April–June April 13 – The 10th Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, creates the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib. May 1 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley, at Fort Maurepas (Ocean Springs, Mississippi). May 10 – Billingsgate Fish Market in London is sanctioned as a permanent institution by an Act of Parliament, with the provision "that after the tenth of May, 1699, Billingsgate Market should be, every day in the week except Sunday, a free and open market for all sorts of fish, and that it should be lawful for any person to buy or sell any sort of fish without disturbance."The Nineteenth Century (Henry S. King & Company, 1883) p. 146 June 11 – England, France and the Dutch Republic agree on the terms of the Treaty of London (1700) (Second Partition Treaty) for Spain. June 14 – Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam pump to the Royal Society of London.
April–June April 13 – The 10th Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh creates the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib May 1 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley at Fort Maurepas (Ocean Springs Mississippi) May 10 – Billingsgate Fish Market in London is sanctioned as a permanent institution by an Act of Parliament with the provision "that after the tenth of May 1699 Billingsgate Market should be every day in the week except Sunday a free and open market for all sorts of fish and that it should be lawful for any person to buy or sell any sort of fish without disturbance"The Nineteenth Century (Henry S King & Company 1883) p 146 June 11 – England France and the Dutch Republic agree on the terms of the Treaty of London (1700) (Second Partition Treaty) for Spain June 14 – Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam pump to the Royal Society of London