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Important Historical Events of the year 1690, Year 1690 in History

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List of 1690 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1690

What happened in the year 1690?

Date Event
February 3, 1690 The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
February 15, 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.
June 14, 1690 King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
July 1, 1690 War of the Grand Alliance: Marshal de Luxembourg triumphs over an Anglo-Dutch army at the battle of Fleurus.
July 1, 1690 Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
August 24, 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's foundation date is unknown).
September 25, 1690 Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.