1698 (MDCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1698th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 698th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 17th century, and the 9th year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1698, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
January 4: In England, the Palace of Whitehall is destroyed by fire.
June 22: Executions of 57 leaders of the Streltsy uprising begin in Russia and last for seven days (1881 painting by Vasily Surikov)
1698 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1698
MDCXCVIII
Ab urbe condita2451
Armenian calendar1147
ԹՎ ՌՃԽԷ
Assyrian calendar6448
Balinese saka calendar1619–1620
Bengali calendar1105
Berber calendar2648
English Regnal year10 Will. 3 – 11 Will. 3
Buddhist calendar2242
Burmese calendar1060
Byzantine calendar7206–7207
Chinese calendar丁丑年 (Fire Ox)
4395 or 4188
    — to —
戊寅年 (Earth Tiger)
4396 or 4189
Coptic calendar1414–1415
Discordian calendar2864
Ethiopian calendar1690–1691
Hebrew calendar5458–5459
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1754–1755
 - Shaka Samvat1619–1620
 - Kali Yuga4798–4799
Holocene calendar11698
Igbo calendar698–699
Iranian calendar1076–1077
Islamic calendar1109–1110
Japanese calendarGenroku 11
(元禄11年)
Javanese calendar1621–1622
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar4031
Minguo calendar214 before ROC
民前214年
Nanakshahi calendar230
Thai solar calendar2240–2241
Tibetan calendar阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
1824 or 1443 or 671
    — to —
阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
1825 or 1444 or 672

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Date unknown

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Births

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Pietro Metastasio born 3 January
 
Giovanni Battista de' Rossi born 22 February
 
Lady Jane Douglas born 17 March
 
Prokop Diviš born 26 March
 
Steven Hoogendijk born 1 April
 
Henry Baker (naturalist) born 8 May
 
Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero born 19 June
 
Jean-Michel Chevotet born 11 July
 
Giacomo Ceruti born 13 October
 
Ange-Jacques Gabriel born 23 October
 
Paul Troger born 30 October

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Deaths

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Moyse Charas died 17 January
 
Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament died 6 April
 
Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas died 15 April
 
Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale died 5 June
 
Jai Singh of Mewar died 23 September
 
Louis de Buade de Frontenac died 28 November

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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References

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