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What Happened In History Year 1694

Historical Events for the Year 1694

  • 27th July » A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
  • 23rd October » British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec from the French.

Famous Birthdays in 1694

  • 25th April » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1753)
  • 22nd May » Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (d. 1757)
  • 4th June » François Quesnay, French economist and physician (d. 1774)
  • 24th June » Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss author and theorist (d. 1748)
  • 26th June » Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
  • 4th July » Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (d. 1772)
  • 5th August » Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
  • 8th August » Francis Hutcheson (philosopher) e.g Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher and academic (d. 1746)
  • 26th August » Elisha Williams, American minister, academic, and politician (d. 1755)
  • 28th August » Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)
  • 5th September » František Václav Míča, Czech conductor and composer (d. 1744)
  • 7th September » Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician, List of Prime Ministers of Denmark named Minister of State of Denmark (d. 1763)
  • 22nd September » Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1773)
  • 25th September » Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)
  • 26th October » Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758)
  • 31st October » Yeongjo of Joseon (d. 1776)
  • 21st November » Voltaire, French historian, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1778)
  • 2nd December » William Shirley, English-American lawyer and politician, List of colonial governors of Massachusetts known as Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1771)
  • 22nd December » Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and academic (d. 1768)

Famous Deaths in History for 1694

  • 7th January » Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (b. 1618)
  • 4th February » Natalya Naryshkina, Russian wife of Alexis of Russia (b. 1651)
  • 27th April » John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)
  • 17th June » Philip Howard (cardinal) e.g Philip Howard, English cardinal (b. 1629)
  • 6th August » Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
  • 28th September » Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
  • 13th October » Samuel von Pufendorf, German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1632)
  • 22nd November » John Tillotson, English archbishop (b. 1630)
  • 25th November » Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
  • 28th November » Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (b. 1644)
  • 29th November » Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (b. 1628)
  • 2nd December » Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
  • 11th December » Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
  • 28th December » Mary II of England (b. 1662)

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