1688
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1688 (1688) is a leap year starting on Thursday according to the Christian era (Gregorian calendar).
Other calendars
Zodiac: Yang Earth Dragon
Japan
5 years of Jokyo, September 30, 1st year of Genroku-
2348 imperial year
China
Qing: Kangxi 27 years
Korea
Joseon: Sukjong 14 years
Dangun 4021
Vietnam
Later Le Dynasty: Masakazu 9 years
Buddhist calendar: 2230-2231
Islamic calendar: 1099-1100
Jewish calendar: 5448-5449
Julian calendar: December 22, 1687-December 21, 1688
Calendar
Events
September-The Nine Years' War begins. (-1697)
October 23 (September 30, 5th year of Jokyo) --Japan changed to the first year of Genroku
Date unknown-Shibanuma Soy Sauce was founded.
Birth
January 29-Emanuel Swedenborg, scientist, politician, mystical thinker (+1772)
February 23-Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (+ 1741)
May 21-Alexander Pope, Poet (+1744)
June 10-James Francis Edward Stuart, King of Jacobites (+ 1766)
July 19-Giuseppe Castiglione, Missionary (+1766)
August 15-Frederick Wilhelm I, King Prussian (+1740)
October 19-William Cheselden, Surgeon and Anatomist (+ 1752)
Unknown date-Ryokin Oishi, Ronin Ako (+1703)
Death
January 27 (December 25, 4th year of Jokyo) --Yukitaka Okabe, the second feudal lord of the Izumi Kishiwada domain (* 1617)
January 28-Ferdinand Verbiest, Jesuit missionary (* 1623)
February 17 (January 16, 5th year of Jokyo) --Nobutoshi Sanada, lord of the Numata feudal clan of Kozuke (* 1635)
May 9-Frederick Wilhelm Elector, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Duchy of Prussia (* 1620)
June 5-Constantine Phaulkon, senior government official of the Ayutthaya dynasty (* 1650)
July 11-King Narai, the 30th king of the Ayutthaya dynasty (* year of birth unknown)
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