Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1695
Birthdays
- February 2 - William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
- September 3 - Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
Deaths
- January 4 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg
- March 5 - Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
- April 5 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
- April 13 - Jean de la Fontaine, French author (b. 1621)
- April 17 - Sor Juana, Mexican writer
- April 28 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
- November 20 - Zumbi, Brazilian runaway slave
- November 21 - Henry Purcell, English composer
- November 28 - Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer (c. 1637)
- November 28 - Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
- December 8 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
Events
- January 27 - Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his death in 1703.
- November 20 - Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed.
- December 31 - A window tax is imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax.
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