    __notoc__ year 1694 (mdcxciv) was a common year starting on friday (link will display the full calendar) of the gregorian calendar and a common year starting on monday of the 10-day slower julian calendar. == events == === january&ndash;june === * february 5 &ndash; the ship ridderschap van holland is lost at sea after it departs the cape of good hope, but does not arrive at batavia. * february 6 &ndash; the colony of quilombo dos palmares, brazil, is destroyed. * march 1 &ndash; the hms sussex treasure fleet of thirteen ships is wrecked in the mediterranean off gibraltar with the loss of approximately 1,200 lives. === july&ndash;december === * july 27 &ndash; the bank of england is founded through royal charter by the whig-dominated parliament of england following a proposal by the scottish merchant william paterson to raise capital by offering safe and steady returns of interest guaranteed by future taxes. a total of Â£1.2 million is raised for the war effort against louis xiv by the end of the year to establish the first-ever government debt. * september 5 &ndash; the great fire of warwick in england. * october 25 &ndash; queen mary ii of england founds the royal hospital for seamen at greenwich. * december &ndash; thomas tenison is appointed archbishop of canterbury. * december 3 &ndash; the parliament of england passes the triennial act requiring general elections every three years. * december 28 &ndash; queen mary ii of england dies of smallpox aged 32, leaving her husband king william iii to rule alone but without an heir. since he is also without a royal hostess, mary's sister princess anne is summoned back to court (having been banished after an unseemly row with the queen) as his official heiress. === date unknown === * the lao empire of lan xang unofficially ends. * notorious voyage of the english slave ship hannibal in the atlantic slave trade out of benin, ending with the death of nearly half of the 692 slaves aboard. * rascians establish the settlement which will become novi sad on the danube. * the [[acadÃ©
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