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What Happened in 1690 — Events, Births & Deaths
1690 brings together 2 events, 0 birthdays and 0 deaths recorded across history.
July 1
- July 13
Nine Years' War: French naval forces led by Anne Hilarion de Tourville, fresh from their victory at Beachy Head, sail West and launch a raid on the small English town of Teignmouth, leaving it devastated.
September 1
- September 25
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.