1699 facts for kids

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

1699 is a year in the 17th century.

The most important events

• 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

• March 23 – John Bartram the American botanist (died 1777)
• March 25 – Johann Adolf Hasse the German composer (died 1783)
• 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)
• December 10 – King Christian VI of Denmark (died 1746)
• Robert Blair the Scottish poet and cleric (died 1746)
• Pierre Subleyras the French painter (died 1749)

Deaths

• 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)