1686
Years: 1683 1684 1685 - 1686 - 1687 1688 1689 |
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Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s |
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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- The League of Augsburg is founded.
- Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
- September 2 The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end of Turkish rule in Hungary during the subsequent years.
- New York City and Albany, New York are granted city charters by the colonial governor.
- A hurricane saves Charleston from attack by Spanish vessels.
Births
- January 16 - Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766)
- January 31 - Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
- April 9 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (d. 1721)
- April 28 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
- April 29 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)
- May 24 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and inventor (d. 1736)
- June 9 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
- July 6 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)
- July 9 - Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
- August 12 - John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
- August 19 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
- August 19 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
- October 15 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)
Deaths
- January 31 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)
- February 10 - William Dugdale, English antiquarian (b. 1605)
- April 6 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)
- April 19 - Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)
- June 23 - William Coventry, English statesman
- July 10 - John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625)
- July 16 - John Pearson, English theologian (b. 1612)
- August 13 - Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610)
- October 26 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623)
- November 11 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (b. 1621)
- November 11 - Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor (b. 1602)