WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1690
Find out what all happened February to October 1690

Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne (as reckoned under the Julian calendar). (1. July 1690)

The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas. (3. February 1690)

Yadi Sakat, a Siddi general, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai. (8. June 1690)

Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city has no birthday). (24. August 1690)

Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time. (25. September 1690)

Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar) – The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II. (12. July 1690)

Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire. (15. February 1690)

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