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1694| 1607–1700 | North America, UK [food and drink] | Fruits introduced to the North American colonies from England include apples, which adapt well in New England, and peaches, which grow easily in Virginia and other warmer regions. Native vegetables like pumpkins, squash, and beans are favoured over European vegetables. | | 1640–1700 | North America [literature and language] | Literacy rates in the colonies, particularly in New England, are high relative to those in the Old World. Shipton, New England has a 95% literacy rate; males in Virginia have a literacy rate between 54% and 60%. | | 1689–1724 | UK [horse-racing] | The Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian, and the Godolphin Arab, the horses from which all modern thoroughbreds are descended in the male line, are imported to England from the Middle East and north Africa. | | 1694 | Persia, Safavid Empire [administration] | Husayn I becomes shah of Persia. He is the last independent ruler of the Safavid dynasty. | | 1694 | England [literature and language] | The Journal of the English Quaker George Fox is published posthumously, edited by Thomas Ellwood. | | 21 November 1694 | France [births and deaths] | Voltaire (original name François-Marie Arouet), celebrated French philosopher and writer, whose major works include Candide (1758) and the Dictionnaire philosophique/Philosophical Dictionary (1764), born in Paris, France (–1778). |
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