1694 in History – What happened in year 1694

In history, year 1694 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 1694.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1694:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
27 july	A Royal Charter was granted to the Bank of England as theEnglish Government's banker.
21 November	The famous French philosopher and writer François Marie Aroae was born and became famous as Walter.

Famous birthdays in the year 1694:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
02 December	William Shirley / Politician / United States of America
04 July	Louis-Claude Daquin / Composer / France
04 June	François Quesnay / Physician / France
04 October	Lord George Murray / General / Scotland
05 August	Leonardo Leo / Composer / Italy
05 September	František Václav Míča / Composer / Czech Republic
07 September	Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg / Politician / Denmark
08 August	Francis Hutcheson / Academic / Ireland
21 November	Voltaire / Historian / France
22 December	Hermann Samuel Reimarus / Philosopher / Germany
22 September	Philip Stanhope / Politician / United Kingdom
22 May	Daniel Gran / Painter / Austria
24 June	Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui / Author / Switzerland
25 September	Henry Pelham / Politician / United Kingdom
25 April	Richard Boyle / Politician / United Kingdom
26 October	Johan Helmich Roman / Composer / Sweden
26 August	Elisha Williams / Academic / United Kingdom
26 June	Georg Brandt / Chemist / Sweden