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it was a
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, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.


Events


January–March

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January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...
's first opera, ''
Almira ''Almira, Königin von Castilien'' ("Almira, Queen of Castile", HWV 1; full title: ''Der in Krohnen erlangte Glücks-Wechsel, oder: Almira, Königin von Castilien'') is George Frideric Handel's first opera, composed when he was 19 years old. I ...
'' is premiered in Hamburg. *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
– The Hester, a British 28-gun sailing ship and a crew of 70 is lost in Persia. *
February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 &nd ...
– The Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar begins as Marshal
René de Froulay de Tessé René de Froulay, Comte de Tessé (14 May 1648 – 30 March 1725) was a French soldier and diplomat during the reign of Louis XIV and the 1715-1723 Regency. Early life René de Froulay, Comte de Tessé was born at the family home of the Chat ...
of the French Army supplements the Spanish forces of the Marquis of Villadarias and seizes control of a strategic fortress, the Round Tower, but the forces retreat after a counterattack kills 200 of their number in the retaking of the Tower *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. ...
George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...
's opera ''
Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 un ...
'' premiered in
Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...
. *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 *747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
– A French Navy fleet of 18 warships, commanded by Admiral Desjean, the Baron de Pointis arrives in the
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to aid the French and Spanish attempt to retake Gibraltar from England. *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. *1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bour ...
– The
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incorporates the town of
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, making it the first incorporated town in present-day
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. The town becomes the political center and de facto capital of the northern portion of the
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, until
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is incorporated in
1722 Events January–March * January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel ''Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London. * February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), as ...
. *
March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...
Queen Anne gives
royal assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in other ...
to the
Alien Act 1705 The Alien Act was a law passed by the Parliament of England in February 1705, as a response to the Parliament of Scotland's Act of Security of 1704, which in turn was partially a response to the English Act of Settlement 1701. Lord Godolphin, the ...
, setting a deadline of December 25, 1705, for Scotland's parliament to authorize negotiations for the union with England to create the
Kingdom of Great Britain The Kingdom of Great Britain (officially Great Britain) was a Sovereign state, sovereign country in Western Europe from 1 May 1707 to the end of 31 December 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of ...
and, if Scotland fails to do so, to declare all Scots in England to be arrested and detained as illegal aliens until union is achieved. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
(March 20 O.S.) – The Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar ends as a fleet of warships from the navies of England, Portugal and the Netherlands, commanded by English Admiral
John Leake Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He then distinguished himself when he led ...
, arrives at the Bay of Gibraltar with 35 warships and English and Portuguese troops. In the battle that follows, five of the French Navy's ships are sunk and Admiral Desjean is seriously wounded, forcing the French and Spanish to retreat.


April–June

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April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
Anne, Queen of England Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England, List of Scottish monarchs, Scotland and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 8 March 1702 until 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union 1707, A ...
dissolves the
English House of Commons The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of ...
that had been elected in 1702, and orders new elections. *
April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, s ...
The Queen's Theatre opens in
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to serve as an
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, premiering with ''Gli amori di ergasto'' ("The Loves of Ergasto"), an Italian language opera by German composer Jakob "Giacomo" Greber. It remains in operation for more than 300 years, becoming Her Majesty's Theatre. *
April 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide. * 73 – Masad ...
– Queen Anne of England honours
Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the grea ...
with a
Knight Bachelor The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the ...
. *
May 5 Events Pre-1600 * 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins. *1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. * 1260 – Ku ...
Joseph I Joseph I or Josef I may refer to: *Joseph I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1266–1275 and 1282–1283 *Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678–1711) *Joseph I (Chaldean Patriarch) (reigned 1681–1696) *Joseph I of Portugal (1750–1777) ...
succeeds his father Leopold I as the
Holy Roman Emperor The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( la, Imperator Romanorum, german: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period ( la, Imperat ...
. *
May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I imm ...
Voting begins for 110 constituencies of the 513-member
House of Commons of England The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of ...
(including
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) *
June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
– Voting ends in the election of the English House of Commons, with the Tories retaining their majority but losing 38 seats, while the Whigs gain 49 seats. The balance in the 513 seats is 260 for the Tories, 233 for the Whigs, 20 for other candidates. * June 20 – The Pact of Genoa is signed by representatives of
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and the Spanish
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as a military alliance providing for English troops to be stationed in
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as part of the
War of Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phil ...
.


July–September

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July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abd ...
José de Grimaldo José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solórzano, 1st Marquess of Grimaldo (1660–1733) was a Spanish statesman. Early life Grimaldo was born in Madrid in 1660 to a wealthy family who had gained experience serving in the administration of the co ...
, the Marquis of Grimaldo, becomes the head of government of Spain after being appointed by King Philip V as the Secretary of the Universal Bureau *
July 14 Events Pre-1600 * 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy. * 1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II. * 1420 ...
– The newly-elected
English House of Commons The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of ...
, last to serve before the union with Scotland that produces Great Britain, is opened by Queen Anne. *
July 15 Events Pre-1600 *484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 – ...
Al-Husayn I ibn Ali Al-Husayn I ibn Ali, also known as Hussein I ( ar, حسين الأول; born in 1675 – 13 September 1740). He was the founder of the Husainid Dynasty, which ruled Tunisia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1957. Biography Husayn was born ...
becomes the first
Bey of Tunis Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...
, founding the
Husainid Dynasty The Husainid dynasty or Husaynid dynasty ( ar, الحسينيون) was a ruling dynasty of the Beylik of Tunis, which was of Greek origin from the island of Crete. It came to power under al-Husayn I ibn Ali in 1705, succeeding the Muradid dynast ...
that rules Tunisia until the abolition of the monarchy in
1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
*
July 18 Events Pre-1600 * 477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army. * 387 BC – Roman- Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, l ...
War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phil ...
: At the
Battle of Elixheim The Battle of Elixheim, 18 July 1705, also known as the Passage of the Lines of Brabant was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The Duke of Marlborough successfully broke through the French Lines of Brabant, an arc of defensive fieldwo ...
, near the city of
Tienen Tienen (; french: Tirlemont ) is a city and municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises Tienen itself and the towns of Bost, Goetsenhoven, Hakendover, Kumtich, Oorbeek, Oplinter, Sint-Marg ...
(in modern-day Belgium), is fought, as an exhausted group of soldiers under the command of England's
Duke of Marlborough General (United Kingdom), General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was an Engl ...
kills 3,000 French troops under the command of the Duc de Valleroy, and forces the retreat of the others, breaking the "Lines of Brabant". Because his soldiers had marched all night and then fought the battle over a full day, Marlborough is unable to send them in pursuit of Villeroy's troops. *
July 20 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. * 792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defea ...
– The planet
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transits
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, as seen by astronomers from Earth. The event happens again on October 4,
1708 In the Swedish calendar it was a leap year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–June * January 1 – Charles XII of Sweden invades Russia, by crossing th ...
, but will not be seen again from Earth until October 27, 2088 *
July 26 Events Pre-1600 * 657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I. * 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seri ...
Great Northern War The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedi ...
: At the
Battle of Gemauerthof The Battle of Gemauerthof was a battle in the Great Northern War, fought south of Riga near Jelgava, in present-day Latvia in July 1705. The Swedish forces under Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt fought a Russian army under Boris Sheremetyev. The Swedes we ...
, fought in modern-day
Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
, Swedish forces under the command of General
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (15 April 1659 – 12 February 1719) was a Swedish general, particularly known for his participation in the Great Northern War. Biography He was born on 15 April 1659 in a Swedish fortified camp near Copenhagen. He attend ...
overwhelm a much larger force of Russian troops commanded by Count
Boris Sheremetev Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetev (russian: Граф Бори́с Петро́вич Шереме́тев, tr. ; – ) was an Imperial Russian diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War. He became the first Russian count in ...
, killing 2,000 Russians and wounding as many as 3,000. *
July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
– The Battle of Warsaw is fought near Warsaw, Poland in the
Great Northern War The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedi ...
. *
August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
18 – In an Atlantic
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across Cuba and Florida, four ships are lost and there are many casualties. *
August 31 Events Pre-1600 * 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. * 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year. ...
September 5 Events Pre-1600 * 917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. * 1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava * 1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Hen ...
War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phil ...
: The
Siege of Zoutleeuw The siege of Zoutleeuw or the siege of Léau (29 August 1705 – 5 September 1705) was a siege of the War of the Spanish Succession. Allied troops with 16 artillery pieces under the command of the English Captain general the Duke of Marlborough ...
is carried out by the alliance of Dutch, English, Scottish and Holy Roman Empire troops against the French-held fortress of
Zoutleeuw Zoutleeuw (; french: Léau ) is a municipality and city in the Hageland, in the extreme east of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 8,498 inhabitants. The total area is 46.73 km2, giving a populatio ...
(in modern-day Belgium) *
September 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". * 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
First Javanese War of Succession The First Javanese War of Succession was a struggle between Sultan Amangkurat III of Mataram and the Dutch East India Company who supported the claim of the Sultan's uncle, Pangeran Puger to the throne. Amangkurat II died in 1703 and was brie ...
: On the island of
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in the
Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
(modern-day
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),
Pakubuwono I Pakubuwono I (also as Pakubuwana I, before his reign was known as Pangeran Puger), uncle of Amangkurat III of Mataram was a combatant for the succession of the Mataram dynasty, both as a co-belligerent during the Trunajaya rebellion (from 1677 t ...
becomes the new Sultan of Martaram, capturing
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and deposing Sultan Amangkurat III. *
September 20 Events Pre-1600 * 1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. *1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. * 1187 – Saladin ...
Francis II Rákóczi Francis II Rákóczi ( hu, II. Rákóczi Ferenc, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–11 as the prince ( hu, fejedelem) of the Estates Confedera ...
is proclaimed as the ruler of Hungary by independence activists in Szécsény who are opposed to the rule of the Habsburg successor to Leopold I, the Holy Roman emperor Joseph I. *
September 24 Events Pre-1600 *787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia. *1568 – Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near ...
(O.S.) –
Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (; lt, Stanislovas Leščinskis; french: Stanislas Leszczynski; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at v ...
is crowned as
King of Poland Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electable position in Europe (16t ...
.


October–December

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October 3 Events Pre-1600 * 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. * 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Juliu ...
– Thirty-one people are killed in a colliery explosion at the Stony Flatt pit in
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, Northumberland, England. *
October 4 Events Pre-1600 *AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. *1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. *1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to ...
(N.S.) –
Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (; lt, Stanislovas Leščinskis; french: Stanislas Leszczynski; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at v ...
is crowned Stanisław I of Poland. *
November November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. No ...
– In Williamsburg, capital of the
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in America, construction of the Capitol Building is completed. *
November 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. * 1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Br ...
– The ''
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'' of Ireland publishes its first edition. *
November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...
Battle of Zsibó: The
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forces defeat the
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). *
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– An annular
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is visible in the southern
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. *
November 23 Events Pre-1600 * 534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. * 1248 – Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. * 1499 – Pretender to the t ...
– The premiere of the play ''
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'' by Nicholas Rowe takes place in London. *
November 24 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Theodosius I makes his '' adventus'', or formal entry, into Constantinople. * 1190 – Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem. *1221 – Genghis Khan d ...
– An earthquake is recorded in
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. *
November 28 Events Pre-1600 * 587 – Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. * 936 – Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt again ...
– The Treaty of Warsaw was concluded between the
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and the faction of the
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loyal to
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during the
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. *
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– The Sophia Naturalization Act is passed by the
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subjects. *
December 13 Events Pre-1600 *1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. * 1545 – The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. * 1577 & ...
– In the Battle of Saint Gotthard, the Hungarian army is victorious. *
December 25 Events Pre-1600 * 36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China. * 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aureli ...
– In
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, 1,100 militiamen from the Oberland are killed during the Sendlinger Mordweihnacht, after a failed attempt to break through several gates and capture a depot to seize better weaponry; many men were slaughtered by German federal infantry and Hungarian Hussars, despite their capitulation to
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n officers. *
December 26 Events Pre-1600 * 887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia. * 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of Bu ...
Fateh Singh and
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, sons of
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, are murdered by Wazir Khan for refusing to convert to Islam, and become hallowed martyrs in Sikhism. *
December 29 Events Pre-1600 *1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church. ...
– The premiere of the play ''Idoménée'' by
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takes place in Paris.


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, in
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, England; it is completed in 1724. * Taichung City, Taiwan is founded as the village of Dadun. * With the interest paid from ''daimyō'' loans, the Konoike buy a tract of ponds and swampland, turn the land into rice paddies, and settle 480 households numbering perhaps 2,880 peasants on the land. * The Shogunate confiscates the property of a merchant in Osaka "for conduct unbecoming a member of the commercial class". The government seizes 50 pairs of gold screens, 360 carpets, several mansions, 48 granaries and warehouses scattered around the country, and hundreds of thousands of gold pieces.


Births


January–March

* January 1 – Charles Chauncy (1705–1787), Charles Chauncy, American Congregational clergyman (d. 1787) * January 5 – John Stanhope (MP), John Stanhope, English Member of Parliament (d. 1748) *
January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
– Jacques-François Blondel, French architect and teacher (d. 1774) * January 14 – Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor of the Mascarene Islands (d. 1786) * January 15 – Ludwig Gruno of Hesse-Homburg (d. 1745) * January 21 – Isaac Hawkins Browne (poet), Isaac Hawkins Browne, English poet (d. 1760) * January 24 – Farinelli, Italian castrato (d. 1782) * January 28 – Reverend Joseph Fish, pastor in the British North American colonies (d. 1781) * February 3 – John Robinson (Virginia politician, born 1705), John Robinson, politician, landowner in the British colony of Virginia (d. 1766) * February 13 – Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Polish writer and playwright (d. 1753) * February 15 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765) * February 20 – Nicolas Chédeville, French composer (d. 1782) * February 21 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1781) * February 24 – Hieronymus David Gaubius, German physician and chemist (d. 1780) *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. ...
– Edward Ironside (Lord Mayor of London), Edward Ironside, British banker, Lord Mayor of London in 1753 (d. 1753) * February 27 – Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist, known as the "father of ichthyology" (d. 1735) * March 2 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793) *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. *1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bour ...
– Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsen, Danish courtier (d. 1776) * March 9 – Tommaso Temanza, Italian architect and author of the Neoclassic period (d. 1789) * March 12 – Noël Jourda de Vaux, French noble and general (d. 1788) * March 18 – Jeremias Van Rensselaer (sixth patroon), Jeremias Van Rensselaer, 6th patroon of Rensselaerwyck, eldest son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Maria van Cortlandt (d. 1743) * March 20 – Johann Sigismund Scholze, Silesian music anthologist and poet (d. 1750) * March 21 – Lorenz Natter, German gem-engraver and medallist (d. 1763) * March 22 – Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, French sculptor (d. 1778) * March 30 – August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, German miniature painter (d. 1759) *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, princess consort of Ostfriesland as the spouse of Prince George Albert (d. 1764)


April–June

* April 7 – Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet (d. 1765) *
April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, s ...
– Nathan Webb (d. 1772) * April 12 – William Cookworthy, English Quaker minister (d. 1780) * April 19 – Claes Grill, Swedish merchant (d. 1767) * April 21 – Jean-Pierre Aulneau, Jesuit missionary priest, briefly active in New France (d. 1736) * April 23 – Erasmus James Philipps, serving member on Nova Scotia Council (1730–1760) (d. 1760) * May 1 – Nathaniel Elliot, English Jesuit scholar (d. 1780) *
May 5 Events Pre-1600 * 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins. *1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. * 1260 – Ku ...
– John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, Scottish nobleman and army officer (d. 1782) * May 6 – Christian Gärtner, German telescope maker and astronomer (d. 1782) * May 8 – António José da Silva, Portuguese dramatist born in colonial Brazil (d. 1739) * May 10 – Alexander Luttrell (1705–1737), Alexander Luttrell (d. 1737) * May 13 – Johan Lorentz Castenschiold, Dutch-Danish landowner who was ennobled (d. 1747) * June 1 – Carl Marcus Tuscher, German-born Danish polymath (d. 1751) * June 9 ** Jan Paweł Biretowski (d. 1781) ** Francis Blackburne (priest), Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (d. 1787) * June 10 – Charles Frederick Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (d. 1762) * June 21 – Samuel Edwards (silversmith), Samuel Edwards, American silversmith (d. 1762)


July–September

* July 1 – Sir Alexander Grant, 5th Baronet (d. 1772) * July 23 – Francis Blomefield, English antiquarian (d. 1752) * August 8 – Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, Dutch colonial administrator for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) (d. 1750) * August 12 – Jonathan Clarke (silversmith), Jonathan Clarke, American silversmith active in Newport (d. 1770) * August 15 – Joseph Wanton, merchant, governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (d. 1780) * August 18 ** Emanuel Büchel, Swiss painter (d. 1775) ** Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Saint-Florentin (d. 1777) * August 20 ** James Balfour (philosopher), James Balfour, philosopher (d. 1795) ** Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort (d. 1755) * August 30 – David Hartley (philosopher), David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757) * September 2 – Abraham Tucker, English country gentleman (d. 1774) *
September 5 Events Pre-1600 * 917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. * 1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava * 1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Hen ...
– Élisabeth Alexandrine de Bourbon, French princess of the blood (d. 1765) * September 7 – Matthäus Günther, German painter and artist of the Baroque and Rococo era (d. 1788) * September 19 ** Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin, French harpsichordist (d. 1778) ** William Craven, 5th Baron Craven, English nobleman and Member of Parliament (d. 1769) * September 23 – Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1744) *
September 24 Events Pre-1600 *787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia. *1568 – Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near ...
– Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766) * September 28 ** Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774) ** Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1772)


October–December

*
October 3 Events Pre-1600 * 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. * 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Juliu ...
– Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French diplomat who engineered the coup d'état that brought Elizaveta Petrovna to the Russian throne in 1741 (d. 1759) * October 8 – Yakov Shakhovskoy (d. 1777) * October 12 – Emmanuel Héré de Corny, court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński (d. 1763) * October 23 – Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian military officer (d. 1757) * October 25 – Johann Friedrich Endersch, German cartographer and mathematician (d. 1769) * October 31 – Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774) * November 1 – Antoine Terrasson, French author (d. 1782) * November 4 – Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de Tressan, French soldier (d. 1783) *
November 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. * 1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Br ...
** William Baker (British politician), William Baker, English merchant and politician (d. 1770) ** Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French composer and violinist (d. 1770) *
November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...
– Sir Halswell Tynte, 3rd Baronet (d. 1730) * November 17 – Andrea Casali (d. 1784) *
November 23 Events Pre-1600 * 534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. * 1248 – Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. * 1499 – Pretender to the t ...
– Thomas Birch, English historian (d. 1766) *
November 24 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Theodosius I makes his '' adventus'', or formal entry, into Constantinople. * 1190 – Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem. *1221 – Genghis Khan d ...
– Christian Moritz Graf Königsegg und Rothenfels (d. 1778) * November 29 – Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (d. 1752) * November 30 – Jonathan Parsons, Christian New England clergyman during the late colonial period, supporter of the American Revolution (d. 1776) * December 6 – Andrés de la Calleja, Spanish painter (d. 1785) * December 9 – Faustina Pignatelli (d. 1785) * December 14 ** Wiguläus von Kreittmayr, Bavarian jurist and public official (d. 1790) ** Queen Seonui, wife and Queen Consort of King Gyeongjong of Joseon (d. 1730) * December 20 ** George Fothergill (d. 1760) ** Antonio Palomba, Italian opera librettist (d. 1769) * December 27 – Prince Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince of the House of Ascania (d. 1781) * December 30 – Georg Wolfgang Knorr, German engraver and naturalist (d. 1761) * ''date unknown'' – Dick Turpin, English highwayman (d. 1739) * ''date unknown'' – Faustina Pignatelli, Italian mathematician (b. 1785)


Deaths


January–March

* January 7 – Giovanni Battista Spínola (archbishop), Giovanni Battista Spínola, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Genoa (1694–1705) (b. 1625) * January 10 – Johannes van Haensbergen, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. 1642) * January 12 – Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634) * January 14 – Madame d'Aulnoy (b. 1650) * January 17 – John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627) * January 21 – Claude-François Ménestrier, French heraldist, Jesuit, courtier (b. 1631) * February 1 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, first Queen consort in Prussia as wife of King Frederick I (b. 1668) * February 5 – Philipp Spener, German Christian theologian known as the ''Father of Pietism'' (b. 1635) * February 13 – Charles Auger, French colonial administrator (b. 1644) * February 15 – Jean-Baptiste de Gennes (b. 1656) * February 18 – William "Tangier" Smith, Moroccan mayor (b. 1655) * March 10 – John Temple (Irish politician), John Temple, Irish politician (b. 1632) * March 13 – Curt Christoph von Koppelow (b. 1624) * March 22 – Christian Heinrich Postel, German jurist (b. 1658)


April–June

* April 2 – John Howe (theologian), John Howe, English Puritan theologian (b. 1630) *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
– Itō Jinsai, Japanese philosopher (b. 1627) * April 6 – Odoardo Cibo, Roman Catholic prelate and Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1689–1705) (b. 1619) * April 17 – Uldericus Nardi, Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Bagnoregio (1698–1705) (b. 1637) *
May 5 Events Pre-1600 * 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins. *1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. * 1260 – Ku ...
** Johann Ernst Glück, German theologian, translator (b. 1652) ** Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640) * June 10 – Michael Wigglesworth, Puritan minister (b. 1631)


July–September

* July 5 – Alonso Antonio de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cuenca (1681–1705) and Bishop of Oviedo (1675–1681) (b. 1642) * July 13 – Titus Oates, English priest who fabricated the "Popish Plot" (b. 1649) * July 27 – Elizabeth Wilbraham (b. 1632) * July 30 – Nathaniel Felton, landowner in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and served as a juryman (b. 1615) *
July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
** Lucio Borghesi, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chiusi (1682–1705) (b. 1642) ** Maria Hueber, Catholic nun (b. 1653) * August 6 – Johann Ferdinand of Auersperg, second Prince of Auersperg and Duke of Silesia-Münsterberg from 1677 until his death (b. 1655) * August 13 – Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French aristocrat (b. 1646) *
August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
– Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1654) * August 28 ** Ludvig Stoud, Danish-Norwegian theologian and priest (b. 1649) ** George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1624) * September 2 – Giacinto Camillo Maradei, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Policastro (1696–(b. 1636) * September 4 – Peter Barwick, English physician and author (b. 1619) * September 12 – Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1634) * September 13 ** Albert Angell, Norwegian civil servant (b. 1660) ** Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Field Marshal in the Austrian army (b. 1669) ** Emeric Thököly, Hungarian nobleman (b. 1657) *
September 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". * 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
– Gregorio Compagni, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Larino (1703–1705) and Bishop of Sansepolcro (1696–1705) (b. 1640) * September 26 – Tommaso d'Aquino (bishop of Sessa Aurunca), Tommaso d'Aquino, bishop of Sessa Aurunca (b. 1635) * September 30 – Anne Camm, early British Quaker preacher (b. 1627)


October–December

* October 9 – Johann Christoph Wagenseil, German Christian Hebraist (b. 1633) * October 11 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663) * October 17 – Ninon de l'Enclos, French author (b. 1620) * October 27 – Thyrsus González de Santalla, Spanish theologian, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1624) * November 6 – John Platt (settler), John Platt, American settler (b. 1632) * November 10 – Justine Siegemund, German Midwifery, midwife (b. 1636) *
November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...
– Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, German noblewoman (b. 1661) * November 21 – John Deming, early Puritan settler and original patentee of the Connecticut Colony (b. c. 1615) *
November 23 Events Pre-1600 * 534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. * 1248 – Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. * 1499 – Pretender to the t ...
– Prince William of Denmark, youngest son of Christian V of Denmark and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1687) * December 7 – William Lowther (1639–1705), William Lowther, English landowner and politician (b. 1639) * December 12 – John Easton, political leader in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (b. 1624) * December 18 – Valentin Stansel, Czech Jesuit astronomer who worked in Brazil (b. 1621) * December 22 – Bhai Bachittar Singh, Indian Sikh martyr (b. 1664) * December 23 – Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia (b. 1680) *
December 26 Events Pre-1600 * 887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia. * 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of Bu ...
Fateh Singh, fourth and youngest son of Guru Gobind Singh (b. 1697) * December 31 – Catherine of Braganza, widowed queen consort of Charles II of England and regent of Portugal (b. 1638) * ''date unknown'' – Meg Shelton, alleged witch from Lancashire


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