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| Years: 1688 1689 1690 - 1691 - 1692 1693 1694 | |
| Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons
- March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender
- Treaty of Limerick penalizes public worship of catholics and Presbyterians
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Suleiman II (1687-1691) to Ahmed II (1691-1695).
- Michel Rolle invents Rolle's theorem, an essential theorem of mathematics.
Births
- Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian Admiral and naval hero (d. 1720)
Deaths
- Suleiman II, Sultan, Ottoman Empire (born 1642)
- January 13 - George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends (born 1624)
- February 1 - Pope Alexander VIII (born 1610)
- December 30 - Robert Boyle, chemist (born 1627)
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