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    1698 (MDCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1698th...
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  • Lawrence Washington (September 1659 – February 1698) was a colonial-era Virginia planter, slave holder, lawyer, soldier and politician. He also was the...
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  • The year 1698 in science and technology involved some significant events. Christiaan Huygens, in his posthumously published book Kosmotheoros, argues that...
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  • 1690s BC (redirect from 1698 BC)
    Second Intermediate Period, in which the Hyksos invades Egypt, continues. 1698 BC- King Jie of China kills his minister Guan Longfeng according to Chinese...
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    Пётр Семёнович Салтыков, romanized: Pëtr Semënovič Saltykov; 21 December 1698 – 6 January 1773) was a Russian statesman and a military officer, promoted...
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    acts with revisions to the Newfoundland's Constitution: Newfoundland Act 1698 – encourage and established trade (fisheries) links in the region; also called...
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    River Trent Navigation Act 1698 Act of Parliament Parliament of England Long title An Act for makeing and keeping the River Trent in the River Trent in...
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  • the year 1698 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Monarch – William II Secretary of State – John Murray, Earl of Tullibardine (until 31 March 1698), jointly...
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  • and Timeline of piracy. December 8 – William III of England issues his 1698 Act of Grace. January 30 – Captain William Kidd plunders the Quedagh Merchant...
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    textile businesses, Parliament passed the Encouragement of Manufactures Act 1698, blocking the importation of cotton cloth. As there was no punishment for...
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