Editing 1695 (section)

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* English manufacturers call for an [[embargo]] on Indian cloth, and silk weavers picket the [[House of Commons of England]].
* A £2 fine is imposed for [[profanity|swearing]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]].
* After 23 years of construction, [[Spain]] completes ''[[Castillo de San Marcos]]'' to protect [[St. Augustine, Florida]], from foreign threats.
* After many years of construction, the [[Potala Palace]] in [[Lhasa (prefecture-level city)|Lhasa]] is completed.
* [[Gold]] is discovered in [[Brazil]].
* [[Johanne Nielsdatter]] is executed for witchcraft, the last such confirmed execution in Norway.
* In [[Amsterdam]], the bank ''Wed. Jean Deutz & Sn.'' floats the first sovereign bonds on the local market. The scheme is designed to fund a 1.5 million guilder loan to the [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Holy Roman Emperor]]. From this date on, European leaders commonly take advantage of the low interest rates available in the [[Dutch Republic]], and borrow several hundred millions on the Dutch capital market.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Eeghen|first=I. H. van|title=Buitenlandse manopolies van de Amstersamse kooplieden in de tweedee helft van de zeventiende eeuw|journal=Jaarboek Amstelodamum|year=1961|volume=53|pages=176–184}}</ref>
* A large unidentified tropical volcanic eruption causes colder temperatures, crop failure, food shortage and mortality in north-western Europe.<ref name="volcanology">{{Cite journal|journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research|volume=389|date=January 1, 2020|title=Complexity in crisis: The volcanic cold pulse of the 1690s and the consequences of Scotland's failure to cope |last1=D'Arrigo|first1=Rosanne|last2=Klinger|first2=Patrick|last3=Newfield|first3=Timothy|last4=Rydval|first4=Miloš|last5=Wilson|first5=Rob|issn=0377-0273|doi=10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106746|bibcode=2020JVGR..38906746D |hdl=10023/21075|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
* A [[Anglo–Swedish skirmish (1695)|naval skirmish]] occurs between English and Swedish ships en-route to Portugal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wolke |first=Lars Ericson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3lVBgAAQBAJ&dq=Livland+Per+Olsson+1695&pg=PT55 |title=Lasse i Gatan: Kaparkriget och det svenska stormaktsväldets fall |date=2015-01-22 |publisher=Svenska Historiska Media Förlag AB |isbn=978-91-87031-94-6 |language=sv}}</ref>
* The [[Great Famine of 1695–1697]] begins as the [[Great Famine of Estonia (1695–97)]] in Swedish Estonia and spreads across [[Finland]], [[Latvia]], [[Norway]] and [[Sweden]], while the "[[seven ill years]]" of famine in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] are ongoing.</onlyinclude>