Major Events
- Jan 13 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
- Jan 27 Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his death in 1703.
- Apr 30 William Congreve's Restoration comedy "Love for Love" premieres in London
- May 12 English King William III departs to Netherlands
- Aug 2 Daniel Quare receives a British patent for his portable barometer
- Aug 11 English & Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk
- Aug 13 Bombardment of Brussels begins by French army of Louis XIV, the Grand-Place and much of the city is destroyed during the Nine Years' War
- Sep 4 French garrison of castle Namur surrenders to the army of the Grand Alliance under the command of King William III of England
- Sep 7 English pirate Henry Every and his crew aboard the Fancy capture the armed Mughal trading ship Ganj-i-Sawai in the Arabian Sea, in one of the most profitable raids in history with loot of between £325,000 and £600,000. The East India Company later compensates for the loss after Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb closed five ports to English trade.
- Sep 12 New York Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties
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Born in 1695
- Jan 6 Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe virtuoso and late Baroque/early classical composer who served the court of the Prince of Wales, born in Milan, Duchy of Milan (d. 1750)
- Feb 2 François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
- Feb 2 William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
- Feb 6 André Chéron, French composer and organist and harpsichordist, born in Paris, France (d. 1766)
- Feb 6 Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1726)
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