1695
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Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s |
Years: | 1692 1693 1694 - 1695 - 1696 1697 1698 |
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Year 1695 (MDCXCV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1695
[edit] January - June
- January 27 - Mustafa II (1695-1703) succeeds Ahmed II as Ottoman Emperor.
[edit] July - December
- July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament.
- August 8 - The Wren Building is started in Williamsburg, Virginia (completed in 1700).
- December 31 - A window tax is imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax.
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- Russia declares war on Turkey.
- A £2 fine is imposed for swearing in England.
- After 23 years of construction, Spain completes Castillo de San Marcos to protect St. Augustine, Florida from foreign threats.
- English manufacturers call for an embargo on Indian cloth and silk weavers picket the House of Commons.
- The English Parliament, in failing to renew the Licensing of the Press Act 1662, puts an end to royal censorship of the printing presses.
- After many years of construction, the Potala Palace is completed.
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[edit] Births
Gregorian calendar | 1695 MDCXCV |
Ab urbe condita | 2448 |
Armenian calendar | 1144 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԴ |
Bahá'í calendar | -149 – -148 |
Berber calendar | 2645 |
Buddhist calendar | 2239 |
Burmese calendar | 1057 |
Byzantine calendar | 7203 – 7204 |
Chinese calendar | 甲戌年十一月十六日 (4331/4391-11-16) — to —
乙亥年十一月廿六日(4332/4392-11-26) |
Coptic calendar | 1411 – 1412 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1687 – 1688 |
Hebrew calendar | 5455 – 5456 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1750 – 1751 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1617 – 1618 |
- Kali Yuga | 4796 – 4797 |
Holocene calendar | 11695 |
Iranian calendar | 1073 – 1074 |
Islamic calendar | 1106 – 1107 |
Japanese calendar | Genroku 8 (元禄8年) |
Korean calendar | 4028 |
Thai solar calendar | 2238 |
- February 2 - William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
- February 6 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
- April 8 - Johann Christian Günther, German poet (d. 1723)
- May 2 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, French architect and painter (d. 1766)
- May 3 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
- September 3 - Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
- September 5 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
- October 5 - John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
- November 10 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628)
- February 6 - Ahmed II of Turkey (b. 1643)
- February 18 - Sir William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
- March 5 - Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
- April 3 - Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. c. 1636)
- April 5 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer and statesman (b. 1633)
- April 13 - Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (b. 1621)
- April 17 - Sor Juana, Mexican writer (b. c. 1650)
- April 27 - John Trenchard, English statesman (b. 1640)
- April 28 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
- June 11 - André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
- July 8 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician and physicist (b. 1629)
- July 18 - Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
- August 6 - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (b. 1625)
- September - Thomas Tew, English pyrate
- November 16 - Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (b. 1625)
- November 20 - Zumbi, Brazilian leader of a runaway slave colony (b. 1655)
- November 21 - Henry Purcell, English composer (b. 1654)
- November 22 - Francis Nurse, husband of Rebecca Nurse (accused during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692), b. 1618
- November 28 - Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
- November 29 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
- December 8 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
- December 12 - Jacob Abendana, British rabbi (b. 1630)
- date unknown
- Huang Zongxi, Chinese political theorist, philosopher, writer, and soldier (b. 1610)