1695 Palace of Versailles .Events January–June February 6 - Mustafa II succeeds Ahmed II , as Ottoman Emperor . April - The Parliament of England decides not to renew the Licensing Order of 1643 , requiring press censorship . June 24 - The Commission of Enquiry into the Massacre of Glencoe in Scotland in 1692 reports to the Parliament of England , blaming Sir John Dalrymple , Secretary of State over Scotland , and declares that a soldier should refuse to obey a "command against the law of nature".July–December July 12 - The Siege of Namur begins. July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded, by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland . August 8 - The Wren Building is started in Williamsburg, Virginia . August 13-15 - Nine Years' War: Brussels is bombarded by French troops. September 1 - Nine Years' War: France surrenders Namur , Spanish Netherlands to forces of the Grand Alliance , led by King William III of England , following the 2-month Siege of Namur. September 7 - English pirate Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable raids in history, with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai . In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to put an end to all English trading in India. December 31 - A window tax is imposed in England. Some windows are bricked up to avoid it.Date unknown Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire . English manufacturers call for an embargo on Indian cloth, and silk weavers picket the House of Commons of England . A £2 fine is imposed for swearing in England. After 23 years of construction, Spain completes Castillo de San Marcos , to protect St. Augustine, Florida, from foreign threats. After many years of construction, the Potala Palace in Lhasa is completed. Gold is discovered in Brazil . Johanne Nielsdatter , was executed for witchcraft . Her execution is the last confirmed execution for witchcraft in Norway . In Amsterdam , the bank Wed. Jean Deutz & Sn. floats the first sovereign bonds on the local market. The scheme is designed to fund a 1.5 million guilder loan to the Holy Roman Emperor . From this date on, European leaders commonly take advantage of the low interest rates available in the Dutch Republic , and borrow several hundred millions on the Dutch capital market. The Great Famine of 1695–1697 begins in Swedish Estonia, and spreads across Finland , Latvia , Norway and Sweden . Births February 2 - William Borlase , English naturalist February 6 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician March 9 - Martín Sarmiento , Spanish scholar and writer March 15 - Alexander Joseph Sulkowski , Polish and Saxon general April 8 - Johann Christian Günther , German poet May 2 - Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni , French architect and painter May 3 - Henri Pitot , French engineer June 6 - Adriaan Valckenier , Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies September 3 - Pietro Locatelli , Italian composer September 5 - Carl Gustaf Tessin , Swedish politician October 5 - John Glas , Scottish minister November 10 - John Bevis , English physician and astronomer date unknown - Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie , Swedish salonniére * Cai Wan , politically influential Chinese poetDeaths January 4 - François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg , Marshal of France January 16 - Hans Adam Weissenkircher , Austrian painter January 29 - Paul Hermann , German botanist February 6 - Ahmed II of Turkey February 14 - Georg von Derfflinger , field marshal in the army of Brandenburg-Prussia February 18 - Sir William Phips , governor of Massachusetts March 5 - Henry Wharton , English writer April 3 - Melchior d'Hondecoeter , Dutch painter April 5 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax , English writer and statesman April 6 - Richard Busby , English clergyman April 13 - Jean de La Fontaine , French writer April 17 - Juana Inés de la Cruz , Mexican nun, writer and poet April 27 - John Trenchard , English statesman April 28 - Henry Vaughan , Welsh poet May 9 - Lambert van Haven , Danish architect May 17 - Cornelis de Heem , Dutch painter May 30 - Pierre Mignard , French painter June 11 - André Félibien , French architect July 8 - Christiaan Huygens , Dutch mathematician and physicist who developed the wave theory of light July 18 - Johannes Camphuys , Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies August 2 - Mattia de Rossi , Italian painter August 6 * François de Harlay de Champvallon , Archbishop of Paris * Thomas Moore , English politician August 12 - Huang Zongxi , Chinese political theorist, philosopher, writer, and soldier August 19 - Christopher Merret , English physician and scientist August 20 - Giuseppe Francesco Borri , Italian alchemist September - Thomas Tew , English pirate October 6 - Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and last Administrator of Ratzeburg October 16 - William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford , member of England's House of Lords October 17 - Arthur Rawdon , English Member of Parliament October 19 - Johann Wilhelm Baier , German theologian October 21 - Johann Arnold Nering , German architect November 16 - Pierre Nicole , French Jansensist November 20 - Zumbi , Brazilian leader of a runaway slave colony November 21 - Henry Purcell , English composer whose works include the opera Dido and Aeneas November 22 - Francis Nurse, husband of Rebecca Nurse , November 28 - Anthony Wood , English antiquarian November 29 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair , Scottish lawyer and statesman December 8 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville , French orientalist December 12 - Jacob Abendana , British rabbi December 15 - Richard Hampden , English politician December 24 - Louis Thomassin , French bishop and theologian
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