Events in year of 1690
- 01-22Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
- 02-031st paper money in America issued (Colony of Massachusetts)
- 02-08French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire
- 02-08Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
- 03-16French King Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland
- 05-11English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
- 05-20England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
- 06-11English King Willem III departs to Ireland
- 06-30Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands / English fleet
- 07-01Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish / Dutch army
- 07-10Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
- 07-10Neth-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen)
- 07-11Battle of Drogheda Boyne: Willem III (Netherlands-England) beat Jacobus II (Ireland)
- 07-12Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats Catholic King James II
- 08-01Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye
- 08-24Job Charnock founds Calcutta India
- 09-06King Willem III escapes back to England
- 09-25Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st and last ed
- 10-07English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade
- 10-08Turkish troops occupy Belgrade
- 10-23Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking
- 12-10Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money
People born in year of 1690
- 01-13Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel: Composer
- 02-01Francesco Maria Veracini: Italian opera composer
- 02-21Christoph Stoltzenberg: Composer
- 02-28Aleksei P Romanov: Russia -- Son of Peter the Great
- 03-01Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel: Composer
- 03-18Christian Goldbach: German mathematician (Goldbach position)
- 04-22John Carteret: Earl Granville (C), English Chief Minister (1722-42)
- 04-25Gottlieb Theophil Muffat: Composer
- 07-07Johann Tobias Krebs: Composer
- 08-09Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri: Composer
- 09-15Ignazio Prota: Composer
- 10-08Jaime de Casellas: Composer
- 10-19Giuseppi Maria Carretti: Composer
- 11-11Gerhard Hoffmann: Composer
- 11-22Francois Collin de Blamont: Composer
- 11-23Ernst J Earl van Biron: Russian Duke of Koerland / regent of Ivan VI
- 11-24Charles Theodore Pachelbel: Composer
People died in year of 1690
- 02-22Charles Le Brun: Classical Painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70
- 03-18Charles: Duke of Lutherans
- 04-12Miguel Gomez Camargo: Composer, dies at 71
- 04-18Charles V Leopold: Duke of Lotharingen / Austrian Field Marshal
- 04-25David Teniers the Younger: Flemish Painter (Pictorium), dies at 79
- 05-21John Eliot: English Missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85
- 05-27Giovanni Legrenzi: Italian composer, dies at 63
- 07-10Domenico Gabrielli: Composer, dies at 39
- 07-10Jan van Brakel: Dutch Vice-Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48
- 07-11Friedrich H Duke van Schomberg: Marshal, dies in battle at 75
- 07-23Richard Gibson: Minature painter
- 10-16Margaretha M Alacoque: French mystic / saint, dies at 43
- 10-30Hieronymus van Beverningk: Duitch General, dies at 76
Events in year of 1691
- 01-18English King Willem III travels to The Hague
- 02-17Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service
- 04-09French troops occupy Mons
- 06-12Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII
- 07-12Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII
- 07-12Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II
- 07-22Battle at Aghrim: English / Dutch army beats France
- 08-16Yorktown Va founded
- 08-19Battle at Szalankemen: Austrians beat Turks
- 09-17Colony Massachusetts Bay gets new charter
- 10-03English and Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland
- 10-17New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth
- 12-04Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
- 12-04Spanish King Carlos II names Maximilian II Viceroy of S Netherlands
People born in year of 1691
- 01-28Johann Balthasar Konig: Composer
- 05-17Antoine Court: French reformed theologist
- 06-14Jan Francisci: Composer
- 07-25Alessandro Galilei: Italian architect (Cappella Corsini)
- 11-27Josef Antonin Planicky: Composer
- 12-10Cornelis Pronk: Dutch portrait painter / cartoonist
People died in year of 1691
- 01-13George Fox: Founder of Quakers, dies at 66
- 01-20Christian de Placker: Composer, dies at 77
- 02-01Alexander VIII [Pietro Ottoboni]: Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
- 02-01George Etherege: English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
- 02-08Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi: Italian Architect / composer, dies at 79
- 02-08Carlo Rainaldi: Composer, dies at 79
- 05-16Jacob Leisler: Becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
- 05-29Cornelis Tromp: Admiral-General / Son of Maarten T, dies at 61
- 07-16Francois-Michel Le Tellier: Marquis de Louvois, statesman
- 09-12Johan Georg III: Monarch of Saxon (1680-91), dies at 44
- 11-15Albert Cuyp: Landscape painter, buried at 71
Events in year of 1692
- 02-13MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III
- 02-28Salem witch hunt begins
- 02-29Sarah Good and Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem
- 03-01Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, Massachusetts)
- 03-22Emperor Leopold I names Duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, King
- 03-26King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
- 04-22Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
- 05-29Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France
- 05-29Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
- 06-07Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
- 06-24Kingston Jamaica founded
- 07-24French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein)
- 08-03Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English / Dutch army
- 08-195 women executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
- 09-22Last (8) person hanged for witchcraft in US (Salem, Massachusetts)
- 10-12Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials
People born in year of 1692
- 01-06Rynoldus Popma van Oevering: Composer
- 03-14Peter Musschenbroek: Dutch Physician / physicist (Leyden jar)
- 05-03Jan J Mauricius: Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1742-51)
- 05-18Joseph Butler: Wantage Berkshire, United Kingdom -- Theologian
- 08-13Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer: Composer
- 10-08Antonio Palella: Composer
- 10-25Elisabeth Farnese: Princess of Parma / Queen of Spain
- 11-07Johannes G Schnabel: German author / surgeon (Insel Felsenburg)
- 11-21Carlo Fragoni: Italy -- Poet
People died in year of 1692
- 01-19John Commelin: Director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62
- 02-24Antimo Liberati: Composer, dies at 74
- 03-25Gerardus L Blasius: Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66
- 04-14Carlos de Gurrea: Spanish Viceroy (Spanish Netherlands)
- 05-18Elias Ashmole: Antiquary
- 07-10Bridget Bishop: 1st Salem witch hanged
- 10-12Giovanni Battista Vitali: Composer, dies at 60
- 11-14Christoph Bernhard: German composer, dies at 64
- 11-19Georg F von Waldeck: German commander-in-chief (Colors)