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1699 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1699th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 699th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of ...
Events from the year 1699 in England. Incumbents. Monarch – William III; Events. January 19 – Parliament limits the size of the country's standing army to ...
Countries that adopted the Gregorian calendar after 1699 needed to skip an additional day for each subsequent new century that the Julian calendar had added since then. When the British Empire did so in 1752, the gap had grown to eleven days; [b] when Russia did so (as its civil calendar) in 1918, thirteen days needed to be skipped. [c]
This page presents a timeline of events in English and Scottish history from 1600 until 1699. 1603 – Death of Queen Elizabeth I on 24 March; 1603 England – James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England) 1603 England – Plague
Events from the year 1699 in France. Incumbents. Monarch: Louis XIV [1] Events. 20 January: Louis XIV gave the French Academy of Sciences its first rules. [2]
Events from the year 1699 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents. Monarch – William II; Secretary of State – James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, jointly with ...
April 6 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor issues a document inviting Serbians to resettle in Hungary, at this time a part of the Empire. [4]April 16 – An estimated 8.0 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Caribbean Sea less than 10 miles (16 km) from Barbuda and also affects St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as Antigua.
The year 1699 in music involved some significant events. Events. February – Richard Leveridge, ...