1695
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s – 1690s – 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1692 1693 1694 – 1695 – 1696 1697 1698 |
| 1695 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1695 (MDCXCV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1695
[edit] January–June
- January 27 – Mustafa II (1695–1703) succeeds Ahmed II as Ottoman Emperor.
[edit] July–December
- July 17 – The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament.
- August 8 – The Wren Building is started in Williamsburg, Virginia (completed in 1700).
- August – Bombardment of Brussels
- December 31 – A window tax is imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax.
[edit] Undated
- Russia declares war on Turkey.
- 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.
- English manufacturers call for an embargo on Indian cloth and silk weavers picket the House of Commons.
- In England, Parliament decides against a renewal of the Licensing Act, putting an end to royal censorship of printing presses and so clearing the way for a free press on the Act's expiry in 1696.
- After many years of construction, the Potala Palace is completed.
- Gold is discovered in Brazil
[edit] Ongoing
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1695 MDCXCV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2448 |
| Armenian calendar | 1144 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -149 – -148 |
| Berber calendar | 2645 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2239 |
| Burmese calendar | 1057 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7203 – 7204 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年十一月十六日 (4331/4391-11-16) — to —
乙亥年十一月廿六日(4332/4392-11-26) |
| Coptic calendar | 1411 – 1412 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1687 – 1688 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5455 – 5456 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1750 – 1751 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1617 – 1618 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4796 – 4797 |
| Holocene calendar | 11695 |
| Iranian calendar | 1073 – 1074 |
| Islamic calendar | 1106 – 1107 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 8 (元禄8年) |
| Korean calendar | 4028 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2238 |
- February 2 – William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
- February 6 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
- April 8 – Johann Christian Günther, German poet (d. 1723)
- May 2 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, French architect and painter (d. 1766)
- May 3 – Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
- September 3 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
- September 5 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
- October 5 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
- November 10 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
- date unknown – James Figg, first English bare-knuckle boxing champion (d. 1734)
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628)
- February 6 – Ahmed II of Turkey (b. 1643)
- February 18 – Sir William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
- March 5 – Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
- April 3 – Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. c. 1636)
- April 5 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer and statesman (b. 1633)
- April 13 – Jean de la Fontaine, French writer noted for his fables (b. 1621)
- April 17 – Sor Juana, Mexican writer (b. c. 1650)
- April 27 – John Trenchard, English statesman (b. 1640)
- April 28 – Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
- June 11 – André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
- July 8 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician and physicist who developed the wave theory of light (b. 1629)
- July 18 – Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
- August 6 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (b. 1625)
- August 12 – Huang Zongxi, Chinese political theorist, philosopher, writer, and soldier (b. 1610)
- September – Thomas Tew, English pyrate
- November 16 – Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (b. 1625)
- November 20 – Zumbi, Brazilian leader of a runaway slave colony (b. 1655)
- November 21 – Henry Purcell, English composer whose works include the opera Dido and Aeneas (b. 1654)
- November 22 – Francis Nurse, husband of Rebecca Nurse (accused during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692), b. 1618
- November 28 – Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
- November 29 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
- December 8 – Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
- December 12 – Jacob Abendana, British rabbi (b. 1630)
