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1686
Years:
1683
1684
1685
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1686
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1687
1688
1689
Decades
:
1650s
1660s
1670s
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1680s
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1690s
1700s
1710s
Centuries
:
16th century
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17th century
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18th century
1686 in literature
1686 in science
1686 state leaders
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Events
The
League of Augsburg
is founded.
Russia
,
Saxony
,
Brandenburg
and
Bavaria
join the
Saint League
against the
Ottoman Turkish
Empire.
September 2
The forces of the
Saint League
of
1684
liberate
Buda
from the
Ottoman Turkish
rule that leads to the end of Turkish rule in
Hungary
during the subsequent years.
New York City
and
Albany, New York
are granted city charters by the colonial governor.
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Births
May 24
-
Gabriel Fahrenheit
, physicist, inventor (+
1736
)
June 9
-
Andrei Osterman
,
Russian
statesman (+
1747
)
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Deaths
November 20
-
Otto von Guericke
,
German
physicist, inventor (*
1602
)