1695

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Centuries:	16th century · 17th century · 18th century
Decades:	1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s
Years:	1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698

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**1695 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1695 MDCXCV
Ab urbe condita	2448
Armenian calendar	1144 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԴ
Chinese calendar	4391 – 4392 甲戌 – 乙亥
Ethiopian calendar	1687 – 1688
Hebrew calendar	5455 – 5456
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1750 – 1751
- Shaka Samvat	1617 – 1618
- Kali Yuga	4796 – 4797
Iranian calendar	1073 – 1074
Islamic calendar	1107 – 1108

Logo the Bank of Scotland, founded July 17, 1695

1695 (MDCXCV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events

January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703)
July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament.
December 31 - A window tax is imposed in England causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax.
Russia declares war on Turkey
Freezing winter in France - wine freezes in the glasses in Versailles
£2 fine for swearing in England

Births

February 2 - William Borlase, English naturalist (died 1772)
February 6 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1726)
April 8 - Johann Christian Günther, German poet (died 1723)
May 2 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, French architect and painter (died 1766)
May 3 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (died 1771)
September 3 - Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (died 1764)
September 5 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (died 1770)
October 5 - John Glas, Scottish minister (died 1773)
November 10 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (died 1771)

Deaths

January 4 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (born 1628)
February 6 - Ahmed II of Turkey (born 1643)
March 5 - Henry Wharton, English writer (born 1664)
April 3 - Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (born c.1636)
April 5 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer and statesman (born 1633)
April 13 - Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (born 1621)
April 17 - Sor Juana, Mexican writer (born c.1650)
April 27 - John Trenchard, English statesman (born 1640)
April 28 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (born 1621)
June 11 - André Félibien, French architect (born 1619)
July 8 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician and physicist (born 1629)
July 18 - Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1634)
August 6 - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (born 1625)
November 16 - Pierre Nicole, French Jansensist (born 1625)
November 20 - Zumbi, Brazilian leader of a runaway slave colony (born 1655)
November 21 - Henry Purcell, English composer (born 1654)
November 22 - Francis Nurse, wife of Rebecca Nurse (accused during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692), born 1618.
November 28 - Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (born 1632)
November 29 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (born 1619)
December 8 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (born 1625)
December 12 - Jacob Abendana, British rabbi (born 1630)

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