Centuries:
Year in Review 17th Century
16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1590s? - 1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s? - 1660s - 1670s? - 1680s - 1690s - 1700s
1685 1686? 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692? 1693? 1694? 1695
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 cataloged it as the star 34 Tauri
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