Events from 1694

Bank of England founded - joint-stock company managing national debt, merger of public and private law

University of Halle Founded by Frederick III - Explicitly designed as Pietist institution - August Hermann Francke appointed professor - Becomes training ground for Prussian bureaucrats and pastors - Francke's principle: 'Der Wille muss gebrochen werden' (The will must be broken)

Shroud of Turin - Duke Victor Amadeus II commissions new chapel - Blessed Sebastian Valfré has vision while praying before Shroud - Christ speaks: 'This burial cloth that wrapped Me will wrap the world'