Great Fire of London began. December 7 – Louis, Duke of Burgundy, and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy marry in the royal chapel at the Palace of Versailles in France. December 8 – Tsangyang Gyatso is installed in Tibet as the 6th Dalai Lama in a ceremony at Lhasa, filling a vacancy that had existed since 1682. December 11 – A ball in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles is held to celebrate the Duke of Burgundy and Marie Adélaïde's wedding. December 14 – The coronation ceremony takes place for King Charles XII of Sweden. Date unknown The Manchus of the Qing dynasty conquer Outer Mongolia. The British government passes the Trade with Africa Act 1697 (An Act to settle the Trade to Africa), confirming the Royal African Company's loss of monopoly on the Atlantic slave trade. William Dampier's A New Voyage Round the World is published in England. Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's first technical school. Heinrich Escher, Mayor of Zürich, introduces chocolate to Switzerland from Brussels. The use of "litters" (wheelless transports that carried by four servants) increases in Europe. Ongoing Great Famine of 1695–1697 in Scandinavia. Great Famine of Estonia (1695–97). "Seven ill years" of famine in Scotland. Births January–March January 1 – Johann Pfeiffer, German violinist (d. 1761) January 7 Wilhelm August von der Osten, Danish civil servant (d. 1764) Robert Wallace, minister of the Church of Scotland, writer on population (d. 1771) January 9 – Gabriel Hanger, 1st Baron Coleraine, English politician (d. 1773) January 11 – William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, English courtier and diplomat (d. 1743) January 13 – Paul-François de Galluccio, marquis de L'Hôpital, French nobleman and ambassador to Russia (d. 1767) January 16 – Jules, Prince of Soubise, French nobleman and Prince of Soubise (d. 1724) January 17 – Franz Neumayr, German Jesuit preacher (d. 1765) January 19 – Thérèse de Couagne, capitalist and slave owner who played an active role in the economy of New France (d. 1764) January 22 – Antoine-Martin Chaumont de La Galaizière, French nobleman (d. 1783) January 23 – Joseph François Dupleix, Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive (d. 1763) January 26 – Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet, British landowner, politician and MP (d. 1728) January 30 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flautist and composer (d. 1773) February 1 – Josse Boutmy, composer, organist and harpsichordist of the Austrian Netherlands (d.