List of 1690 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1690
Date | Event |
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February 3, 1690 | The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas. |
February 15, 1690 | Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire. |
June 14, 1690 | King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II. |
July 1, 1690 | War of the Grand Alliance: Marshal de Luxembourg triumphs over an Anglo-Dutch army at the battle of Fleurus. |
July 1, 1690 | Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar). |
August 24, 1690 | Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown). |
September 25, 1690 | Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time. |