What happened 1697 AD

In 1697, Martín de Ursúa launched an assault on the Itza capital Nojpetén and the last independent Maya city fell to the Spanish.

In the 16th century, the Spanish Empire colonized the Mesoamerican region, and a lengthy series of campaigns saw the fall of Nojpetén, the last Maya city, in 1697.

Mustafa II (1695–1703) led the counterattack of 1695–1696 against the Habsburgs in Hungary but was undone at the disastrous defeat at Zenta (in modern Serbia), 11 September 1697.

The English satiric painter and engraver William Hogarth was born in London.

Carlo Arrigoni was born in Florence and is a composer and musician.

Giuseppe de Majo was born in Naples in the 17th century.

The Italian composer, Claudio Casciolini, was born in Rome in the late 17th century.