February 8 (January 29 old style) –
Peter the Great who had jointly reigned since
1682 with his mentally-ill older half-brother, Tsar
Ivan V, becomes the sole
Tsar of Russia when Ivan dies at the age of 29.
April – A fire destroys the Gra Bet (Left Quarter) of
Gondar, the capital of
Ethiopia. The fire starts "in the house of a prostitute" and destroys many buildings, including the churches of St. George, Takla Haymanot and Iyasu.[6]
May 1 – A partial solar eclipse is visible in western Canada and Greenland.[7]
May 16 – A total lunar eclipse is visible in western Europe and Africa.[8]
June 4 – A second
Pueblo Revolt occurs in
Santa Fe de Nuevo México. The Tiwas of Taos and Picuris, the Tewas of San Ildefonso and Nambe, the Tanos of Jemez and San Cristobal, and the Keres of Santo Domingo and Cochiti attack during the full moon and kill 21 Spanish civilians and five priests.[9]
October 7 – The Convention of Vigevano is signed, bringing a general ceasefire in Italy and an end to the
Nine Years' War between
France and the remaining members of the Grand Alliance.
October 20 – The
Imperial Russian Navy is founded on the recommendation of Tsar Peter the Great and approval by the Russian Duma.
November 9 – A total lunar eclipse is visible in North and South America.[11]
November 25 – In England, the House of Commons approves the
bill of attainder to convict
Sir John Fenwick of high treason for plotting to lead the assassination of and coup d'état against King William III, on its third and final reading, voting 187 to 161 in favor of conviction. The measure then moves to the House of Lords.[14]
December 23 – By a vote of 66 to 60, the English House of Lords approves the bill of attainder for the conviction of Sir John Fenwick for high treason.[16] Fenwick is beheaded on January 28, 1697.
^Nicholas A. Robins, Native Insurgencies and the Genocidal Impulse in the Americas (Indiana University Press, 2005) p. 35
^Georges Dugas, The Canadian West: Its Discovery by the Sieur de La Vérendrye (. Its Development by the Fur-trading Companies, Down to the Year 1822" (Librairie Beauchemin Ltd., 1905) p. 30
^"House of Commons Votes, 1689–1702", in Parliament, policy, and politics in the reign of William III, by Henry Horwitz (Manchester University Press, 1977) p. 338
^"Bills of Attainder", in Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons: Relating to conference and impeachment, by John Hatsell (L. Hansard and Sons) 1818 p. 324
^Schiavone, Michael J. (2009). Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. II G-Z.
Pietà: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. p. 1711.
ISBN9789993291329.
^Holthöfer, Ernst (2001). "Domat, Jean". In Michael Stolleis (ed.). Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert (in German) (2nd ed.). München: Beck. p. 180.
ISBN3-406-45957-9.
February 8 (January 29 old style) –
Peter the Great who had jointly reigned since
1682 with his mentally-ill older half-brother, Tsar
Ivan V, becomes the sole
Tsar of Russia when Ivan dies at the age of 29.
April – A fire destroys the Gra Bet (Left Quarter) of
Gondar, the capital of
Ethiopia. The fire starts "in the house of a prostitute" and destroys many buildings, including the churches of St. George, Takla Haymanot and Iyasu.[6]
May 1 – A partial solar eclipse is visible in western Canada and Greenland.[7]
May 16 – A total lunar eclipse is visible in western Europe and Africa.[8]
June 4 – A second
Pueblo Revolt occurs in
Santa Fe de Nuevo México. The Tiwas of Taos and Picuris, the Tewas of San Ildefonso and Nambe, the Tanos of Jemez and San Cristobal, and the Keres of Santo Domingo and Cochiti attack during the full moon and kill 21 Spanish civilians and five priests.[9]
October 7 – The Convention of Vigevano is signed, bringing a general ceasefire in Italy and an end to the
Nine Years' War between
France and the remaining members of the Grand Alliance.
October 20 – The
Imperial Russian Navy is founded on the recommendation of Tsar Peter the Great and approval by the Russian Duma.
November 9 – A total lunar eclipse is visible in North and South America.[11]
November 25 – In England, the House of Commons approves the
bill of attainder to convict
Sir John Fenwick of high treason for plotting to lead the assassination of and coup d'état against King William III, on its third and final reading, voting 187 to 161 in favor of conviction. The measure then moves to the House of Lords.[14]
December 23 – By a vote of 66 to 60, the English House of Lords approves the bill of attainder for the conviction of Sir John Fenwick for high treason.[16] Fenwick is beheaded on January 28, 1697.
^Nicholas A. Robins, Native Insurgencies and the Genocidal Impulse in the Americas (Indiana University Press, 2005) p. 35
^Georges Dugas, The Canadian West: Its Discovery by the Sieur de La Vérendrye (. Its Development by the Fur-trading Companies, Down to the Year 1822" (Librairie Beauchemin Ltd., 1905) p. 30
^"House of Commons Votes, 1689–1702", in Parliament, policy, and politics in the reign of William III, by Henry Horwitz (Manchester University Press, 1977) p. 338
^"Bills of Attainder", in Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons: Relating to conference and impeachment, by John Hatsell (L. Hansard and Sons) 1818 p. 324
^Schiavone, Michael J. (2009). Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. II G-Z.
Pietà: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. p. 1711.
ISBN9789993291329.
^Holthöfer, Ernst (2001). "Domat, Jean". In Michael Stolleis (ed.). Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert (in German) (2nd ed.). München: Beck. p. 180.
ISBN3-406-45957-9.