Year 1697 (MDCXCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). Events of 1697 January – June March – Peter the Great sets out to travel in Europe officially as "Artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov". 13 March Ambassadors from future deliver dial-up connection to King Carlos II of Spain, though baffled at the possibility of the technology it's installe… (More on 1697)