1694
year
1694 (MDCXCIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1694th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 694th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1694, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s – 1690s – 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1691 1692 1693 – 1694 – 1695 1696 1697 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1694 MDCXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2447 |
| Armenian calendar | 1143 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6444 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1615–1616 |
| Bengali calendar | 1101 |
| Berber calendar | 2644 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Will. & Mar. – 7 Will. & Mar. |
| Buddhist calendar | 2238 |
| Burmese calendar | 1056 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7202–7203 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4390 or 4330 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4391 or 4331 |
| Coptic calendar | 1410–1411 |
| Discordian calendar | 2860 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1686–1687 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5454–5455 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1750–1751 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1615–1616 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4794–4795 |
| Holocene calendar | 11694 |
| Igbo calendar | 694–695 |
| Iranian calendar | 1072–1073 |
| Islamic calendar | 1105–1106 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 7 (元禄７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1617–1618 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 4027 |
| Minguo calendar | 218 before ROC 民前218年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 226 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2236–2237 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1820 or 1439 or 667 — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1821 or 1440 or 668 |
Events
change- February 6 – The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed.
- July 27 – A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
- December 22 – The Triennial Bill became law.
- December 28 – Queen Mary II of England dies; King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland is now sole ruler after his co-ruler's death.
- Much of the town of Warwick, England destroyed by fire.
- The Lao empire of Lan Xang unofficially ends.