1697

1697 was a common year.

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

Events

• 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