Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1690
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Literature
Theatre
- Colley Cibber's first appearance on the stage
- John Dryden, Amphytrion
Art
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Christian Huygens proposes the first wave theory of light
- Denis Papin of France develops the first steam-powered vacuum
pump
Politics & Law
- Penal laws passed to deny civil rights to Irish Catholics and
Presbyterians
- Battle of the Boyne in Ireland
Philosophy & Theology
- John Locke, Essay Concerning Humane Understanding
- Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, Carta
atenagórica
Milestones
Miscellaneous
- Vauban establishes the first modern engineer corps in France
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