27th January » Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman Ottoman Emperor called sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
15th August » Kingdom of France called French forces end the bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
7th September » Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship 'Ganj-i-Sawai'. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
20th November » Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Palmares (quilombo) known as Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho.
31st December » A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax.
Famous Birthdays in 1695
6th January » Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer (d. 1750)
2nd February » William Borlase, English geologist (d. 1772)
2nd February » François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
6th February » Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
9th March » Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1772)
2nd May » Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French decorator and architect (d. 1766)
3rd May » Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (d. 1771)
26th August » Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (d. 1791)
3rd September » Pietro Locatelli, Italian viola player and composer (d. 1764)
5th September » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (d. 1770)
5th October » John Glas, Scottish clergyman (d. 1773)
10th November » John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
Famous Deaths in History for 1695
4th January » François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
5th March » Henry Wharton, English librarian and author (b. 1664)
5th April » George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1633)
13th April » Jean de La Fontaine, French author (b. 1621)
17th April » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
23rd April » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
27th April » John Trenchard (politician) called John Trenchard, English politician, Chief Justice of Chester (b. 1640)
11th June » André Félibien, French historian (b. 1619)
8th July » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
18th July » Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
6th August » François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
16th November » Pierre Nicole, French philosopher and author (b. 1625)