Event of Interest
Jan 13 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
Jonathan Swift
- Jan 27 Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his death in 1703.
Event of Interest
May 12 English King William III departs to Netherlands
William III
- Aug 2 Daniel Quare receives a British patent for his portable barometer
- Aug 11 English & Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk
- Aug 13 -15] French troops under Villeroi shoot in Brussels
- Sep 1 Dutch/English army under king Willem III occupies Names
- Sep 1 French garrison of castle Namur surrenders to the army of the Grand Alliance under the command of King William III of England
- Sep 12 New York Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties
- Oct 10 King Willem III escapes South Netherlands, back to England
- Nov 20 Zumbi, the last King of the Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is executed and decapitated, his head displayed on a pike to dispel any legends of his immortality
- Dec 31 A window tax is imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax.