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Historical Event(s)
– England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
– The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
– Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire is crowned.
– Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
– Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
– Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
Who Were Born On ?
– Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
– Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
– Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter (d. 1748)
– Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)
– František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)
– Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
– Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)