1686

Years:
1683 1684 1685 - 1686 - 1687 1688 1689

Decades:
1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s

Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

1686 by topic:
Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

Events

The League of Augsburg is founded.
Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
September 2 The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end of Turkish rule in Hungary during the subsequent years.
New York City and Albany, New York are granted city charters by the colonial governor.
A hurricane saves Charleston from attack by Spanish vessels.

January 16 - Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766)
January 31 - Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
April 9 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (d. 1721)
April 28 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
April 29 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)
May 24 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and inventor (d. 1736)
June 9 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
July 6 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)
July 9 - Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
August 12 - John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
August 19 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
August 19 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
October 15 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)