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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s – 1690s – 1700s 1710s 1720s
Years: 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699
Categories: Births – Deaths – Architecture
Establishments – Disestablishments
The last decade of the 17th century (the 1690s) ran from January 1, 1690, to December 31, 1699.
Politics and wars
Wars
- War of 27 years (1681-1707) - faught between the Marathas and Mughals.
- War of the Holy League (1682–1699)
- Seventh Turkish–Venetian War (1684-1699)
- Russo–Turkish War (1686–1700)
- Crimean campaigns (1687–1689)
- Azov campaigns (1695–1696)
- War of the Grand Alliance (1688–1697)
- King William's War North American part of the War of the Grand Alliance (1689–1697)
- Williamite war in Ireland (1689–1691)
- Jacobite Rising in Scotland (1689–1691)
- Chinese–Mongolian War (1696)
- Darién War (1699–1700)
Additional Significant world-wide events
- Thomas Neale designed the roundabout of Seven Dials.
- 1692: The Salem Witchcraft Trials were held in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1692: Dutch Explorer Arnout Vielle discovered the first known European-American trade route down the Ohio Valley. The New York Colony financed this route, and it became profitable.
People
World leaders
- King Christian V of Denmark (1670–1699).
- King Frederick IV of Denmark (1699–1730).
- Queen Mary II of England and Scotland (1689–1694).
- King William III of England and Scotland (1689–1702).
- King Louis XIV of France (1643–1715).
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658–1705).
- Tsar Ivan V of Russia (1682–1696).
- Tsar Peter I of Russia (1682–1725).
- King Charles II of Spain (1665–1700).
- King Charles XI of Sweden (1660–1697).
- King Charles XII of Sweden (1697–1718).
- Aurangazeb (Mughal Empire)
- Rajaram Chhatrapati (Maratha Empire)