In the year 1694, the French navy defeats Spain during the Battle of Torroella in Catalonia (May 27), the Bank of England is founded partly in order to raise money for the war effort against France (Jul 27), British American colonial forces fail to seize Quebec, the capital of New France, from the French (Oct 23), the Parliament of England passes a law requiring general elections every three years (Dec 3), the slave ship Hannibal arrives from Benin on the west coast of Africa to the New World with only half of its “load” alive - and all these fine people were born:

1694-xxxx 1694-xxxx Erkki Juhonpoika Kaatiala** father of Erkki Erkinpoika Hunnakko - Kuortane, Sweden-Finland (1768/73-74) 1694-xxxx 1694-0118 Henrik Johan Carlborg* vicar/statesman - Kokkola, Sweden-Finland (1766/72) 1694-0318 Jooseppi Heikinpoika Latva-Röyskö** (b Latva-Nikkola) father of  Kaisa Joosepintytär Ala-Kuhna - Latva-Nikkola farm, Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1765/70) 1694-0425 Richard Boyle* 3rd Earl of Burlington/Anglo-Irish architect - Yorkshire, England (1753/59) 1694-0507 Pierre-Jean Mariette* collector of and dealer in old master prints - Paris, Kingdom of France (1774/80) 1694-0508 Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne* churchman/scholar - Orleans, Kingdom of France (1779/85) 1694-0522 Daniel Gran* Austrian painter - Vienna,  Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (1757/62) 1694-0622 Juho Kaarlenpoika Malmsten** father of Agneta Juhontytär Luhtasela – Haapavesi, Finland-Sweden (1754/60) 1694-0626 Georg Brandt* chemist/mineralogist – Riddarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden (1768/73) 1694-0627 John Michael Rysbrack* sculptor - Antwerp, Belgium (1770/75) 1694-0808 Francis Hutcheson* philosopher – Saintfield, County Down, Ireland (1746/52) 1694-0925 Henry Pelham* prime minister of Great Britain - Laughton, Sussex, England (1754/59) 1694-1112 Augustine Washington* planter/ slaveholder/father of George Washington -Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia, British America (1743/48) 1694-1121 Voltaire* writer/historian/ philosopher – Paris, Kingdom of France (1778/83) 1694-1222 Hermann Samuel Reimarus* philosopher - Hamburg, Germany (1768/73) 1694-0 1694-0 1694-0 Updated 2025-0426 Helsinki Search for another year here