1690 - What happened in 1690 ?

January 1690

Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans

The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany.

The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America.

England passes the Act of Grace, forgiving followers of Catholic James II.

Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian calendar.

The army of William III of England defeats that of the deposed King James VII of Scotland and II of England.

Calcutta, India is founded.

"Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick", the first newspaper published in the Americas, published for the first and only time.

English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade.

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