An incomplete series of events which occurred in 1686 in Italy:

Events

French attack on the Vaudois (1686) - A French attack on a Protestant community in Piedmont.

Births

Carlo Innocenzo Carlone (died 1775) - fresco painter Saint Ignatius of Santhiá (Laurenzo Maurizio, 1686-1770) - diocesan priest Benedetto Marcello (died 1739) - composer and librettist

Deaths Antonio Busca, painter (b. 1625) Nicolas Steno, geologist and anatomist (born 1638) Carlo Dolci, Italian painter (born 1616)

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