1690

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
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July 11: English King William III defeats former King James II at the Battle of the Boyne.
October 16: British Canadian envoys demand that Governor-General Frontenac surrender New France (now Quebec) or face an invasion.
1690 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1690
MDCXC
Ab urbe condita2443
Armenian calendar1139
ԹՎ ՌՃԼԹ
Assyrian calendar6440
Balinese saka calendar1611–1612
Bengali calendar1097
Berber calendar2640
English Regnal yearWill. & Mar. – 3 Will. & Mar.
Buddhist calendar2234
Burmese calendar1052
Byzantine calendar7198–7199
Chinese calendar己巳年 (Earth Snake)
4387 or 4180
    — to —
庚午年 (Metal Horse)
4388 or 4181
Coptic calendar1406–1407
Discordian calendar2856
Ethiopian calendar1682–1683
Hebrew calendar5450–5451
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1746–1747
 - Shaka Samvat1611–1612
 - Kali Yuga4790–4791
Holocene calendar11690
Igbo calendar690–691
Iranian calendar1068–1069
Islamic calendar1101–1102
Japanese calendarGenroku 3
(元禄3年)
Javanese calendar1613–1614
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar4023
Minguo calendar222 before ROC
民前222年
Nanakshahi calendar222
Thai solar calendar2232–2233
Tibetan calendar阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
1816 or 1435 or 663
    — to —
阳金马年
(male Iron-Horse)
1817 or 1436 or 664

1690 (MDCXC) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1690th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 690th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1690, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[edit]

January–March[edit]

April–June[edit]

July–September[edit]

October–December[edit]

Date unknown[edit]

Births[edit]

Susanna Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton born 1 January
Francesco Maria Veracini born 1 February
Kilian Stobæus born 6 February
Maria Vittoria of Savoy born 9 February
Sangram Singh II born 24 March
Louis Petit de Bachaumont born 2 June
George Albert, Prince of East Frisia born 13 June
Epes Sargent (soldier) born 12 July
Martha Blount born 15 October
Peter Tordenskjold born 28 October
Martin Folkes born 29 October
Carlo Lodoli born 28 November

January–March[edit]

April–June[edit]

July–September[edit]

October–December[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Johannes Gezelius the elder died 20 January
Joshua Janavel died 5 March
Jan van Mieris died 17 March
Patriarch Joachim of Moscow died 17 March
Raymond Poisson died 9 May
John Eliot (missionary) died 21 May
François Tortebat died 4 June
Hosokawa Yukitaka died 9 July
Gottfried Welsch died 5 September
Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland died 19 September
John Maynard (1604–1690) died 9 October
Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes died 10 October
Juan de Valdés Leal died 15 October
Margaret Mary Alacoque died 17 October
Jean-Baptiste Christyn died 25 October

January–March[edit]

April–June[edit]

July–September[edit]

October–December[edit]

References[edit]

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