1694
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s
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| Years: | 1691 1692 1693 - 1694 - 1695 1696 1697 |
| 1694 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1694 (MDCXCIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1694
[edit] January - June
- February 5 - The ship Ridderschap van Holland is lost at sea after it departed the Cape of Good Hope but did not arrive at Batavia.
- February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed.
- 1 March - HMS Sussex treasure fleet (13 ships) shipwrecked off Gibraltar with the loss of approximately 1,200 lives.
[edit] July - December
- July 27 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
- September 5 - Great Fire of Warwick, England.
- December 22 - The Triennial Bill becomes law.
- December 28 - Queen Mary II of England dies; King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland is now sole ruler after his co-ruler's death.
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[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1694 MDCXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2447 |
| Armenian calendar | 1143 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -150 – -149 |
| Berber calendar | 2644 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2238 |
| Burmese calendar | 1056 |
| Chinese calendar | 4330/4390-12-6 (癸酉年十二月初六日) — to — 4331/4391-11-15(甲戌年十一月十五日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1410 – 1411 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1686 – 1687 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5454 – 5455 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1749 – 1750 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1616 – 1617 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4795 – 4796 |
| Holocene calendar | 11694 |
| Iranian calendar | 1072 – 1073 |
| Islamic calendar | 1105 – 1106 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 7 (元禄7年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2354 (皇紀2354年) |
| Julian calendar | 1739 |
| Korean calendar | 4027 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2237 |
- April 25 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (died 1753)
- June 4 - François Quesnay, French economist (died 1774)
- June 26 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (died 1768)
- July 4 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (died 1772)
- August 5 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (died 1744)
- August 8 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (died 1746)
- August 26 - Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (died 1755)
- September 22 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (died 1773)
- September 25 - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1754)
- October 26 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (died 1758)
- November 21 - Voltaire, French philosopher (died 1778)
- November 28 - Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen (died 1728)
- December 22 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (died 1768)
- See also Category: 1694 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 2 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (born 1651)
- January 7 - Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (born c.1618)
- February 4 - Natalia Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (born 1651)
- April 27 - John George IV, Elector of Saxony (born 1668)
- June 17 - Philip Cardinal Howard, English Roman Catholic Cardinal (born 1629)
- August 8 - Antoine Arnauld, French philosopher and mathematician (born 1612)
- October 15 - Samuel von Pufendorf, German jurist (born 1632)
- November 22 - John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1630)
- November 25 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (born 1605)
- November 28 - Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (born 1644)
- November 29 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (born 1628)
- December 2 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (born 1622)
- December 28 - Queen Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1662)
- See also Category: 1694 deaths.af:1694
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