1698 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1698?
- July 2, 1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
- September 5, 1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
Who Were Born In The Year 1698?
- January 3, 1698 – Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
- February 16, 1698 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (d. 1758)
- March 26, 1698 – Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)
- July 2, 1698 – Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)
- July 17, 1698 – Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (d. 1759)
- August 27, 1698 – Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement (d. 1760)
- September 8, 1698 – François Francoeur, French composer and violinist (d. 1787)
- October 23, 1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (d. 1782)
- November 22, 1698 – Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
- December 24, 1698 – William Warburton, English Bishop of Gloucester (d. 1779)
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