1699

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

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

Years: 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 - 1699 - 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704

• January 26 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed
• May 1 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley

Births

• February 17 - Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff[?], master builder (+ 1753)
• November 2 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter ( + 1779)
• December 10 - King Christian VI of Denmark

Deaths

• April 21 - Jean Racine