Centuries:
Year in Review 17th Century (
16th century -
17th century -
18th century)
Decades: 1640s 1650s? 1660s 1670s? 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
Years: 1685 1686? 1687 1688 1689 - 1690 - 1691 1692? 1693? 1694? 1695
Births
Deaths
Events
- May 20: England passes [Act of Grace]?, forgiving followers of [James II]?
- Earliest recorded sighting of the planet Uranus, by [John Flamsteed]?, who mistakenly catalogued it as the star 34 Tauri