1686
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s |
| Years: | 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 |
| 1686 by topic |
|---|
| Arts and science |
| Leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Gregorian calendar | 1686 MDCLXXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2439 |
| Armenian calendar | 1135 ԹՎ ՌՃԼԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6436 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1607–1608 |
| Bengali calendar | 1093 |
| Berber calendar | 2636 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Ja. 2 – 2 Ja. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2230 |
| Burmese calendar | 1048 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7194–7195 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4383 or 4176 — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4384 or 4177 |
| Coptic calendar | 1402–1403 |
| Discordian calendar | 2852 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1678–1679 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5446–5447 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1742–1743 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1607–1608 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4786–4787 |
| Holocene calendar | 11686 |
| Igbo calendar | 686–687 |
| Iranian calendar | 1064–1065 |
| Islamic calendar | 1097–1098 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōkyō 3 (貞享３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1609–1610 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 4019 |
| Minguo calendar | 226 before ROC 民前226年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 218 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2228–2229 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1812 or 1431 or 659 — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1813 or 1432 or 660 |
Events
- The League of Augsburg is founded.
- Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
- September 2 - The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end of Turkish rule in Hungary during the subsequent years.
- New York City and Albany, New York are granted city charters by the colonial governor.
- A hurricane saves Charleston from attack by Spanish vessels.
Births
- January 16 - Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766)
- January 31 - Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
- April 9 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (d. 1721)
- April 28 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
- April 29 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)
- May 24 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and inventor (d. 1736)
- June 9 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
- July 6 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)
- July 9 - Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
- August 12 - John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
- August 19 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
- August 19 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
- October 15 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)
Deaths
- January 31 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)
- February 10 - William Dugdale, English antiquarian (b. 1605)
- April 6 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)
- April 19 - Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)
- June 23 - William Coventry, English statesman
- July 10 - John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625)
- July 16 - John Pearson, English theologian (b. 1612)
- August 13 - Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610)
- October 26 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623)
- November 11 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (b. 1621)
- November 11 - Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor (b. 1602)