- April 12
- First edition of Tattler magazine in England. [1]
- April 26
- Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa. [1]
- May 26
- Anthon Günther becomes prince of German municipality of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt. [410.15]
- 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 10
- England's Queen Anne gives assent to law limiting term of copyright on books: 21 years for books already in print, 14 years for new books, and additional 14 years if author still alive at end of first term. [535.16]
- April 18
- Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at age 75. [1]
- May 10
- Georg Dietrich Leiding composer, dies at age 46. [1]
- August 4
- Edinburgh Mint in Scotland closes. [465.62]
- 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]
- October 7
- British frigate HMS Feversham sinks off Nova Scotia with coinage worth 2240 pounds sterling. [442.91] [525.44]
- 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 30
- Ten Spanish treasure galleons from Cuba heading to Europe sink in a hurricane off Saint Lucie, Florida. [1] [421.68] [516.32] (11 ships, July 31 [493.73])
- 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 7
- The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Vienville. [5]
- 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]
- June 25
- Death of Alexis, son of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, of poisoning. [811.76]
- 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 was a stray bullet or fired at close range by an assassin.) [7]
- 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]
- May 9
- King James III of England marries Clementina Sobieski at Bologna, with James not present. [858.12]
- 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] [5]
- 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]
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