1699 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1660s 1670s 1680s – 1690s – 1700s 1710s 1720s
Years:	1696 1697 1698 – 1699 – 1700 1701 1702

1699 is a year in the 17th century.

The most important events

January 26 – Treaty of Karlowitz signed.
March 30 – the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh made the Khalsa.
May 1 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville starts the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley.
William Dampier goes to and discovers what is at the northwest coast of Australia.

March 12 – Peder Griffenfeld the Danish statesman (born 1635)
April 21 – Jean Racine the French playwright (born 1639)
April 22 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz the German statesman and poet (born 1646)
May 12 – Lucas Achtschellinck the Flemish painter (born 1626)
May 15 – Edward Petre the English Jesuit and privy councillor (born 1631)
June 22 – Josiah Child the English Governor of the East India Company (born 1630)
September 26 – Simon Arnauld de Pomponne the French diplomat and minister of Louis XIV (born 1618).
August 25 – Christian V the King of Denmark and Norway (born 1646)
November 29 – Patrick Gordon the Scottish general (born 1635)