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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
Events
- January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed
- May 1 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley
Year in topic
Births
- February 17 - Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, master builder (+ 1753)
- May 13 - Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese prime minister
- November 2 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter ( + 1779)
- December 10 - King Christian VI of Denmark
- Pierre Subleyras, French painter (died 1749)
- Robert Blair, Scottish poet and cleric (died 1746)
- Johann Adolf Hasse, German composer (died 1783)
- Joseph Gibbs, English organist and composer (died 1788)
- John Dyer, Welsh poet, painter, and cleric (died 1758)
- Marie Thérèse Geoffrin, French scholar (died 1777)
- Ferdinando Fuga, Italian architect (died 1781)
- Jacob Adlung, German organist and scholar (died 1762)
Deaths
- April 21 - Jean Racine
- August 25 - King Christian V of Denmark (born 1646)
- Johann Georg Conradi, German composer
- José Marin, Spanish tenor and composer (born 1619)
- Baptiste Monnoyer, French Baroque painter (born 1634)
