1697
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
Years: 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 - 1697 - 1698 1699 1700 1701 1702
Events
- Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's first technical school.
- The royal castle īTre Kronorī 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.
- Tayassal[?], capital of the Peten Itza Maya, the last independent Mesoamerican state, is conquered by Spain
- The Manchu Empire conquers western Mongolia
- September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick
Births
- March 9 - Friederike Caroline Neuber[?], actress (+ 1760)
- August 6 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
- October 7 - Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canale), Italian artist
- November 10 - William Hogarth, English artist
Deaths
- Karl XI of Sweden[?] dies of stomach cancer.
- January 8 - Thomas Aikenhead[?] hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
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