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January 27 – In England, the ship HMS Royal Sovereign (formerly HMS Sovereign of the Seas, 1638) catches fire and burns at Chatham, after 57 years of service. January 31 – In the Netherlands, undertakers revolt after funeral reforms in Amsterdam.
1690 (MDCXC) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1690th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 690th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1690s decade.
The 1690s was a decade that began on 1 January 1690 and ended on 31 December 1699. It is distinct from the decade known as the 170th decade which began on January 1, 1691. and ended on December 31, 1700.
1690 in England - Wikipedia. Events from the year 1690 in England. Incumbents. Monarchs – William III and Mary II. Events. 7 January – The first recorded full peal is rung, at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London, marking a new era in change ringing.
Following the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Restoration of England's Charles II, military influences in men's clothing were replaced by a brief period of decorative exuberance which then sobered into the coat, waistcoat and breeches costume that would reign for the next century and a half.
Former colonies and territories in Canada. Timeline of the European colonization of North America. History of Canada. List of years in Canada.
The 1690s was a decade that began on 1 January 1690 and ended on 31 December 1699.
