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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 1699 AD
January
January 14: Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
January 26: Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
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February
February 4: 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
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March
March 4: Jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany
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June
June 11: England, France and Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain
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July
July 6: Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston
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September
September 22: People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter
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November
November 22: Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden
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December
December 3: Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague
December 20: Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1
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