1697

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century–17th century–18th century
Decades:	1660s1670s1680s–1690s–1700s1710s1720s
Years:	169416951696–1697–169816991700

1697 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1697 MDCXCVII
Ab urbe condita	2450
Armenian calendar	1146 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԶ
Assyrian calendar	6447
Balinese saka calendar	1618–1619
Bengali calendar	1104
Berber calendar	2647
English Regnal year	9Will. 3– 10Will. 3
Buddhist calendar	2241
Burmese calendar	1059
Byzantine calendar	7205–7206
Chinese calendar	Bính tửNiên(FireRat) 4393 or 4333 — to — Đinh sửu niên(FireOx) 4394 or 4334
Coptic calendar	1413–1414
Discordian calendar	2863
Ethiopian calendar	1689–1690
Hebrew calendar	5457–5458
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1753–1754
-Shaka Samvat	1618–1619
-Kali Yuga	4797–4798
Holocene calendar	11697
Igbo calendar	697–698
Iranian calendar	1075–1076
Islamic calendar	1108–1109
Japanese calendar	Genroku10 ( nguyên lộc １０ niên )
Javanese calendar	1620–1621
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	4030
Minguo calendar	215 beforeROC Dân tiền 215 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	229
Thai solar calendar	2239–2240
Tibetan calendar	Dương hỏa thử niên (male Fire-Rat) 1823 or 1442 or 670 — to — Âm hỏa ngưu niên (female Fire-Ox) 1824 or 1443 or 671

1697(MDCXCVII) was acommon yearstarting on Tuesdayof theGregorian calendarand acommon year starting on Fridayof theJulian calendar,the 1697th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 697th year of the2nd millennium,the 97th year of the17th century,and the 8th year of the1690sdecade. As of the start of 1697, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• September 11–Battle of Zenta,Prince Eugene of Savoybeat the Ottoman army ofMustafa II
• September 20– TheTreaty of Ryswick
• December 2–St Paul's Cathedralopened inLondon
• Peter the Greattravels in Europe officiallywith a false identityas "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
• Use ofpalanquinsincreases in Europe
• Christopher Polhemstarts Sweden's first technical school.
• The royal castle "Tre Kronor" inStockholmburns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.
• Karl XIIof Sweden is made king at the age of 15.
• Tayasal,capital of thePetenItzaMaya,the lastMesoamericanstate which ruled itself, is taken over bySpain
• TheManchu Empiretakes over westernMongolia