1698

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Events

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  • April 1 – Scottish pirate William Kidd and his crew arrive at Île Sainte-Marie off of the coast of Madagascar in Kidd's Adventure Galley bringing with them the cargo of the captured ships Quedagh Merchant and Rouparelle. Upon arrival, all but 13 of Kidd's crew desert to work for another pirate, Robert Culliford. The Adventure Galley, which is leaking and falling apart, sinks and the Rouparelle is sunk by the deserters. Kidd and his 13 henchmen depart on Quedah Merchant.
  • April 10 – A total solar eclipse is visible in central America.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1601-1700/SE1698Apr10Tprime.html|title=Total Solar Eclipse of 1698 Apr 10|work=EclipseWise.com|access-date=2022-09-19}}
  • May 1 – The Banishment Act of 1697 goes into effect for Roman Catholic church officials in Ireland, having been the deadline for all "popish archbishops, bishops, vicars general, deans, jesuits, monks, friars, and other regular popish clergy" to have reported to Irish ports for deportation. Re-entry to Ireland after May 4, 1698, is a criminal offense with a penalty of 12 months imprisonment and expulsion, while a second re-entry is punishable by death as treason.
  • May 4 – At the imperial capital at Inwa, Sanay Min of the Toungoo dynasty becomes the new King of Burma upon the death of his father, Minye Kyawhtin.
  • May 17 – The British Royal Navy ship HMS Hastings, a 32-gun fifth rate, is launched.
  • June 20An earthquake of magnitude 7.2–7.9 damages an extended region around Ambato, Ecuador, including the Tungurahua, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo provinces. Ambato and Latacunga are completely destroyed and several thousand casualties are reported.{{Cite journal|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=181|issue=3|date=June 2010|pages=1613–1633|title=Locations and magnitudes of historical earthquakes in the Sierra of Ecuador (1587–1996)|first1=Céline|first2=Hugo|first3=William H.|first4=José|first5=Alexandra|first6=Juan-Carlos|last1=Beauval|last2=Yepes|last3=Bakun|last4=Egred|last5=Alvarado|last6=Singaucho|doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04569.x |bibcode=2010GeoJI.181.1613B |s2cid=4617325 |doi-access=free}}
  • June 21John Churchill, Earl of Marlborough is reinstated in the English Army, with readmission to the Privy Council by King William III. On July 26, he is selected as one of the Lords Justice.C. T. Atkinson, Marlborough and the Rise of the British Army (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921) p. 150
  • June 22 – The executions of 57 leaders of the Streltsy uprising begin and continue until June 28.V. I. Buganov, Moscow uprisings of the late 17th century (Nauka, 1969) p.399
  • June 24 – The Trade with Africa Act 1697 goes into effect in English overseas possessions, ending the monopoly of the Royal African Company (RAC) on the triangular trade by opening it to any English merchants who pay a 10 percent fee to the RAC.

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