1690
year
1690 (MDCXC) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1690th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 690th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1690, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s – 1690s – 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1687 1688 1689 – 1690 – 1691 1692 1693 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1690 MDCXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 2443 |
| Armenian calendar | 1139 ԹՎ ՌՃԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6440 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1611–1612 |
| Bengali calendar | 1097 |
| Berber calendar | 2640 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Will. & Mar. – 3 Will. & Mar. |
| Buddhist calendar | 2234 |
| Burmese calendar | 1052 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7198–7199 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 4386 or 4326 — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 4387 or 4327 |
| Coptic calendar | 1406–1407 |
| Discordian calendar | 2856 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1682–1683 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5450–5451 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1746–1747 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1611–1612 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4790–4791 |
| Holocene calendar | 11690 |
| Igbo calendar | 690–691 |
| Iranian calendar | 1068–1069 |
| Islamic calendar | 1101–1102 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 3 (元禄３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1613–1614 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 4023 |
| Minguo calendar | 222 before ROC 民前222年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 222 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2232–2233 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1816 or 1435 or 663 — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1817 or 1436 or 664 |
Events
change- January 6 – Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans
- January 14 – The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany
- May 20 – England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
- July 1 – The Battle of the Boyne, in Ireland
- October 6-12 – Massachusetts Puritans led by Sir William Phips besiege the city of Quebec. The siege ends in failure.
- December 29 – earthquake in Anconer in Papal States, Italy
- Earliest recorded sighting of the planet Uranus, by John Flamsteed, who mistakenly catalogues it as the star 34 Tauri
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere.
- The French invade the small town of Teignmouth in Southwest England, in their last attack on England.
Births
change- January 22 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
- February 1 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (d. 1768)
- February 3 – Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (d. 1755)
- March 18 – Christian Goldbach Prussian mathematician (d. 1764)
- April 22 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (d. 1763)
- September 12 – Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
- October 29 – Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
- November 24 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750)
- November 29 – Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
- December 1 – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1764)