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What happened and who was famous in 1694? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1694.
1694 (MDCXCIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1694th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 694th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1690s decade.
The Raid on Oyster River (also known as the Oyster River Massacre) happened during King William's War, on July 18, 1694, at present-day Durham, New Hampshire.
5 days ago · Voltaire (born November 21, 1694, Paris, France—died May 30, 1778, Paris) was one of the greatest of all French writers. Although only a few of his works are still read, he continues to be held in worldwide repute as a courageous crusader against tyranny, bigotry, and cruelty.
Nov 30, 2020 · Plymouth became part of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania changed from being a proprietary colony to a royal one and then back to a proprietary colony, and North Carolina was designated. Here are the key events that occurred between these years. 1675.
Events. 1694 was a common year. Events. 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 dies; King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland is now sole ruler after his co-ruler's death.
Description: The author argues that the July 18, 1694 attack by a joint French-Abenaki force on the New Hampshire settlement of Oyster River Plantation (now the Durham, New Hampshire, area) was not an accident, as suggested by Francis Parkman in 1877, but a deliberate military operation, launched in response to the 1693 Treaty of Pemaquid.
