1691 (MDCXCI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1691st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 691st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1691, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
September 3: Sinking of HMS Coronation and HMS Harwich kills 900 English Navy sailors at Plymouth Sound.
August 12: Holy Roman Empire and allies defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Slankamen (now in Serbia) and 25,000 Turks are killed.
1691 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1691
MDCXCI
Ab urbe condita2444
Armenian calendar1140
ԹՎ ՌՃԽ
Assyrian calendar6441
Balinese saka calendar1612–1613
Bengali calendar1098
Berber calendar2641
English Regnal yearWill. & Mar. – 4 Will. & Mar.
Buddhist calendar2235
Burmese calendar1053
Byzantine calendar7199–7200
Chinese calendar庚午年 (Metal Horse)
4388 or 4181
    — to —
辛未年 (Metal Goat)
4389 or 4182
Coptic calendar1407–1408
Discordian calendar2857
Ethiopian calendar1683–1684
Hebrew calendar5451–5452
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1747–1748
 - Shaka Samvat1612–1613
 - Kali Yuga4791–4792
Holocene calendar11691
Igbo calendar691–692
Iranian calendar1069–1070
Islamic calendar1102–1103
Japanese calendarGenroku 4
(元禄4年)
Javanese calendar1614–1615
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar4024
Minguo calendar221 before ROC
民前221年
Nanakshahi calendar223
Thai solar calendar2233–2234
Tibetan calendar阳金马年
(male Iron-Horse)
1817 or 1436 or 664
    — to —
阴金羊年
(female Iron-Goat)
1818 or 1437 or 665
July 12: Army of King William III defeats supporters of former King James II at the Battle of Aughrim.

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Date unknown

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Births

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George Lillo born 3 February
 
Francesco Alborea born 7 March
 
James Alexander (lawyer) born 27 May
 
Giovanni Paolo Panini born 17 June
 
Alessandro Galilei born 25 August
 
Arthur Onslow born 1 October
 
Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia born 20 October
 
Dudley Ryder (judge) born 4 November
 
Cornelis Pronk born 10 December

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Deaths

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George Fox died 13 January
 
Richard Lower (physician) died 17 January
 
Pope Alexander VIII died 1 February
 
Brother Lawrence died 12 February
 
Luo Wenzao died 27 February
 
Thomas Lamplugh died 5 May
 
Cornelis Tromp died 29 May
 
Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire died 22 June
 
Mary Sackville died 6 August
 
Kumazawa Banzan died 9 September
 
Catharina Hooft died 30 September
 
Isaac de Benserade died 10 October
 
Israel Silvestre died 11 October
 
Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt died 7 November
 
Robert Boyle

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Frederic Hervey, The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Earliest Times to the Rising of the Parliament in 1779 (William Adlard Publishing, 1779) p. 420
  2. ^ "King William's War (1688–1697)", in Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present by David E. Marley (ABC-CLIO, 1998) p. 206
  3. ^ "Jeu", in A Military Dictionary, or explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, by William Duane (William Duane, 1810) p. 288
  4. ^ Andrew McFarland Davis, Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, Volume 1, Issue 4 (American Economic Association, 1900) p.370
  5. ^ "Annular Eclipse of the Sun: 1691 February 28". astro.ukho.gov.uk. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "História" [History] (in Portuguese). Corpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública. Archived from the original on July 2, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
  7. ^ "Historical Events for Year 1691 | OnThisDay.com". Historyorb.com. 1691. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  8. ^ "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p46
  9. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 285. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  10. ^ "Total Eclipse of the Sun: 1691 August 23". astro.ukho.gov.uk. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  11. ^ "The Massacre of Glencoe". www.educationscotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  12. ^ "Harwich – Historic England Research Records". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  13. ^ "Special Forms of Prayer in the Church of England", Part III, The Newberry House Magazine (February 1893) p. 137
  14. ^ "Turkish Rule in Crete", by Theocharis Detorakis, in Crete, History and Civilization (1988) p. 343
  15. ^ "Robert Boyle | Biography, Contributions, Works, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 4, 2020.


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