitude 7, with
epicenter on the left bank of the
Amazon River about 45 km downstream from
Manaus, spreads
seismic waves through the forest and is felt up to 1000 km away.[6]
July–September
July 10 (June 30 O.S.) –
Battle of Beachy Head: the Anglo-Dutch navy is defeated by the French, giving rise to fears of a
Jacobite invasion of England.
July 11 (July 1 O.S.) –
Battle of the Boyne in Ireland: King
William III of England (William of Orange) defeats the deposed
James II, who returns to exile in
France.[7] The rebellion in Ireland continues for a further year until the Orange army gains full control.
July 26 – A French landing party raids and burns
Teignmouth in
Devon, England. However, with the loss of James II's position in Ireland, any plans for a real invasion are soon shelved, and Teignmouth is the last French attack on England.
November 7 – The opera Énée et Lavinie (Aeneas and Lavinia) by the French composer
Pascal Collasse receives its first performance at the Académie Royale de Musique (the
Paris Opera).
November 17 –
Barclays, which will continue to be active into the 21st century as a multinational bank and lending institution, is founded in
London by John Freame and Thomas Gould as Freame & Gould. The bank changes its name in 1736 when James Barclay becomes a partner.
December 20 (December 10, 1690 O.S.) — The General Court of the
Province of Massachusetts Bay creates the first authorized paper money issued by any government in the
Western World as a substitute for coins.[16][17] The first money is printed on February 13, 1691 (N.S.) and is dated "Feb. 3, 1690" based on the British old style calendar in use at the time.[16]
French physicist
Denis Papin, while in
Leipzig and having observed the mechanical power of atmospheric pressure on his 'digester', builds a working model of a
reciprocatingsteam engine for pumping water, the first of its kind, though not efficient.
The construction of
Fort Longueuil, a stone
fort in
Longueuil, in
Quebec,
Canada, is completed. It is one of the only buildings in Canada that could ever be considered a castle (fortified residence for a noble), and out of those buildings it most resembles the castles of Europe.
The French dictionary and encyclopaedia Dictionnaire universel, contenant generalement tous les mots françois, compiled by
Antoine Furetière, is published posthumously.
Possible year of the disappearance of the western part of the island of
Buise, in
St. Peter's Flood.
^"Judicial Torture, the Liberties of the Subject and Anglo-Scottish Relations, 1660-1960, by Clare Jackson, in Anglo-Scottish Relations from 1603 to 1900, ed. by T. C. Smout (Oxford University Press and British Academy, 2005) pp.96-97
^Francis Baily, An Account of the Rev'd John Flamsteed, to Which is Added his British Catalogue of Stars (Lords Commission of the Admiralty, 1835) p. 393
^
abAndrew McFarland Davis, Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, Volume 1, Issue 4 (American Economic Association, 1900) p.10, p.370
^Newman, Eric P. (1990). The Early Paper Money of America (3rd ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 11.
ISBN0-87341-120-X.