1694

Years: 1691 1692 1693 - 1694 - 1695 1696 1697

Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1694 in literature 1694 in science 1694 state leaders

Events

• February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed.
• July 27 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
• December 22 - The Triennial Bill became law.
• December 28 - Queen Mary II of England died; King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland is now sole ruler after his co-ruler's death.
• Much of the town of Warwick, England destroyed by fire.

Births

• November 21 - François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, French philosopher
• December 22 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1768)

Deaths

• December 28 - Queen Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland.