WHAT HAPPENED IN 1697.
Look what happened the 1697.
Last execution for blasphemy in Britain; of Thomas Aikenhead, student, at Edinburgh. (8. January 1697)
Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. (13. March 1697)
Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced by the current Royal Palace in the eighteenth century. (7. May 1697)
War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay. (5. September 1697)
Battle of Zenta. (11. September 1697)
The Treaty of Rijswijk is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic ending the Nine Years' War (1688–97). (20. September 1697)
Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia. (9. November 1697)
St Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London. (2. December 1697)
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