1695 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1695?
- January 27, 1695 – Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
- August 15, 1695 – French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
- September 7, 1695 – Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end to all English trading in India.
- November 20, 1695 – Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed.
- December 31, 1695 – A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax.
Who Were Born In The Year 1695?
- February 2, 1695 – William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
- February 6, 1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
- March 9, 1695 – Martín Sarmiento, Spanish writer and scholar (d.1772)
- May 2, 1695 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
- May 3, 1695 – Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)
- September 3, 1695 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
- September 5, 1695 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
- October 5, 1695 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
- November 10, 1695 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
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