1691
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1688 1689 1690 - 1691 - 1692 1693 1694 |
| 1691 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1691 (MDCXCI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1691
[edit] January - June
- March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons
- March 20 - Leisler's Rebellion - New governor arrives in New York - Jacob Leisler surrenders after standoff of several hours
- March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender
- April 9 - a fire at the Palace of Whitehall in London destroys its Stone Gallery.
- May 6 - Spanish inquisition condemns and forcibly baptizes 219 Jews in Palma Majorca. When 37 try to escape the island, they are burned alive at the stake
- May 16 - Jacob Leisler is hanged for treason.
- June - Ahmed II (1691-1695) succeeds Suleiman II (1687-1691) as emperor of the Ottoman Empire.
[edit] July - December
- July 12
- Pope Innocent XII succeeds Pope Alexander VIII as the 242nd pope.
- Battle of Aughrim in Ireland
- October 3 - Treaty of Limerick which guaranteed civil rights to Catholics was signed. (It was broken "before the ink was dry")
[edit] Undated
- Michel Rolle invents Rolle's theorem, an essential theorem of mathematics.
- In New England the two separate Colonies of Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony are united into a single entity by an act of the King and Queen of England.
- The Khalkha submit to the Manchu invaders, bringing most of modern-day Mongolia under the rule of the Qing dynasty.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1691 MDCXCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2444 |
| Armenian calendar | 1140 ԹՎ ՌՃԽ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -153 – -152 |
| Berber calendar | 2641 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2235 |
| Burmese calendar | 1053 |
| Chinese calendar | 4327/4387-12-3 (庚午年十二月初三日) — to —
4328/4388-11-13(辛未年十一月十三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1407 – 1408 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1683 – 1684 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5451 – 5452 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1746 – 1747 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1613 – 1614 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4792 – 4793 |
| Holocene calendar | 11691 |
| Iranian calendar | 1069 – 1070 |
| Islamic calendar | 1102 – 1103 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 4 (元禄4年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2351 (皇紀2351年) |
| Korean calendar | 4024 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2234 |
- February 27 - Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754)
- April 5 - Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1768)
- April 9 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)
- June 17 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
- August 25 - Alessandro Galilei, architect and mathematician (d. 1736)
- September 29 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
- October 1 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (d 1768)
- October 28 - Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 - George Fox, English founder of the Society of Friends (b. 1624)
- January 17 - Richard Lower, English physician (b. 1631)
- February 1 - Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
- April 3 - Jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (b. 1607)
- May 11 - Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)
- May 16 - Jacob Leisler, German-born American colonist (b. 1640)
- May 23 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
- May 29 - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
- June 23 - Suleiman II, Sultan, Ottoman Empire (b. 1642)
- July 12 - Marquis de St Ruth (killed at the Battle of Aughrim)
- July 16 - François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (b. 1641)
- July 30 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
- August 14 - Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
- September 12 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1647)
- October 9 - William Sacheverell, English statesman (b. 1638)
- October 10 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613)
- November 14 - Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
- November 15 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
- December 8 - Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)
- December 30 - Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (b. 1627)
- probable - Elizabeth Polwheele, English playwright (b. ca. 1651)
