1690

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s

Years: 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 - 1690 - 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695

• January 6 - Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans[?]
• January 14 - The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany
• May 20 - England passes Act of Grace[?], forgiving followers of James II
• July 1 - The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland between the armies of two rival Kings: Catholic James II of England, Scotland and Ireland, and Protestant William III of England, Scotland and Ireland. The Protestant army is victorious and the Catholics loose control over Ireland.
• Earliest recorded sighting of the planet Uranus, by John Flamsteed, who mistakenly catalogued it as the star 34 Tauri

Births

• March 18 - Christian Goldbach (Prussian mathematician)

Deaths