Born in 1699:
Died in 1699:
Events of 1699:
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Peter the Great, Tsar of all the Russias:
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institutes calendar reform, including the Anno Domini system of counting
years in Russia, and the New Year's beginning January 1 instead of September
1.
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is nervous about 17-year-old Swedish King Karl XII's saber rattling;
at the same time, he sees an opportunity to gain territory from Sweden,
and concludes a military alliance with Saxony, Denmark, and Poland.
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14-year-old George Frideric Handel pens his first known musical
composition.
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Sikh guru Gobind Singh founds the Khalsa order during the
Vaisakhi festival.
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Pirate captain William Kidd lands at Boston and turns himself
in after receiving assurances of clemency from Massachusetts governor
Lord Bellomont. Bad idea; Bellomont ships Kidd and his cohorts
back to London in irons.
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At Cahokia, Illinois, French Jesuit priests build a house
and a chapel, the first European settlement on the Mississippi.
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Arenales Indians rebel against the Spanish on Trinidad. A mission
is burned and four priests are killed, and The Spanish suppress the rebellion
with bloody reprisals.
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Settlers in the Scottish colony of "New Caledonia" in Panama go home
after the Spanish seize their supplies.
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A Virginia town named "Middle plantation" is renamed Williamsburg after King William III and the Virginia seat of
government is moved there. The former capital, Jamestown, is abandoned.
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William III appoints Sir Isaac Newton as Master of the Mint.
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French scientist Guillaume Amontons rediscovers the laws of friction
(stated earlier by Leonardo da Vinci).
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At the suggestion of his Naval minister Ponchartrain, King Louis XIV
levies a tax on theaters, ostensibly to discourage begging.
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Louisiana founded by Pierre Le Moyne (sieur de Iberville) and
his brothers, including Jean-Baptiste (sieur de Bienville).
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On Shrove Tuesday they camp in the Mississippi River delta and name
things after Mardi Gras.
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While exploring the river, they come upon a decorated red pole serving as a boundary marker between two resident tribes
(the Bayougoula and Houma).
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Later in the year, they found the first settlements, Mobile
and Fort Maurepas (Biloxi).
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They also convince a few Englishmen that settling in the area was a bad
idea.
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A large number of Huguenot refugees from France settle in Virginia.
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Austria's war with the Ottoman Empire ends. At the peace of Karlowitz,
eastern European powers each take bites:
1698 - 1699 - 1700
How they Were Made - 17th Century