1697
calendar year
1697 (MDCXCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1697th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 697th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1697, 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: | 1694 1695 1696 – 1697 – 1698 1699 1700 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1697 MDCXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2450 |
| Armenian calendar | 1146 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6447 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1618–1619 |
| Bengali calendar | 1104 |
| Berber calendar | 2647 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Will. 3 – 10 Will. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2241 |
| Burmese calendar | 1059 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7205–7206 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4393 or 4333 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 4394 or 4334 |
| Coptic calendar | 1413–1414 |
| Discordian calendar | 2863 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1689–1690 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5457–5458 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1753–1754 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1618–1619 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4797–4798 |
| Holocene calendar | 11697 |
| Igbo calendar | 697–698 |
| Iranian calendar | 1075–1076 |
| Islamic calendar | 1108–1109 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 10 (元禄１０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1620–1621 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 4030 |
| Minguo calendar | 215 before ROC 民前215年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 229 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2239–2240 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1823 or 1442 or 670 — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1824 or 1443 or 671 |
Events
change- September 11 – Battle of Zenta, Prince Eugene of Savoy beat the Ottoman army of Mustafa II
- September 20 – The Treaty of Ryswick
- December 2 – St Paul's Cathedral opened in London
- Peter the Great travels in Europe officially with a false identity as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
- Use of palanquins increases in Europe
- Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's first technical school.
- The royal castle "Tre Kronor" in Stockholm burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.
- Karl XII of Sweden is made king at the age of 15.
- Tayasal, capital of the Peten Itza Maya, the last Mesoamerican state which ruled itself, is taken over by Spain
- The Manchu Empire takes over western Mongolia