1697

Events 
 September 11 – Battle of Zenta, Prince Eugene of Savoy beat the Ottoman army of Mustafa II
 September 20 – The Treaty of Ryswick
 December 2 – St Paul's Cathedral opened in London
 Peter the Great travels in Europe officially with a false identity as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
 Use of palanquins increases in Europe
 Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's first technical school.
 The royal castle "Tre Kronor" in Stockholm burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.
 Karl XII of Sweden is made king at the age of 15.
 Tayasal, capital of the Peten Itza Maya, the last Mesoamerican state which ruled itself, is taken over by Spain
 The Manchu Empire takes over western Mongolia