1697
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| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 1700 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1697 MDCXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2450 |
| Armenian calendar | 1146 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԶ |
| Chinese calendar | 4333/4393-12-9 (丙子年十二月初九日) — to —
4334/4394-11-19(丁丑年十一月十九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1689 – 1690 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5457 – 5458 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1752 – 1753 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1619 – 1620 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4798 – 4799 |
| Iranian calendar | 1075 – 1076 |
| Islamic calendar | 1109 – 1110 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 10 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2240 |
1697 (MDCXCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
[edit] Events
- September 11 - Battle of Zenta, Prince Eugene of Savoy crushed Ottoman army of Mustafa II
- September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick
- December 2 – St Paul's Cathedral opened in London
- Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
- Use of palanquins increases in Europe
- Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's first technical school.
- The royal castle "Tre Kronor" in Stockholm burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.
- Karl XII of Sweden is crowned king at the age of 15.
- Tayasal, capital of the Peten Itza Maya, the last independent Mesoamerican state, is conquered by Spain
- The Manchu Empire conquers western Mongolia
- The Royal African Company loses its monopoly on the slave trade
[edit] Births
- January 30 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (died 1773)
- March 9 - Friederike Caroline Neuber, actress (died 1760)
- August 6 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (died. 1745)
- October 7 - Canaletto, Italian artist (died 1768)
- November 10 - William Hogarth, English artist (died 1764)
[edit] Deaths
- January 8 - Thomas Aikenhead (hanged) (born c.1678)
- January 26 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (born 1640)
- January 28 - John Fenwick, English conspirator (born c.1645)
- March 1 - Francesco Redi, Italian physician (born 1626)
- March 19 - Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (born 1665)
- March 26 - Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (born 1640)
- March 27 - Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (born 1603)
- April 5 - King Charles XI of Sweden (stomach cancer) (born 1655)
- April 8 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (born 1629)
- October 31 - William Moore, Captain William Kidd's Gunner (hemorrhage in head cased by Captain Kidd hitting him with a bucket)
- November 22 - Libéral Bruant, French architect (born c.1635)
