What Happened In 1686 - Historical Events 1686

Historical Events for the Year 1686

4th May » The Municipalities of the Philippines named Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
22nd July » Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.

17th January » Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766)
31st January » Hans Egede, Norwegian missionary (d. 1758)
17th March » Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter and engraver (d. 1755)
9th April » James Craggs the Younger, English politician (d. 1721)
19th April » Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (d. 1750)
28th April » Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
29th April » Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician (d. 1742)
24th May » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit known as Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736)
9th June » Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia) e.g Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (d. 1747)
6th July » Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist (d. 1758)
9th July » Philip Livingston (1686–1749) e.g Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
12th August » John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
17th August » Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
19th August » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (d. 1737)
15th October » Allan Ramsay (poet) named Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1758)
31st October » Senesino, Italian singer and actor (d. 1758)
15th December » Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish composer (d. 1746)
25th December » Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1763)

31st January » Jean Mairet, French playwright (b. 1604)
10th February » William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (b. 1605)
6th April » Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (b. 1614)
19th April » Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish historian and playwright (b. 1610)
11th May » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
23rd June » William Coventry, English politician (b. 1628)
25th June » Simon Ushakov, Russian painter (b. 1626)
10th July » John Fell (bishop) known as John Fell, English bishop and academic (b. 1625)
16th July » John Pearson (bishop) e.g John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
13th August » Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (b. 1610)
26th October » John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)
11th December » Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621)