1697

Years: 1694 1695 1696 - 1697 - 1698 1699 1700

Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1697 in topic: Literature - Science - State leaders

Events

• September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick
• December 2 – St Paul's Cathedral opened in London

• Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
• Use of palanquins increases in Europe
• Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's first technical school.
• The royal castle "Tre Kronor" in Stockholm burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.
• Karl XII of Sweden is crowned king at the age of 15.
• Tayassal, capital of the Peten Itza Maya, the last independent Mesoamerican state, is conquered by Spain
• The Manchu Empire conquers western Mongolia

Births

• March 9 - Friederike Caroline Neuber, actress (d. 1760)
• August 6 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
• October 7 - Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)
• November 10 - William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764)

Deaths

• Karl XI of Sweden (stomach cancer) (b. 1655)
• March 1 - Francesco Redi, Italian physician (b. 1626)
• January 8 - Thomas Aikenhead (hanged)

See also: 1697, 1626, 1655, 1660s, 1670s, 1680s, 1690s, 1694, 1695