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| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1685 1686 1687 - 1688 - 1689 1690 1691
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1660s 1670s - 1680s ''' - 1690s 1700s 1710s
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| align="center" | - 17th Century ''' - 18th Century
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Events
Births
- January 18 - Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke Of Dorset , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765 )
- January 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1772 )
- February 2 - Queen Ulrike Eleonora Of Sweden (d. 1741 )
- February 4 - Pierre De Marivaux , French playwright (d. 1763 )
- April 4 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle , French astronomer (d. 1768 )
- April 15 - Johann Friedrich Fasch , German composer (d. 1758 )
- May 22 - Alexander Pope , English poet (d. 1744 )
- June 10 - James Francis Edward Stuart , "The Old Pretender" (d. 1766 )
- July 19 - Giuseppe Castiglione , Italian missionary to China (d. 1766 )
- August 14 - King Frederick William I Of Prussia (d. 1740 )
- September 12 - Ferdinand Brokoff , Czech sculptor (d. 1731 )
- October 17 - Domenico Zipoli , Italian composer (d. 1726 )
- October 22 - Nadir Shah of Persia (d. 1747 )
- William Burnet , British colonial administrator (d. 1728 )
- Charles Rivington , English publisher (d. 1742 )
Deaths
- January 7 - James Howard, 3rd Earl Of Suffolk
- February 2 - Abraham Duquesne , French naval officer (b. 1610 )
- April 29 - Friedrich Wilhelm I Of Brandenburg (b. 1620 )
- May 14 - Antoine Furetière , French writer (b. 1619 )
- June 5 - Constantine Phaulkon , Greek adventurer (b. 1667 )
- June 26 - Ralph Cudworth , English philosopher (b. 1617 )
- July 11 - Narai Of Thailand
- July 21 - James Butler, 1st Duke Of Ormonde , Irish statesman (b. 1610 )
- August 25 - Henry Morgan , Welsh privateer and Governor of Jamaica
- August 31 - John Bunyan , English writer (b. 1628 )
- September 2 - Robert Viner , Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631 )
- October 6 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke Of Albemarle , English statesman (b. 1653 )
- October 23 - Charles Du Fresne, Sieur Du Cange , French philologist (b. 1610 )
- November 26 - Philippe Quinault , French dramatist (b. 1635 )
- December 15 - Gaspar Fagel , Dutch statesman (b. 1634 )
Publications
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