1691
Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender Treaty of Limerick penalizes public worship of catholics and Presbyterians Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Suleiman II (1687-1691) to Ahmed II (1691-1695). Michel Rolle invents Rolle's theorem, an essential theorem of mathematics.
BirthsPeder Tordenskjold, Norwegian Admiral and naval hero (d. 1720)
Deaths Suleiman II, Sultan, Ottoman Empire (born 1642) January 13 - George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends (born 1624) February 1 - Pope Alexander VIII (born 1610) December 30 - Robert Boyle, chemist (born 1627)
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