1699
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s – 1690s – 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1696 1697 1698 – 1699 – 1700 1701 1702 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1699 MDCXCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2452 |
| Armenian calendar | 1148 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6449 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1620–1621 |
| Bengali calendar | 1106 |
| Berber calendar | 2649 |
| English Regnal year | 11 Will. 3 – 12 Will. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2243 |
| Burmese calendar | 1061 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7207–7208 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 4395 or 4335 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4396 or 4336 |
| Coptic calendar | 1415–1416 |
| Discordian calendar | 2865 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1691–1692 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5459–5460 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1755–1756 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1620–1621 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4799–4800 |
| Holocene calendar | 11699 |
| Igbo calendar | 699–700 |
| Iranian calendar | 1077–1078 |
| Islamic calendar | 1110–1111 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 12 (元禄１２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1622–1623 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 4032 |
| Minguo calendar | 213 before ROC 民前213年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 231 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2241–2242 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1825 or 1444 or 672 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1826 or 1445 or 673 |
1699 (MDCXCIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1699th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 699th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1699, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events[change | change source]
- January 26 – Treaty of Karlowitz signed.
- March 30 – the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh made the Khalsa.
- May 1 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville starts the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley.
- William Dampier goes to and discovers what is at the northwest coast of Australia.
Births[change | change source]
- March 23 – John Bartram the American botanist (died 1777)
- March 25 – Johann Adolf Hasse the German composer (died 1783)
- April 17 - Robert Blair the Scottish poet and cleric (died 1746)
- May 1 – Hans Joachim von Zieten the Prussian field marshal (died 1786)
- May 13 – Marquis of Pombal the Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1782)
- November 2 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin the French painter (died 1779)
- November 25 - Pierre Subleyras the French painter (died 1749)
- December 10 – King Christian VI of Denmark (died 1746)
Deaths[change | change source]
- January 21 – Obadiah Walker the English writer (born 1616)
- March 12 – Peder Griffenfeld the Danish statesman (born 1635)
- April 21 – Jean Racine the French playwright (born 1639)
- April 22 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz the German statesman and poet (born 1646)
- May 12 – Lucas Achtschellinck the Flemish painter (born 1626)
- May 15 – Edward Petre the English Jesuit and privy councillor (born 1631)
- June 22 – Josiah Child the English Governor of the East India Company (born 1630)
- September 26 – Simon Arnauld de Pomponne the French diplomat and minister of Louis XIV (born 1618).
- August 25 – Christian V the King of Denmark and Norway (born 1646)
- November 29 – Patrick Gordon the Scottish general (born 1635)