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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2011}}{{Year dab|1691}}{{Year nav|1691}}{{C17 year in topic}}{{Year article header|1691}} Events January–June - March 5 – Nine Years' War: French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons.
- March 20 – Leisler's Rebellion: A new governor arrives in New York – Jacob Leisler surrenders, after a standoff of several hours.[1]
- March 29 – The Siege of Mons ends in the city's surrender.
- April 9 – A fire at the Palace of Whitehall in London destroys its Stone Gallery.[2]
- May 6 – The Spanish Inquisition condemns and forcibly baptizes 219 Xuetas in Palma, Majorca. When 37 try to escape the island, they are burned alive at the stake.
- May 16 – Jacob Leisler is hanged for treason.
- June 23 – Ahmed II (1691–1695) succeeds Suleiman II (1687–1691), as Ottoman Emperor.
July–December - July 12
- Pope Innocent XII becomes the 242nd pope, succeeding Pope Alexander VIII.
- Williamite War in Ireland – Battle of Aughrim: Protestant Williamite forces, led by Godert de Ginkell, decisively defeat Jacobites under the Marquis de St Ruth (who is killed).
- September 18 – War of the Grand Alliance: English and Dutch forces are defeated by the French in the Battle of Leuze.
- October 3 – The Treaty of Limerick, ending the Williamite War in Ireland and guaranteeing civil rights to Roman Catholics, is signed (It was broken "before the ink was dry", according to a contemporary commentator). The Flight of the Wild Geese (the departure of the Jacobite army) follows.
Date unknown - Michel Rolle invents Rolle's theorem, an essential theorem of mathematics.
- In New England, the two separate colonies of Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony are united into a single entity, by an act of the King and Queen of England.
- The Khalkha submit to the Manchu invaders, bringing most of modern-day Mongolia under the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
- The textile factory Barnängens manufaktur is founded in Stockholm, Sweden.
Births - February 27 – Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754)
- March 12 – Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz, Filipino saint (b. 1732)
- April 5 – Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1768)
- April 9 – Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)
- June 17 – Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
- August 25 – Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect, mathematician (d. 1737)
- September 29 – Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
- October 1 – Arthur Onslow, English politician (d 1768)
Deaths - January 13 – George Fox, English founder of the Society of Friends (b. 1624)
- January 17 – Richard Lower, English physician (b. 1631)
- January 22 – Edward Master, English politician (b. 1610)
- January 23 – William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1679–1691) (b. 1649)
- February 1 – Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
- February 8 – Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1611)
- February 19 – Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1635)
- March 5 – Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer, French postal pioneer (b. 1607)
- March 17 – Thomas Wynne, English personal physician of William Penn (b. 1627)
- March 29 – Nicolas Talon, French Jesuit (b. 1605)
- April 3 – Jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (b. 1607)
- April 23 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French harpsichordist and composer (b. 1629)
- May 11 – Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)
- May 16 – Jacob Leisler, German-born American colonist (b. 1640)
- May 23 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
- May 29 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
- June 23 – Suleiman II, Sultan, Ottoman Empire (b. 1642)
- July 2 – Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, Italian opera singer and composer (b. 1614)
- July 12 – Marquis de St Ruth, French (killed at the Battle of Aughrim) (b. c. 1650)
- July 16 – François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (b. 1641)
- July 18 – Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1653)
- July 26 – Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, English politician (b. 1630)
- July 30 – Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
- August 2 – Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1675–1691) (b. 1646)
- August 14 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
- August 19 – Adam Zrinski, Croatian count and military officer (b. 1662)
- August 29 – Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1622)
- September 12 – John George III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1647)
- September 18
- Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, Member of Parliament and House of Lords (b. 1635)
- Giovanni Francesco Ginetti, nephew of Cardinal Marzio Ginetti (b. 1626)
- October 9 – William Sacheverell, English statesman (b. 1638)
- October 10 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613)
- October 11 – Israel Silvestre, French topographical etcher (b. 1621)
- October 18 – Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, German noble (b. 1615)
- October 21 – Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston (b. 1620)
- October 30 – Hermann of Baden-Baden, Imperial field marshal and president of the Hofkriegsrat (b. 1628)
- November 14 – Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
- November 15 – Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
- December – Louis de Vanens, French alchemist and poisoner (b. 1647)
- December 3 – Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, English scientist (b. 1615)
- December 8 – Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)
- December 15 – Hendrik van Rheede, Dutch botanist (b. 1636)
- December 31
- Robert Boyle, English chemist (b. 1627)
- Dudley North, English economist, merchant and politician (b. 1641)
- date unknown
- Bárbara Coronel, Spanish stage actress (b. 1632)
- Mariyam Kaba'afa'anu Rani Kilege, queen mother and regent of the Maldives
- probable – Elizabeth Polwheele, English playwright (b. c. 1651)
See also References 1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1691 |title=Historical Events for Year 1691 | OnThisDay.com |website=Historyorb.com |date= |accessdate=2016-07-08}}
2. ^ "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p46
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