History
1698
General
Population: 636 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Gerard Langbaine and Charles Gildin, Algernon Sidney (government - posthumous),
Music includes torello,
- Technology: Thomas Savery develops a steam engine
- Deaths: Actress Marie Champmesle
Africa
- East Africa: Portuguese expelled from Mombasa by Omanis - Zanzibar sultanate set up
Americas
Asia
- Japan: Quake and tsunami
- Vietnam: Cambodians evacuate Saigon
Europe
- England: Palace at Whitehall burns and is never rebuilt
Society of Promoting Christian Knowledge founded in London by Thomas Bray
General Society (New East India Trading Company) founded in London
Mrs. White's Chocolate House opens in London – becomes headquarters of Tory party
Henry Winstanley begins building Eddystone Lighthouse
London Stock Exchange founded
Future king George I becomes elector of Hanover
- France: Jules Hardouin-Mansart creates Place Vendome in Paris
- German States: Elector Ernest August of Hanover dies – eldest son George Louis the future King George I of England becomes electoral prince
Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau introduces goose-stepping and iron ramrods in Prussian army
Andreas Schluter creates Royal Palace in Berlin
- Italian States: Bibliotheca Casanatense founded in Rome
- Russia: Peter the Great travels W Europe in disguise
Rebellion of Czar Peter's praetorian guard in Moscow – leaders executed
Tax on beards in Russia
- Spain: Charles II of Spain names Prince Elector of Bavaria as his heir - eventually will lead to War of Spanish Succession
General
- Technology: Paper manufacturing begins in North America
South
- Florida: Spanish expedition leaves Mexico for Pensacola