1697

Year 1697 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * March -   as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
 * March - The is complete with the fall of the Itza kingdom.
 * - becomes king of Sweden upon the death of his father,.
 * - The royal castle "Tre Kronor" ("Three Crowns") in burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.

July - December

 * -, crushed Ottoman army of
 * - The
 * - is opened in.
 * - is crowned king at the age of 15.

Undated

 * Use of s increases in Europe
 * starts Sweden's first technical school.
 * , capital of the  in the, the last independent  polity, is conquered by
 * The conquers western.
 * The Royal African Company loses its monopoly on the slave trade

Births

 * -, German flautist and composer (died )
 * -, actress (died )
 * - (died. )
 * -, Italian artist (died )
 * - John Peter Zenger, newspaper printer (died )
 * -, English artist (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * - (hanged) (born c.)
 * -, Danish mathematician (born )
 * -, English conspirator (born c.)
 * -, Italian physician (born )
 * -, German organist and composer (born )
 * -, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (born )
 * -, English colonial magistrate (born )
 * - King (stomach cancer) (born )
 * -, Danish admiral (born )
 * - William Moore, Captain William Kidd's gunner ( in head caused by Captain Kidd hitting him with a bucket)
 * -, French architect (born c.)


 * See also .