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.
- May 12 English King William III departs to Netherlands
- 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.