1691

Years: 1688 1689 1690 - 1691 - 1692 1693 1694
Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1691 in literature 1691 in science 1691 state leaders

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1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons
March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender

Treaty of Limerick penalizes public worship of catholics and Presbyterians
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Suleiman II (1687-1691) to Ahmed II (1691-1695).
Michel Rolle invents Rolle's theorem, an essential theorem of mathematics.

Births

Deaths

February 1 - Pope Alexander VIII (born 1610)
December 30 - Robert Boyle, chemist (born 1627)

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