Editing 1694 (section)

== Events ==

=== January–March ===
* [[January 16]] – [[Francesco Morosini]], the [[Doge of Venice]] since 1688, dies after ruling the Republic for more than five years and a few months after an unsuccessful attempt to capture the island of [[Euboea|Negropont]] from the Ottoman Empire during the [[Morean War]].
* [[January 18]] – [[Sir James Montgomery, 4th Baronet|Sir James Montgomery]] of Scotland, who had been arrested on January 11 for conspiracy to restore King James to the throne, escapes and flees to France. 
* [[January 21]] (January 11 O.S.) – The [[National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy|Kiev Academy]], now the national university of [[Ukraine]], receives official recognition by Tsar [[Ivan V of Russia]].
* [[January 28]] – ''[[Pyrrhus and Demetrius|Pirro e Demetrio]]'', an opera by [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], is given its first performance, debuting at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples. The opera is adapted in 1708 in London as Pyrrhus and Demetrius and becomes the second most popular opera in 18th century London.
* [[January 29]] – French missionary [[Jean-Baptiste Labat]] arrives in the "New World", landing at the Caribbean island of [[Martinique]].
* [[February 5]] – The ship ''[[Ridderschap van Holland (1682)|Ridderschap van Holland]]'' is [[List of 17th-century shipwrecks in Australia|lost at sea]], having departed the [[Cape of Good Hope]] with a crew of 300, with a destination of [[Jakarta|Batavia]] (now Jakarta in Indonesia), normally a voyage of two months. It never arrives and is never seen again.
* [[February 6]] – The colony of ''[[Quilombo dos Palmares]]'', created by rebel African slaves in [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]], is destroyed by the [[bandeirantes]], colonial troops under the command of [[Domingos Jorge Velho]]. After a successful attack on its capital, [[Cerca do Macaco]], the last King of Dos Palmares, [[Zumbi]], flees after a reign of more than 13 years, but is later captured and executed.
* [[February 26]] – [[Silvestro Valier]] is elected as the new [[Doge of Venice]] to replace the late [[Francesco Morosini]]
* [[March 1]] – The [[HMS Sussex (1693)|HMS ''Sussex'']] treasure fleet of thirteen ships is wrecked in the Mediterranean off [[Gibraltar]], with the loss of approximately 1,200 lives.
* [[March 8]] – The [[Casa da Moeda do Brasil]] is formed by [[Peter II of Portugal]].

=== April–June ===
* [[April 2]] – [[Sheikh Yusuf]], exiled by the administrators of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), arrives at the [[Dutch Cape Colony]] on the ship ''De Voetboog'', at what is now [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], along with two wives, two concubines and 12 children.  Resettled by the colonial government at a farm in Zandvliet, the Sheikh introduces [[Islam]] to [[South Africa]].
* [[April 7]] – The English Navy's 40-gun warship, [[HMS Ruby (1660)|HMS ''Ruby'']], captures the French [[privateer]] ''[[HMS Ruby Prize (1694)|Entreprenant]]'' in battle.  The confiscated ship is renamed HMS ''Ruby Prize''.
* [[April 12]] – The French ship ''Diligente'', commanded by [[René Duguay-Trouin]], covers the escape of a convoy of ships that he is escorting, but then is surrounded and attacked by six Royal Navy ships led by [[David Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)|David Mitchell]].  Most of the ''Diligente'' crew is lost in the battle, and Duguay-Trouin is captured.
* [[April 13]] – The largest volcanic eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]] since 1631 takes place, with lava flows towards both [[San Giorgio a Cremano]] and [[Torre del Greco]], after explosions in the crater that began April 5. Around April 20, ash falls are experienced as far away as [[Calabria]].<ref name="MtuVESUVIO">{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/boris/mirror/mirrored_html/VESUVIO_1632-1794.html|title=Vesuvio: Activity from 1632 until 1794|website=geo.mtu.edu|accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] – [[Augustus II the Strong|Frederick Augustus of Wettin]], later known as "Augustus the Strong" and the future King of Poland, becomes the new [[Elector of Saxony]] upon the death of his 25-year-old older brother, [[John George IV, Elector of Saxony|John George IV]]
* [[May 27]] – Taking advantage of a fog, the French Army, with 24,000 troops, fights the [[Battle of Torroella]] against an equally large Spanish Army force on the banks of the [[Ter (river)|Ter]] in Spain, near the city of [[Girona]] during the [[Nine Years' War]]. The Spaniards suffer 3,000 casualties, while the French sustain 500.
* [[June 22]] – An annular [[solar eclipse]] is visible across North America and the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="EclipsewiseSe1694jun22aprime">{{Cite web|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1601-1700/SE1694Jun22Aprime.html|title=EclipseWise - Annular Solar Eclipse of 1694 Jun 22|website=eclipsewise.com|author=Fred Espenak|accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>
* [[June 24]] – The [[Tunisian–Algerian War (1694)|Tunisian–Algerian War]] begins as Algerian troops cross into Tunisia.<ref>Henri-Delmas de Grammont, Histoire d'Alger sous la domination turque (1515-1830), Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1887, 458 p. (lire en ligne [archive]), p. 265</ref>
* [[June 29]] – The [[Battle of Texel (1694)|Battle of Texel]] is fought near the Dutch island of [[Texel]], one of the [[West Frisian Islands]]. The French Navy force of 8 ships, commanded by [[Jean Bart]], locates and rescues three French ships that had been captured by the [[Dutch Republic]] in late May. Bart fights a larger force commanded by [[Hidde Sjoerds de Vries]], who dies of his wounds after being captured.

=== July–September ===
* [[July 27]] – The [[Bank of England]] is founded through [[Royal charter]] by the [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]-dominated [[Parliament of England]], following a proposal by Scottish merchant [[William Paterson (banker)|William Paterson]] to raise capital, by offering safe and steady returns of interest guaranteed by future taxes. A total of £1.2 million is raised for the war effort against [[Louis XIV of France]] by the end of the year, to establish the first-ever [[government debt]].
* [[August 6]] – The coronation of [[Sultan Husayn]] of the [[Safavid dynasty]] as the [[List of monarchs of Persia|Shah of Persia]] takes place in [[Isfahan]], eight days after the death of his father [[Suleiman of Persia|Suleiman I]].
* [[August 24]] – The [[Dictionnaire de l'Académie française]], the first official dictionary of the French language, is presented by [[Jacques de Tourreil]] and Academy members on behalf of the [[Académie française]] to [[Louis XIV|King Louis XIV]].<ref>Guillaume Massieu, ''Oeuvres de Mr de Tourreil'' (Brunet, 1721) Vol. I, pp. ix–x.</ref><ref>Ferdinand Brunot, ''Histoire de la langue française, des origines à 1900'', vol. IV (A. Colin, 1939)</ref>
* [[September 5]] – The [[Great Fire of Warwick]] breaks out in England and destroys half the town. Donors raise £110,000 toward disaster relief, with Queen Anne contributing £1,000.<ref name=Fires>"Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p. 46</ref>
* [[September 8]] – The [[1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake]] causes widespread severe damage and over 6,000 deaths in the Kingdom of Naples.
* [[September 27]] – A hurricane hits [[Carlisle Bay, Barbados]], sinking 27 British ships and resulting in 3,000 casualties.<ref name="Onthisday1694">{{Cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1694|title=Historical Events in 1694|website=On This Day|date=November 21, 1694 |accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>

=== October–December ===
* [[October 19]] – A major windstorm begins and continues for several days, spreading the [[Culbin Sands]] over a large area of farmland in the [[Scottish Highlands]] in the [[County of Moray]] and burying the now-abandoned village of Culbin.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/oct/19/storm-scottish-village-swallowed-sand-natural-disaster-culbin "How a storm-stricken Scottish village was swallowed by sand"], by Paul Brown, ''The Guardian'' (London), October 19, 2020</ref>
* [[October 23]] – British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phips, fail to seize Quebec from the French. 
* [[October 25]] – Queen [[Mary II of England]] founds the [[Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greenwich Hospital|url=https://www.grenhosp.org.uk/|access-date=2012-03-07}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] –  The Army of [[Deylik of Algiers|Algeria]] captures [[Tunis]], the capital of [[Ottoman Tunisia|Tunisia]], after a [[siege of Tunis (1694)|siege of three months]], bringing an end to the [[Tunisian–Algerian War (1694)|Tunisian–Algerian War]]. [[Mohamed Bey El Mouradi]], the [[List of beys of Tunis|Bey of Tunis]], flees southward while Prince Muhammad ben Cheker of Tunisia becomes the new Dey on behalf of the [[List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers|Dey of Algiers]], Hadj Ahmed.<ref>Alphonse Rousseau, ''Annales tunisiennes ou aperçu historique sur la régence de Tunis'' (Bastide, 1864)</ref>
* [[December 3]] – The [[Parliament of England]] passes the [[Triennial Act]], requiring [[general election]]s every three years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}</ref>
* [[December 6]] – [[Thomas Tenison]] is appointed [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* [[December 16]] – A total [[solar eclipse]] is visible across South America.<ref name="EclipsewiseSe1694dec16tprime">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1601-1700/SE1694Dec16Tprime.html|title=EclipseWise - Total Solar Eclipse of 1694 Dec 16|website=eclipsewise.com|author=Fred Espenak|accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>

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* The [[Lao people|Lao]] empire of [[Lan Xang]] unofficially ends.
* The notorious voyage of the English [[slave ship]] ''[[Hannibal (slave ship)|Hannibal]]'' (part of the [[Atlantic slave trade]] out of [[Benin]]) ends with the death of nearly half of the 692 slaves aboard.
* [[Rascians]] establish the settlement which will become [[Novi Sad]] on the [[Danube]].
* The [[Parker Tavern]] is built in Reading, Massachusetts.