Historical Events in 1698
- Jan 4 Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire
- Jan 7 Russian Tsar Peter the Great departs Netherlands for England
- Jul 1 Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal founded by Marguerite Bourgeoys canonically constituted a community
- Jul 2 English engineer Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine
- Jul 14 The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama
- Aug 18 Russian Tsar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
- Aug 25 Tsar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through Western Europe
- Sep 5 Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
- Oct 11 France, England & Netherlands ratified the First Partition Treaty, which eventually led to the War of the Spanish Succession
- Nov 2 Scottish settlers make landfall in Panama, establishing the ill-fated 'Darien Venture' colony
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Famous People Born in 1698
- Jan 3 Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
- Feb 16 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer), born in Croisic, France (d. 1758)
- Mar 6 John Alberti, Dutch theologist and philologist, born at Assen (d. 1762)
- Mar 10 Gaetano Maria Schiassi, Italian composer (d. 1754)
- Mar 26 Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist, born in Helvíkovice, Bohemia (d. 1765)
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Famous People Who Died in 1698
- Jan 10 Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French ecclesiastical historian, dies at 60
- Mar 14 Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman, dies at 75
- Apr 29 Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)
- May 15 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (Fête de Vénus), dies at 56
- Jun 10 Gerrit Berckheyde, Dutch painter, dies at 59
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