1690 in History – What happened in year 1690

In history, year 1690 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1690.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1690:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
08 june	Yakut Khan, a Siddi general, razed the Mazagon Fort. The Mazagon Fort was a British fort in Mazagaon, Mumbai. It was built around 1680. In 1689, Yakut Khan, with 20,000 soldiers invaded Mumbai.
12 July	Under the leadership of William of Orange, the Protestants defeated the Roman Catholic army.
24 August	Job Carnock laid the foundation of the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata).
23 December	The philosopher John Flemsteed saw the planet Uranus and considered it a star and named it \ 34 Tory \.

Famous birthdays in the year 1690:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 February	Francesco Maria Veracini / Violinist / Italy
01 December	Philip Yorke / Politician / United Kingdom
03 February	Richard Rawlinson / Historian / United Kingdom
11 June	Giovanni Antonio Giay / Composer / Italy
12 September	Peter Dens / Theologian / Belgium
15 September	Ignazio Prota / Educator / Italy
18 March	Christian Goldbach / Academic / Germany
22 April	John Carteret / Politician / United Kingdom
22 January	Nicolas Lancret / Painter / France
22 November	François Colin de Blamont / Painist / France
24 November	Charles Theodore Pachelbel / Composer / Germany
28 October	Peter Tordenskjold / Army Officer / Norway
29 October	Martin Folkes / Astronomer / United Kingdom

Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1690:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
23 December	Pamheiba / Emperor / India