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1 Asia

• China ( Qing Dynasty) - Kangxi, Emperor of China ( 1662- 1722)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Higashiyama, Emperor of Japan ( 1687- 1709)
  • Shogun ( TokugawaThe Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. This period is known as the Edo period) - Tokugawa TsunayoshiTokugawa Tsunayoshi ( February 23, 1646 February 19, 1709) was the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He succeeded his brother Ietsuna (both were sons of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu). During his regime (1680 1709), he promoted the Neo, Shogun of JapanFor the James Clavel novel, see Shogun or for the TV Miniseries. In Japanese history, a Shogun was the practical ruler of Japan for most of the time from 1192 to the Meiji Era beginning in 1868. Bakufu is a Japanese word for the administration of a Shogun ( 1680Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. July 8 The first confirmed tornado in America killed a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts. August 21 Pueblo Indians- 1709)

2 Europe

• DenmarkKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe - Christian VChristian V ( April 15, 1646 August 25, 1699), was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670-1699. The son of Frederick III of Denmark and Sophia Amelia of Brunswick-Luneburg, was born at Flensburg. He married Charlotte Amelia of Hesse-Cassel on May 14, 1667 a, King of Denmark ( 1670Events January 21 Highwayman Claude Duval is executed in Tyburn, Middlesex April Pope Clement X is elected. May 2 The Hudson's Bay Company is formed in England. May 26 In Dover, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France secretly sign a treaty ending h- 1699)
• England -
  1. James II, King of England ( 1685- 1689)
  2. William III and Mary II, Co-sovereigns of England ( 1689- 1694)
• France - Louis XIV, King of France ( 1643- 1715)
• Holy Roman Empire - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor ( 1658- 1705)
• Portugal - Pedro II, King of Portugal ( 1667- 1706)
• Russia - Peter I and Ivan V, Tsars of Russia ( 1682- 1696)
• Scotland -
  1. James VII, King of Scotland ( 1685- 1689)
  2. William II and Mary II, Co-sovereigns of Scotland ( 1689- 1694)
• Spain - Charles II, King of Spain ( 1665- 1700)