1695
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Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s |
Years: | 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 |
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Gregorian calendar | 1695 MDCXCV |
Ab urbe condita | 2448 |
Armenian calendar | 1144 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԴ |
Chinese calendar | 4331/4391-11-16 (甲戌年十一月十六日) — to —
4332/4392-11-26(乙亥年十一月廿六日) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1687 – 1688 |
Hebrew calendar | 5455 – 5456 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1750 – 1751 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1617 – 1618 |
- Kali Yuga | 4796 – 4797 |
Iranian calendar | 1073 – 1074 |
Islamic calendar | 1107 – 1108 |
Japanese calendar | Genroku 8 (元禄8年) |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2355 (皇紀2355年) |
- Jōmon Era | 11695 |
Thai solar calendar | 2238 |
1695 (MDCXCV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
[edit] Events
- January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703)
- July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament.
- December 31 - A window tax is imposed in England causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax.
- Russia declares war on Turkey
- Freezing winter in France - wine freezes in the glasses in Versailles
- £2 fine for swearing in England
[edit] Births
- February 2 - William Borlase, English naturalist (died 1772)
- February 6 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1726)
- April 8 - Johann Christian Günther, German poet (died 1723)
- May 2 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, French architect and painter (died 1766)
- May 3 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (died 1771)
- September 3 - Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (died 1764)
- September 5 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (died 1770)
- October 5 - John Glas, Scottish minister (died 1773)
- November 10 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (died 1771)
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (born 1628)
- February 6 - Ahmed II of Turkey (born 1643)
- March 5 - Henry Wharton, English writer (born 1664)
- April 3 - Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (born c.1636)
- April 5 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer and statesman (born 1633)
- April 13 - Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (born 1621)
- April 17 - Sor Juana, Mexican writer (born c.1650)
- April 27 - John Trenchard, English statesman (born 1640)
- April 28 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (born 1621)
- June 11 - André Félibien, French architect (born 1619)
- July 8 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician and physicist (born 1629)
- July 18 - Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1634)
- August 6 - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (born 1625)
- November 16 - Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (born 1625)
- November 20 - Zumbi, Brazilian leader of a runaway slave colony (born 1655)
- November 21 - Henry Purcell, English composer (born 1654)
- November 22 - Francis Nurse, wife of Rebecca Nurse (accused during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692), born 1618.
- November 28 - Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (born 1632)
- November 29 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (born 1619)
- December 8 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (born 1625)
- December 12 - Jacob Abendana, British rabbi (born 1630)