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1697

December 2 – St Paul's Cathedral opened in London

England

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1696

Peter the Great becomes sole tsar of Russia.

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1695

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July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament.

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1694


* July 27 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
* December 22 - The Triennial Bill became law.
* December 28 - Queen Mary II of England dies; King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland is now sole ruler after his co-ruler's death.
* Much of the town of Warwick, England destroyed by fire.

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1693

The Amish lead by Jacob Amman, seperate themselves from Mennonites because they are too undisciplined. - Switzerland

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1692

March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft.

USA

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1691

Spanish inquisition condemns and forcibly baptizes 219 Jews in Palma Majorca. When 37 try to escape the island, they are burned alive at the stake

Spain

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1690

February 3 - The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America.

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1688

March - The first recorded human visitors to Christmas Island are two memebers of the crew sailing with William Dampier of the British ship Cygnet; they found it uninhabited. - Australia

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1687

March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River.