1694

Calendar year
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
  • 16th century
  • 17th century
  • 18th century
Decades:
  • 1670s
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
Years:
  • 1691
  • 1692
  • 1693
  • 1694
  • 1695
  • 1696
  • 1697
May 27: The French Army devastates Spanish troops at the Battle of Torroella after taking advantage of a fog.
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1694 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1694
MDCXCIV
Ab urbe condita2447
Armenian calendar1143
ԹՎ ՌՃԽԳ
Assyrian calendar6444
Balinese saka calendar1615–1616
Bengali calendar1101
Berber calendar2644
English Regnal yearWill. & Mar. – 7 Will. & Mar.
Buddhist calendar2238
Burmese calendar1056
Byzantine calendar7202–7203
Chinese calendar癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
4391 or 4184
    — to —
甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
4392 or 4185
Coptic calendar1410–1411
Discordian calendar2860
Ethiopian calendar1686–1687
Hebrew calendar5454–5455
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1750–1751
 - Shaka Samvat1615–1616
 - Kali Yuga4794–4795
Holocene calendar11694
Igbo calendar694–695
Iranian calendar1072–1073
Islamic calendar1105–1106
Japanese calendarGenroku 7
(元禄7年)
Javanese calendar1617–1618
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar4027
Minguo calendar218 before ROC
民前218年
Nanakshahi calendar226
Thai solar calendar2236–2237
Tibetan calendar阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
1820 or 1439 or 667
    — to —
阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
1821 or 1440 or 668

1694 (MDCXCIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1694th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 694th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1694, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Calendar year

Events

January–March

April–June

  • April 2Sheikh Yusuf, exiled by the administrators of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), arrives at the Dutch Cape Colony on the ship De Voetboog, at what is now Cape Town, South Africa, along with two wives, two concubines and 12 children. Resettled by the colonial government at a farm in Zandvliet, the Sheikh introduces Islam to South Africa.
  • April 7 – The English Navy's 40-gun warship, HMS Ruby, captures the French privateer Entreprenant in battle. The confiscated ship is renamed HMS Ruby Prize.
  • April 12 – The French ship Diligente, commanded by René Duguay-Trouin, covers the escape of a convoy of ships that he is escorting, but then is surrounded and attacked by six Royal Navy ships led by David Mitchell. Most of the Diligente crew is lost in the battle, and Duguay-Trouin is captured.
  • April 13 – The largest volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius since 1631 takes place, with lava flows towards both San Giorgio a Cremano and Torre del Greco, after explosions in the crater that began April 5. Around April 20, ash falls are experienced as far away as Calabria.[1]
  • April 27Frederick Augustus of Wettin, later known as "Augustus the Strong" and the future King of Poland, becomes the new Elector of Saxony upon the death of his 25-year-old older brother, John George IV
  • May 27 – Taking advantage of a fog, the French Army, with 24,000 troops, fights the Battle of Torroella against an equally large Spanish Army force on the banks of the Ter in Spain, near the city of Girona during the Nine Years' War. The Spaniards suffer 3,000 casualties, while the French sustain 500.
  • June 22 – An annular solar eclipse is visible across North America and the Atlantic Ocean.[2]
  • June 24 – The Tunisian–Algerian War begins as Algerian troops cross into Tunisia.[3]
  • June 29 – The Battle of Texel is fought near the Dutch island of Texel, one of the West Frisian Islands. The French Navy force of 8 ships, commanded by Jean Bart, locates and rescues three French ships that had been captured by the Dutch Republic in late May. Bart fights a larger force commanded by Hidde Sjoerds de Vries, who dies of his wounds after being captured.

July–September

October–December

Date unknown

Births

Paul of the Cross born 3 January
Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer born 11 February
Francis Hutcheson (philosopher) born 8 August
Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental born 20 August
Elisha Williams born 26 August
John Vanderbank born 9 September
Yeongjo of Joseon born 13 September
Henry Pelham born 25 September
Tsarevna Praskovya Ivanovna of Russia born 4 October
Augustine Washington born 12 November
Voltaire born 21 November

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

Francesco Morosini died 16 January
William Dolben (judge) died 25 January
Natalya Naryshkina died 4 February
Nicolás de Villacis died 8 April
Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé died 16 April
Philip Howard (cardinal) died 17 June
Hishikawa Moronobu died 25 July
Suleiman I of Persia died 29 July
Antoine Arnauld died 8 August
Bernard of Offida died 22 August
Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst died 14 September
Matsuo Bashō died 28 November
Marcello Malpighi died 29 November
Pierre Puget died 2 December
Mary II of England died 28 December

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

References

  1. ^ "Vesuvio: Activity from 1632 until 1794". geo.mtu.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  2. ^ Fred Espenak. "EclipseWise - Annular Solar Eclipse of 1694 Jun 22". eclipsewise.com. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  3. ^ Henri-Delmas de Grammont, Histoire d'Alger sous la domination turque (1515-1830), Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1887, 458 p. (lire en ligne [archive]), p. 265
  4. ^ Guillaume Massieu, Oeuvres de Mr de Tourreil (Brunet, 1721) Vol. I, pp. ix–x.
  5. ^ Ferdinand Brunot, Histoire de la langue française, des origines à 1900, vol. IV (A. Colin, 1939)
  6. ^ "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p. 46
  7. ^ "Historical Events in 1694". On This Day. November 21, 1694. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "How a storm-stricken Scottish village was swallowed by sand", by Paul Brown, The Guardian (London), October 19, 2020
  9. ^ "Greenwich Hospital". Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  10. ^ Alphonse Rousseau, Annales tunisiennes ou aperçu historique sur la régence de Tunis (Bastide, 1864)
  11. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  12. ^ Fred Espenak. "EclipseWise - Total Solar Eclipse of 1694 Dec 16". eclipsewise.com. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  13. ^ "Voltaire | Biography, Works, Philosophy, Ideas, Beliefs, & Facts | Britannica". britannica.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  14. ^ "Mary II | Biography & Accomplishments". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved January 13, 2021.