1686

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1686 (MDCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) of the Julian calendar, the 1686th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 686th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of 1686, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1918.

Events

January–June

• May 4 – The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
• May 14 – Joseph Dudley formally begins his tenure as President of the Council of the newly formed Dominion of New England.

July–December

• July – The League of Augsburg is founded in response to claims made by Louis XIV of France on the Electorate of the Palatinate in western Germany. It comprises the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and the electors of Bavaria, Saxony and the Electorate of the Palatinate.
• July 17 – King James II of England appoints four Roman Catholics to the Privy Council of England^[1] in defiance of the Test Acts which bar Catholics from public office. Suspicions about James's intentions lead to a group of conspirators meeting at Charborough House in Dorset to plan his overthrow and replacement with the Protestant Dutch Stadtholder, William III of Orange-Nassau (James's son-in-law).
• July 22 – New York City and Albany, New York are granted city charters by the colonial governor.
• September 2 – Battle of Buda: The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from Ottoman Turkish rule (leading to the end of Turkish rule in Hungary during the subsequent years).

Date unknown

• Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Imperial forces under Austrian leadership invade Ottoman-occupied Hungary and advance on Budapest.
• In Greece, Ottoman-occupied Morea (i.e., the Peloponnese) falls to the Venetians.
• A hurricane saves Charleston, South Carolina, from attack by Spanish vessels.
• English historian and naturalist Robert Plot publishes The Natural History of Staffordshire, a collection of illustrations and texts detailing the history of the county. It is the first document known to mention crop circles and a double sunset.
• The Café Procope, which remains in business in the 21st century, is opened in Paris by Procopio Cutò as a coffeehouse.

Births

• January 8 – William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1703-1723) (d. 1723)
• January 9 – Andrew Michael Ramsay, Scottish writer (d. 1743)
• January 12 – Adam Christian Thebesius, German anatomist (d. 1732)
• January 17 – Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766)
• January 23 – Moritz Georg Weidmann, German bbokseller (d. 1743)
• January 31 – Hans Egede, Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary who launched mission efforts to Greenland (d. 1758)
• February 1 – Suzanne Henriette of Lorraine, French noblewoman, Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat (d. 1710)
• February 2 – John Eames, English academic (d. 1744)
• February 10 – Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist notable as a patron of Linnaeus (d. 1762)
• February 11 – William Bowles (1686–1748), British politician (d. 1748)
• February 13 – John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, British noble (d. 1703)
• February 14 – Harry Pulteney, British politician (d. 1767)
• February 16 – Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim, German countess (d. 1753)
• March 17 – Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter (d. 1755)
• March 22 – James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (d. 1744)
• March 27 – Johann Jakob Quandt, Lutheran theologian, translated the Bible into Lithuanian (d. 1772)
• April 1 – Jan Frans van Bredael, Flemish painter (d. 1750)
• April 8 – Stefano Felice Ficatelli, Italian painter of the late Baroque period (d. 1771)
• April 9 – James Craggs the Younger, English politician (d. 1721)
• April 17 – François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French nobleman (d. 1743)
• April 19 – Vasily Tatishchev (d. 1750)
• April 28 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
• April 29 – Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (d. 1742)
• May 19 – Samuel-Jacques Bernard (1686–1753), French billionaire (d. 1753)
• May 24 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and inventor (d. 1736)
• May 25 – William Steuart (Scottish politician), Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 1768)
• May 30 – Antonina Houbraken, Dutch artist (d. 1736)
• June 5
  • Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk, British peer (d. 1777)
  • Ignatius of Santhià (d. 1770)
• June 6 – John Reading (New Jersey), Colonial Governor of New Jersey (d. 1767)
• June 7
  • Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1752)
  • Armand de La Richardie, French missionary (d. 1758)
• June 9 – Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
• June 12 – Marie-Catherine Homassel Hecquet, French writer (d. 1764)
• June 24 – Domenico Montagnana, Italian luthier (d. 1750)
• July 3 – Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (d. 1722)
• July 5 – Jan Macaré (d. 1742)
• July 6 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)
• July 9 – Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
• July 25 – William Hardres, British politician (d. 1736)
• July 27 – Mary Butterworth (d. 1775)
• July 31 – Charles, Duke of Berry (1686–1714), grandson of Louis XIV of France (d. 1714)
• July 31 (or August 1) – Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1739)
• August 3 – Gervais Baudoin, Canadian physician (d. 1752)
• August 10 – Georg Christian, Fürst von Lobkowitz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1755)
• August 12
  • John Balguy, English divine and philosopher (d. 1748)
  • Bendix Grodtschilling the Youngest, Danish painter (d. 1737)
• August 17 – Nicola Porpora, Neapolitan composer of Baroque operas and teacher of singing (d. 1768)
• August 18 – Peter von Bemmel, German artist (d. 1754)
• August 19
  • Eustace Budgell, English writer and politician (d. 1737)
  • Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
• August 22 – Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (d. 1750)
• August 27 – Agostino Cornacchini, Italian sculptor and painter of the Rococo period (d. 1754)
• August 29 – Aloysius Centurione, Italian Jesuit (d. 1757)
• September 5 – Antoine Touron, French historian (d. 1775)
• September 29 – Cosmas Damian Asam, German painter and architect during the late Baroque period (d. 1739)
• September 30 – John Alexander (Presbyterian minister) (d. 1743)
• October 13 – Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet, British politician (d. 1745)
• October 15 – Allan Ramsay (poet), Scottish poet (or makar) (d. 1758)
• October 17 – Jacques Hardion, French historian (d. 1766)
• October 17 (bapt.) ? – John Machin, English mathematician (d. 1751)
• October 19 – Peter van der Bosch, Jesuit hagiographer (d. 1736)
• October 30 – Charles Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau, French politician (d. 1732)
• October 31 – Senesino (d. 1758)
• November 1
  • Colin Campbell (Swedish East India Company), Scottish businessman (d. 1757)
  • Axel Löwen, Swedish duke (d. 1773)
• November 13 – Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga, Tuscan princess (d. 1741)
• November 15 – Claude Louis d'Espinchal, marquis de Massiac, French politician (d. 1770)
• November 16 – Yinxiang (prince), Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty (d. 1730)
• November 23 – Ignácio Barbosa-Machado, Portuguese historian (d. 1734)
• November 30 – Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough (d. 1740)
• December 8 – John Dawnay (MP), British politician (d. 1740)
• December 15 – Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish composer (d. 1746)
• December 25 – Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1763)
• approximate date – Queen Nanny of the Maroons, Jamaican National Heroine (d. 1755)
• Late? – William Law, English cleric (d. 1761)

Deaths

• January 31 – Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)
• February 10 – William Dugdale, English antiquarian (b. 1605)
• April 6 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)
• April 19 – Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)
• June 23 – William Coventry, English statesman (b. c.1628)
• July 10 – John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625)
• July 16 – John Pearson, English theologian (b. 1612)
• August 13 – Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610)
• October 26 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623)
• November 11
  • Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (b. 1621)
  • Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor (b. 1602), who is noted for the first air pump (1650) and creation of a vacuum (1654) using his Magdeburg Hemispheres.

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