1700

January 1

• Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar. [1]
• Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar. [1]

January 22

• Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer, dies at age 39. [1]

January 26

• In the Cascadia Subduction Zone of western North America, a magnitude 9 earthquake occurs, rocking a region 600 miles long that includes modern northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia. The earthquake set off a tsunami that not only struck Cascadia's Pacific coast, but also crossed the Pacific Ocean to Japan, where it damaged coastal villages. [53]

February 19

• Last day of the Julian calendar in Denmark. [1]

February 27

• Pacific island of New Britain discovered. [1]

March 10

• Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, dies at age 61. [1]

March 25

• England, France and Netherlands ratify second Extermination treaty. [1]

April 1

• English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools' Day by playing practical jokes on each other. [129]

May 1

• John Dryden English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies. [1]

May 7

• William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation. [1]

August 8

• Denmark signs the peace treaty of Traventhal with Sweden. [7]

August 19

• Russia declares war on Sweden. [7]

November 20

• At Narva, Swedish King Karl XII with about 10,000 men defeats the Russian army of 40,000. [7]

December 1

• Willem ten Rhijne Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about age 53. [1]

December 12

• Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar. [1]

December 31

• Frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 1/12/1701. [1]

1701

January 1

• Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom. [1]
• Pietro Sanmartini composer, dies at age 64. [1]

January 4

• Ernst R Tarhemberg Austria, field marshal, dies at age 62. [1]

January 12

• Parts of the Netherlands (Frisia and Groningen) adopt the Gregorian calendar (others one year later). [1]

January 18

• Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia. [1] [37]

February 15

• Adam Drese German composer, dies at age 80. [1]

March 9

• France, Cologne and Bavaria sign alliance. [1]

March 10

• Johann Schelle composer, dies at age 52. [1]

March 27

• Anne Hilarion de Cotentin count of Tourville/French Admiral, dies at age 58. [1]

March 28

• Domenico Guidi Italian sculptor, dies at age 75. [1]

April 29

• Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701. [1]

May 12

• Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701). [1]

May 23

• Captain Kidd hung in London, England, after conviction of piracy and murder. [1] [343.15]
• William Kidd Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock. [1]

June 12

• Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover. [1]

July 24

• French make first landing at site of Detroit. [1]

September 6

• James II king of England (1685-88), dies at age 68. [1]

October 9

• Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven. [1]

1702

January 6

• Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies. [1]

January 13

• Peter Rabus Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at age 41. [1]

January 17

• Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies. [1]

March 8

• England's Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III. [1] [309.60]
• John de Baen portrait painter/etcher, buried at age 69. [1]
• William III Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at age 51. [1]

March 11

• First English daily newspaper, "Daily Courant", is published. [1]

March 19

• James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England. [1]
• Willem III Henry [Dutch William], king of England/Scotland, dies at age 51. [1]

March 21

• Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament. [1]

April 20

• Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth. [1]

April 27

• Jean Bart French captain/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at age 51. [1]

May 5

• Jacob Hintze composer, dies at age 79. [1]

May 14

• England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain. [1]
• Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw. [1]

May 15

• War of Spanish Succession, first American conflict between England and France. [1]

1703

January 16

• Matteo Coferati composer, dies at age 64. [1]

March 3

• Robert Hooke scientific genius, dies in London. [1]

March 20

• Johann Kunckel/Kunkel German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies. [1]

April 26

• Georg Christoph Leuttner composer, dies at age 58. [1]

May 1

• Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians. [1]
• Kiva Yoshinaka Japanese monarch, murdered. [1]

May 2

• Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant. [1]

May 3

• Eglon van de Down still-life painter, dies. [1]

May 16

• Charles Perrault author/fairy tale writer, dies. [1]

May 18

• Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne. [1]

May 21

• Roemer Vlacq Dutch Admiral, dies in battle. [1]

May 26

• Samuel Pepys English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at age 70. [1]

May 27

• Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. [1] [5]

July 31

• Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers. [5]

November 24

• First Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia. [1]

November 26

• Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships. [1]
• A severe storm destroys the Eddystone lighthouse off Plymouth, Devon, England, killing resident designer Mr. Winstanley. [272.623]

December 27

• England and Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement. [1]

December 29

• Mustapha II sultan (Turkey), dies at age 39. [1]

December 30

• Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die. [1]

1704

January 21

• Willem B Schepers Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about age 83. [1]

February 2

• Guillaume F A de l'Hospital French mathematician, dies at about age 62. [1]

February 23

• Georg Muffat French/German organist/composer, dies at age 50. [1]

February 24

• Marc-Antoine Charpentier French composer (church music), dies. [1]

February 28

• Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York City, New York. [1]
• Indians attack Deerfield Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100. [1]

February 29

• French and Indians attack Deerfield Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100. [1]

March 17

• Menno baron van Coehoorn fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at age 63. [1]

April 12

• John Hudde 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at age 76. [1]

April 17

• First successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell. [1]

May 1

• Boston Newsletter publishes first newspaper ad. [1]

May 3

• Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Austrian violist/composer, dies at age 59. [1]

May 20

• Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York. [1]

July 24

• Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain. [1]

August 13

• English defeat French at Battle of Blenheim. [1]

1705

January 8

• Georg F Händels first opera "Almira" premieres in Hamburg. [1]

January 15

• Walraad the Young, Earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/Governor of Nijmegen, dies. [1]

February 5

• Jean Gilles composer, dies at age 37. [1]

April 2

• Johann Lohner composer, dies at age 59. [1]

April 16

• Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College. [1]

April 23

• Richard Steele's "Tender Husband", premieres in London. [1]

May 5

• Leopold I von Hapsburg Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at age 64. [1]

December 29

• Prosper Jolyot's "Idomenée" premieres in Paris. [1]

1706

January 26

• Guillaume Poitevin composer, dies at age 59. [1]

February 13

• Battle at Fraustadt Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen. [1]

February 27

• John Evelyn diarist, dies. [1]

March 3

• Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at age 52. [1]

March 8

• Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established. [1]

March 9

• Johann Pachelbel German organist/composer, dies at age 52. [1]

April 19

• Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch baptist leader, dies. [1]

April 29

• Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria. [1]

May 23

• Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed. [1]

November 3

• In Italy, a violent earthquake killed 15,000 inhabitants. [53]

December 9

• Pedro II king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at age 58. [1]

December 28

• Pierre Bayle French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at age 59. [1]

1707

January 1

• Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal. [1]

January 4

• Louis Willem I count of Baden-Baden, dies. [1]

February 20

• Aurangzeb Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies. [1]

March 3

• Aurangzeb Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at age 88. [1]

March 30

• Sébastien le Prestre Vauban French fortress architect, dies at age 73. [1]

April 6

• Willem Van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73. [1]

April 25

• Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese. [1]

April 29

• English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain. [1]

May 1

• England, Wales and Scotland form Great Britain. [1]

May 3

• Michiel de Swaen South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at age 53. [1]

May 9

• Dietrich Buxtehude German organist/composer, dies at about age 69. [1]

October 23

• The parliament of Great Britain first meets. [5]

December 1

• Jeremiah Clarke composer, dies. [1]

December 24

• Noel Coypel French painter, dies at age 78. [1]

1708

January 23

• Thomas Bullis composer, dies at age 80. [1]

February 24

• Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen. [1]

February 28

• Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island New York, 11 die. [1]

March 23

• English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth. [1]

March 27

• English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk. [1]

April 30

• Simon de Vries book seller/writer (Unequal), dies. [1]

May 27

• Jacques Danican Philidor composer, dies at age 51. [1]

August 29

• Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians. [1]

December 1

• Great Alliance occupies Brussels. [1]

December 14

• Prosper Jolyot's "Electre" premieres in Paris. [1]

December 29

• Great Alliance occupies Gent. [1]

December 31

• Great Alliance captures Bridge. [1]

1709

January 5

• Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans. [1]

January 11

• Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools" premieres in London. [1]

February 1

• British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island (Fernandez Island) for five years, his story is the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe". [1]

February 8

• Giuseppi Torelli Italian composer, dies at age 50. [1]

March 8

• William Cowper/Cooper English anatomist, dies at about age 62. [1]

March 27

• Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded). [1]

April 12

• First edition of Tattler magazine in England. [1]

April 26

• Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa. [1]

June 28

• In the early morning, about 22,000 Swedes attack the Poltava defenders of about 45,000 Russians. By mid-day, the fighting ends. The Swedes are defeated, with some 7,000 killed and 2,500 captured. The King and the remaining army of about 15,000 retreat south-west to Perevolotjna. [7]

August 8

• First known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors). [1]

September 11

• English, Dutch and Austrians defeat French in Battle of Malplaquet. [1]

December 1

• Abraham a Santa Clara [Johann Megerle] German court vicar, dies at age 65. [1]

December 8

• Thomas Corneille French dramatist, dies at age 74. [1]

1710

January 27

• Czar Peter the Great sets first Russian state budget. [1]

February 20

• Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen Netherlands. [1]

April 18

• Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at age 75. [1]

May 10

• Georg Dietrich Leiding composer, dies at age 46. [1]

September 29

• Colonel Nicholson commands a large fleet of British and New England ships, attacking Port Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia) capturing it after a week. [262.156]

December 8

• Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured. [1]

December 11

• Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers). [1]

December 18

• Peter Codde apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at age 62. [1]

1711

January 8

• Philips van Almonde Zealand Lieutenant-Admiral, dies at age 66. [1]

February 10

• Lukas Fencer Dutch poet (Meleager and Atalante), dies at age 22. [1]

February 14

• Händels opera Rinaldo, premieres. [1]

February 21

• Joan van Hoorn Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1707-09), dies at age 57. [1]

February 24

• Händel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres, London. [1]

March 1

• "The Spectator" begins publishing (London). [1]

March 8

• Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder. [1]

April 17

• Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria. [1]
• Jozef I [Habsburg] emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about age 32. [1]

May 1

• Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar. [1]

December 17

• Arnold Moonen vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies. [1]

December 31

• Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander. [1]

1712

February 18

• Duke of Bourgondië French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies. [1]

March 28

• Jan van der Heyden Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at age 75. [1]

April 5

• John Luyken poet/etcher (species company), dies at age 63. [1]

April 6

• Slave revolt in New York. [1]

April 7

• Slave revolt (New York City, New York). [1]

April 10

• Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about age 77. [1]

April 29

• Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles composer, dies at age 67. [1]

April 30

• Philippus van Limborch remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at age 78. [1]

May 17

• Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands". [1]

May 22

• Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary. [1]

September 11

• GD Cassini French astronomer, dies. [1]

December 15

• Sidney first Earl of Godolphine English minister of Finance, dies at age 67. [1]

1713

January 8

• Arcangelo Corelli composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at age 59. [1]

January 20

• Pavao Vitezovic Croatian historian, dies. [1]

January 30

• England and Netherlands sign second anti-French boundary treaty. [1]

February 10

• Netherlands and England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier. [1]

February 15

• Anthony Ashley Cooper third Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies. [1]

February 18

• French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao. [1]

February 25

• Frederik I King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at age 55. [1]

February 27

• French troops bomb Willemstad Curaçao. [1]

March 26

• Pal Esterhazy composer, dies at age 77. [1]

March 27

• Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar. [1]

April 11

• Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty. [1]

April 12

• Dutch State-General signs peace with France Netherlands loses Orange Princedom. [1]

April 19

• Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions. [1]

1714

January 7

• Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later). [1]

January 19

• Richard Steele publishes "The Crisis", defending Hanoverian success. [1]

February 2

• Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore" premieres in London. [1]

February 4

• Duke of Berry French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies. [1]

February 17

• Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree. [1]

March 6

• Peace of Rastatt: French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg. [1]

March 27

• Anton Ulrich German duke of Brunswick/poet, dies at age 80. [1]

April 4

• Karel duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies. [1]

April 17

• Philipp Heinrich Erlebach composer, dies at age 56. [1]

July 14

• Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet. [1]

August 1

• Death of English Queen Anne. [309.62]
• George I, Elector of Brunswick Lunenburgh, proclaimed King of England. [309.62]

September 7

• Treaty of Baden-French retain Alsace, Austria gets right bank of Rhine. [1]

November 11

• A highway in the Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street. [1]

1715

February 3

• Gottfried Vopelius composer, dies at age 70. [1]

February 17

• Antoine Galland French interpreter, dies at age 68. [1]

March 11

• Jan-Erasmus Quellinus Flemish painter, dies at age 80. [1]

April 15

• Uprising of Yamasse-Indians in South Carolina. [1]

April 20

• Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray", premieres in London. [1]

April 29

• John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time. [1]

May 1

• Prussia declares war on Sweden. [1]

May 3

• Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads". [1]

May 4

• French manufacturer debuts first folding umbrella (Paris France). [1]

July 29

• Ten Spanish treasure galleons sunk off Florida coast by hurricane. [1]

September 1

• Louis XIV the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at age 76. [1]

November 15

• Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to the Netherlands. [1]

November 25

• First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn. [1]

December 12

• Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund. [1]

December 15

• George Hickes English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at age 73. [1]

December 22

• English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead. [1]

December 23

• Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund. [1]

December 24

• Swedish troops occupy Norway. [1]

1716

January 1

• William Wycherley dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about age 75. [1]

January 8

• Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested. [1]

February 6

• England and Netherlands renew alliance. [1]

February 10

• Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France. [1]

March 8

• Harald Vallerius composer, dies at age 69. [1]

March 10

• Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, dies at age 48. [1]

March 13

• Georg Gabriel Schutz composer, dies at age 46. [1]

April 4

• Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar. [1]

April 8

• Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece. [1]

April 15

• Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar. [1]

July 18

• Jews are expelled from Brussels Belgium. [1]

August 1

• First sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea). [1]

September 14

• First lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor). [1]

November 26

• First lion exhibited in America (Boston). [1]

1717

January 4

• Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance. [1]

January 5

• Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles. [1]

January 14

• German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam. [1]

February 1

• Henri d'Aguesseau's first appointment as chancellor of France. [1]

March 3

• Pierre Allix French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about age 75. [1]

August 17

• Pioneer Daniel Boone's grandfather George sets sail from England to America. [5]

December 25

• Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, 1000s killed. [1]

1718

January 9

• France declares war on Spain. [1]

January 17

• Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switzerland; kills 53. [1]

February 23

• François Fagel Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at age 63. [1]

May 15

• James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's first machine gun. [1]

May 30

• Arnold J van Keppel Earl of Albemarle/General, dies at about age 48. [1]
• Bernard Nieuwentyt physician/theologist, dies at age 63. [1]

August 25

• Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, founded. [1]

November 22

• Edward "Blackbeard" Teach English pirate, dies off Virginia coast. [1]

November 30

• (about 2100 hours) At the siege of Fredrikshald, King Karl XII is struck in the head by a bullet, killing him instantly. (It is not know whether this is a stray bullet or fired at close range by an assassin.) [7]

December 11

• Battle at Frederikshall Norway. [1]

December 17

• England declares war on Spain. [1]

1719

January 5

• England/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact. [1]

January 23

• Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire. [1]

February 25

• Giovanni Maria Casini composer, dies at age 66. [1]

March 7

• Steven J Vennekool Amsterdam's master builder, buried. [1]

April 7

• Jean-Baptiste de la Salle French priest/theory/saint, dies at age 67. [1]

April 15

• Johann Friedrich Treiber composer, dies at age 76. [1]

April 25

• Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe". [1]

December 2

• Pasquier Quesnel French theologist (La Foi), dies at age 85. [1]

December 11

• First recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US (New England). [1]

December 16

• Adrian "Aart" van Wijck Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at age 78. [1]

December 18

• Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children". [1]

December 31

• John Flamsteed first Astronomer Royal, dies at age 73. [1]