Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
Years: 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 - 1699 - 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704
Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed May 1 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley Births February 17 - Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, master builder (+ 1753) May 13 - Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese prime minister November 2 - Jean-Baptiste-Sim?n Chardin, French painter ( + 1779) December 10 - King Christian VI of Denmark Deaths April 21 - Jean Racine\n