Editing 1691 (section)

=== January–March ===
* [[January 6]] – King [[William III of England]], who rules Scotland and Ireland as well as being the Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, departs from [[Margate]] to tend to the affairs of the Netherlands.<ref>Frederic Hervey, ''The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Earliest Times to the Rising of the Parliament in 1779'' (William Adlard Publishing, 1779) p. 420</ref>
* [[January 14]] – A fleet of ships carrying 827 Spanish Navy sailors and marines arrives at [[Manzanillo Port|Manzanillo Bay]] on the island of [[Hispaniola]] in what is now the [[Dominican Republic]] and joins 700 Spanish cavalry, then proceeds westward to invade the French side of the island in what is now [[Haiti]].<ref>"King William's War (1688–1697)", in ''Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present'' by David E. Marley (ABC-CLIO, 1998) p. 206</ref>
* [[January 15]] – King Louis XIV of France issues an order specifically prohibiting play of games of chance, specifically naming [[Basset (banking game)|basset]] and similar games, on penalty of 1,000 livres for the first offence.<ref>"Jeu", in ''A Military Dictionary, or explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops'', by William Duane (William Duane, 1810) p. 288</ref>
* [[January 23]] – Spanish colonial administrator [[Domingo Terán de los Ríos]], most recently the governor of Sonora y Sinaloa on the east side of the [[Gulf of California]], is assigned by the Viceroy of New Spain to administer a new province that governs lands on both sides of the [[Rio Grande|Río Bravo del Norte]], "Coahuila y Tejas", and effectively becomes the first [[Governor of Texas]]. 
* [[February 13]] – The [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] issues the first [[paper money]] in [[North America]], in lieu of coins, two months after a December 20 law authorizing the printing. The oldest known specimen, for 20 [[Massachusetts pound|Massachusetts shillings]] bears the date "Feb. 3, 1690" based on the British old style calendar in use at the time.<ref>Andrew McFarland Davis, ''Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay'', Volume 1, Issue 4 (American Economic Association, 1900) p.370</ref>
* [[February 28]] – An annular [[solar eclipse]] is visible across the Philippines, North Borneo and eastern Sumatra.<ref name="Astro0231691">{{Cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/0231691/|title=Annular Eclipse of the Sun: 1691 February 28|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref>
* [[March 5]] – [[Nine Years' War]]: French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers [[Siege of Mons (1691)|besiege]] the Spanish-held town of [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]].
* [[March 14]] – The [[Public Security Police Force of Macau]] is founded.<ref name="CPSP History">{{Cite web|title=História |trans-title=History |url=http://www.fsm.gov.mo/psp/por/psp_org_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702173917/http://www.fsm.gov.mo/psp/por/psp_org_2.html |archive-date=July 2, 2011 |access-date=June 28, 2010 |publisher=Corpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública |language=pt}}</ref>
* [[March 17]] – ''[[The Athenian Mercury]]'' begins twice-weekly publication by [[The Athenian Society]] in London.
* [[March 20]] – [[Leisler's Rebellion]]: A new governor arrives in [[New York (state)|New York]] – [[Jacob Leisler]] surrenders, after a standoff of several hours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1691 |title=Historical Events for Year 1691 {{pipe}} OnThisDay.com |website=Historyorb.com |date=1691 |access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – The [[Siege of Mons (1691)|Siege of Mons]] ends in the city's surrender.