1686

Years: 1683 1684 1685 - 1686 - 1687 1688 1689

Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1686 in topic: Literature - Science - State leaders

Events

• The League of Augsburg is founded.
• Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
• September 2 The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end of Turkish rule in Hungary during the subsequent years.
• New York City and Albany, New York are granted city charters by the colonial governor.
• A hurricane saves Charleston from attack by Spanish vessels.

Births

• May 24 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, Dutch physicist and inventor (d. 1736)
• June 9 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)

Deaths

• November 11 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (b. 1621)
• November 20 - Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor (b. 1602)

See also: 1686, 1602, 1621, 1650s, 1660s, 1670s, 1680s, 1683, 1684