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Years: 1690Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere. January 6 Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans January 14 The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany May 20 England passes Act of Grace 1691Events March 5 French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 29 Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender Treaty of Limerick penalizes public worship of catholics and Presbyterians Change of emperor o 1692Events February 13 Massacre of Glencoe March 1 The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. June 10 Salem Witch Trials: three women hanged for witchcraft. August 19 Salem Witch T 1693Events January 11 Eruption of Mt. February 8 The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter July 29 The Battle of Landen October 11 Charleloi falls to the French forces China concentrates all its foreign trade to Canton Eur 1694Events February 6 The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. 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 died; King William III of England, Scotland and Ire 1695Events July 17- The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. December 31 A window tax is imposed in England causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax. Change of emperor of the Ottoman Em 1696The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. 1697Events September 20 The Treaty of Ryswick December 2 St Paul's Cathedral opened in London Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov" Use of palanquins increases in Europe Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's fir 1698 1699