In history, year 1697 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 1697.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1697 ⚡:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|
| 08 january | Scottish student Thomas Aikenhead became the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy. |
| 13 march | Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanishconquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. |
| 07 may | Stockholm's royal castle, dating back to the 13th century, was destroyed in a huge fire; the blueprint for the current royal palace was presented only a couple of weeks later. |
| 05 september | War of the Grand Alliance-A French warship captured YorkFactory, a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company in present-day Manitoba, Canada. |
| 20 september | The Treaty of Ryswick was signed between France and the GrandAlliance, ending the Nine Years' War. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1697:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|
| 01 April | Antoine François Prévost / Novelist / France |
| 05 December | Giuseppe de Majo / Composer / Italy |
| 09 November | Claudio Casciolini / Composer / Italy |
| 10 May | Jean-Marie Leclair / Violinist / France |
| 10 November | William Hogarth / Painter / United Kingdom |
| 11 June | Francesco Antonio Vallotti / Composer / Italy |
| 16 April | Johann Gottlieb Görner / Composer / Germany |
| 26 April | Adam Falckenhagen / Composer / Germany |
| 30 January | Johann Joachim Quantz / Composer / Germany |