In the

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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

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty (266–420), Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying. * 871 ...

–

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

's first opera, '' Almira'', 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 th ...

– The ''Hester'', a British 28-gun sailing ship with 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 & ...

– Twelfth siege of Gibraltar: Marshal René de Froulay de Tessé 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. * ...

–

's opera ''

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his ...

'' premieres in

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. *

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. * 320 – Chandragupta ...

– Twelfth siege of Gibraltar: A French Navy fleet of 18 warships, commanded by Admiral Desjean, the Baron de Pointis arrives in the Bay of Gibraltar 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 ...

– The Province of Carolina incorporates the town of

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, making it the first incorporated town in modern-day

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

. The town becomes the political center and de facto capital of the northern portion of the Province of Carolina until Edenton 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), ...

. *

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 H ...

– Queen Anne gives

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to the

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's Alien Act 1705, setting a deadline of December 25, 1705, for Scotland's parliament to authorize negotiations for a

Treaty of Union The Treaty of Union is the name usually now given to the treaty which led to the creation of the new political state of Great Britain. The treaty, effective since 1707, brought the Kingdom of England (which already included Wales) and the Ki ...

with England to create the

Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain, also known as the Kingdom of Great Britain, was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of Union 1707, which united the Kingd ...

and threatening that unless Scotland agrees to negotiate terms for union and accepts the Hanoverian succession by December 25, there would be a ban on the import of all Scottish staple products into England and Scots would also lose the privileges of Englishmen under English law – thus endangering rights to any property they held in England. *

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...

(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, 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

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...

– Anne, Queen of England dissolves the English House of Commons 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, ...

– The Queen's Theatre is opened in London by John Vanbrugh and William Congreve, serving as an opera house, premiering with ''Gli amori di ergasto'' ("The Loves of Ergasto"), an Italian language opera by German composer Jakob "Giacomo" Greber. A theatre remains in operation on this site 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, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide. * ...

– Queen Anne of England honours

Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton () was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment that followed ...

with the title of

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. *

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 – ...

– Joseph I succeeds his father Leopold I as

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. * May 7 –

1705 English general election The 1705 English general election saw contests in 110 United Kingdom constituencies, constituencies in England and Wales, roughly 41% of the total. The election was fiercely fought, with mob violence and cries of "Church in Danger" occurring in ...

: 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 Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was re ...

(including

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

) *

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, appointe ...

– Voting ends in the English general election, with the Tories retaining their majority in the House of Commons 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 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, startin ...

– The Pact of Genoa is signed by representatives of

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and the Spanish

Principality of Catalonia The Principality of Catalonia (; ; ; ) was a Middle Ages, medieval and early modern state (polity), state in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. During most of its history it was in dynastic union with the Kingdom of Aragon, constituting together ...

as a military alliance providing for English troops to be stationed in

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

as part of the War of Spanish Succession.

July–September

July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius). * 911 – Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair ...

– José de Grimaldo, 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 – The newly-elected 2nd Parliament of Queen Anne in England, last to serve before the union with Scotland that produces Great Britain, is opened by the Queen. *

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 &ndas ...

– Al-Husayn I ibn Ali becomes the first

Bey of Tunis Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg, Begh, or Beg, is a Turkic languages, Turkic title for a chieftain, and a royal, aristocratic title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of various ...

, founding the Husainid dynasty that rules Tunisia until the abolition of the monarchy in

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

. * July 18 –

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: The Battle of Elixheim is fought near the city of

Tienen Tienen (; ) 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-Margriete-Houtem and Viss ...

(in modern-day Belgium). A troop of soldiers under the command of England's Duke of Marlborough 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 have 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 – The planet Mercury transits

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, as seen by astronomers from Earth. The event happens again on October 4, 1708, but will not be seen again from Earth until October 27, 2088 * July 26 –

Great Northern War In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the ant ...

: At the Battle of Gemauerthof, fought in modern-day

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

, Swedish forces under the command of General Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt overwhelm a much larger force of Russian troops commanded by Count Boris Sheremetev, killing 2,000 Russians and wounding as many as 3,000. * July 31 – The Battle of Warsaw is fought near Warsaw, Poland, in the

. *

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 H ...

– 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 ye ...

– September 5 –

: The Siege of Zoutleeuw is carried out by the alliance of Dutch, English, Scottish and Holy Roman Empire troops against the French-held fortress of

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(in modern-day Belgium). * September 17 – First Javanese War of Succession: On the island of

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in the

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(modern-day

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), Pakubuwono I becomes the new Sultan of Martaram, capturing Kartosuro and deposing Sultan Amangkurat III. * September 20 – Francis II Rákóczi 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 *AD 787, 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 Ul� ...

(O.S.) –

Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (Stanisław Bogusław; 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 various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duk ...

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 Royal elections in Poland, free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electab ...

October–December

* c. October 3 – 31 people are killed in a colliery explosion at the Stony Flatt pit in

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on Tyneside in England. * October 4 (N.S.) –

is crowned Stanisław I of Poland. *

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– In Williamsburg, capital of the

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in America, construction of the Capitol Building is completed. * November 5 – The '' Dublin Gazette'' in 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 ...

– Battle of Zsibó: The Austrian- Danish forces defeat the

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s (

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). * November 16 – 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 – Siege of Seville, Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. *1499 – Seve ...

– The premiere of the play '' Ulysses'' by Nicholas Rowe takes place in London, starring Thomas Betterton. * November 24 – An earthquake is recorded in

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, northeast of

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. * November 28 – The Treaty of Warsaw is concluded between the

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and the faction of the

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loyal to

during the

. * December 13 – In the Battle of Saint Gotthard, the Hungarian army is victorious. *

December 21 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69 – The Roman Senate declares Vespasian Roman emperor, emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors. *1124 – Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning ...

– The Sophia Naturalization Act is passed by the

, which naturalizes

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(next in

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) and the Protestant "issue of her body" as

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subjects. *

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 Aurelian. ...

– In

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, capital of

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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 are slaughtered by German federal infantry and Hungarian Hussars, despite their capitulation to

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n officers. * December 26 – Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh, 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 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon takes place in Paris.

Date unknown

* Construction begins on Blenheim Palace in

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designed by John Vanbrugh for the Duke of Marlborough and partly funded by the Crown. It is completed in 1724. * Taichung City,

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is founded as the village of Dadun. *

Edmond Halley Edmond (or Edmund) Halley (; – ) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720. From an observatory he constructed on Saint Helena in 1676–77, Hal ...

publicly predicts the periodicity of

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and computes its expected path of return in 1758. * With the interest paid from ''

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'' 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

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confiscates the property of a merchant in

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"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

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– Charles Chauncy, American Congregational clergyman (d. 1787) *

January 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 * 1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French ...

– John Stanhope, English Member of Parliament (d. 1748) *

– Jacques-François Blondel, French architect and teacher (d. 1774) *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in I ...

– Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor of the Mascarene Islands (d.

1786 Events January–March * January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States and the Choctaw. * January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of Englan ...

) *

January 15 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Roman emperor, Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to set ...

– Ludwig Gruno of Hesse-Homburg (d. 1745) *

January 21 Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. * 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded wh ...

– Isaac Hawkins Browne, English poet (d.

1760 Events January–March * January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas. * January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over th ...

) *

January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...

–

Farinelli Farinelli (; 24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782) was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi (), a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera. Farinelli ...

, Italian castrato (d.

1782 Events January–March * January 7 – The first American commercial bank (Bank of North America) opens. * January 15 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris (financier), Robert Morris goes before the United States Con ...

) *

January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...

– Reverend Joseph Fish, pastor in the British North American colonies (d.

1781 Events January–March * January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament of Great Britain, Parliament, aged 21. * January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens ...

) *

February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1047 – Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, u ...

– John Robinson, politician, landowner in the British colony of Virginia (d.

1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new House of Stuart, Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * Januar ...

) *

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I and Pope Pope John XII, John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1258 – Siege of Baghdad (1258), Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Kh ...

–

Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłł (, ; February 13, 1705, Czartorysk, Chartorysk – May 23, 1753, Navahrudak), was a Polish writer and playwright, the first female writer on the territory of modern Poland and Belarus. She was a Princess, the last fe ...

, Polish writer and playwright (d.

1753 Events January–March * January 3 – King Binnya Dala of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom orders the burning of Ava, the former capital of the Kingdom of Burma. * January 29 – After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning return ...

) *

February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...

– Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d.

1765 Events January–March * January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna. * January 29 – One week before his death, Mir Jafar, who had been enthroned as the Nawab of Bengal and ...

) *

February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...

– Nicolas Chédeville, French composer (d.

) *

February 21 Events Pre-1600 * 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The ...

–

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, (21 February 1705 – 17 October 1781) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As captain of the third-rate , he took part in the Battle of Toulon (1744), ...

, British Royal Navy admiral (d.

) *

February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. ...

– Hieronymus David Gaubius, German physician and chemist (d.

1780 Events January–March * January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet. * February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to all ...

) *

– Edward Ironside, British banker, Lord Mayor of London in 1753 (d.

) *

February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...

–

Peter Artedi Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius (27 February 170528 September 1735) was a Swedish naturalist and collaborator of Carolus Linnaeus. He is sometimes known as the "father of ichthyology" for his pioneering work in classifying the fishes into gro ...

, Swedish naturalist, known as the "father of ichthyology" (d. 1735) *

March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost ...

–

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, (2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793), was a British judge, politician, lawyer, and peer best known for his reforms to English law. Born in Scone Palace, Perthshire, to a family of Scottish nobility, he wa ...

, Scottish judge and politician (d.

1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to ...

) *

– Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsen, Danish courtier (d.

1776 Events January–February * January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces. * January ...

) *

March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...

– Tommaso Temanza, Italian architect and author of the Neoclassic period (d.

1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet '' What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential election ...

) *

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of th ...

– Noël Jourda de Vaux, French noble and general (d.

1788 Events January–March * January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London. * January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...

) *

March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...

– Jeremias Van Rensselaer, 6th patroon of Rensselaerwyck, eldest son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Maria van Cortlandt (d. 1743) *

March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...

– Johann Sigismund Scholze, Silesian music anthologist and poet (d. 1750) *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the '' Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas ...

– Lorenz Natter, German gem-engraver and medallist (d. 1763) *

March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthel ...

– Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, French sculptor (d.

1778 Events January–March * January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Sea captain, Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution (1771), HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS Discovery (1774), HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu, Oʻahu th ...

) *

March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Avar–Byzantine wars: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic army is decimated by the plague. * 1282 ...

–

August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof (March 30, 1705 in Augustenburg, Germany, Augustenburg near Arnstadt – March 27, 1759 in Nuremberg) was a German Miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniature painter, natural history, naturalist and entom ...

, German miniature painter (d. 1759) *

– Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, princess consort of Ostfriesland as the spouse of Prince George Albert (d.

1764 Events January–June * January 7 – The Siculicidium is carried out as hundreds of the Székely minority in Transylvania are massacred by the Austrian Army at Madéfalva. * January 19 – John Wilkes is expelled from th ...

)

April–June

April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Em ...

– Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet (d.

) *

– Nathan Webb (d. 1772) *

April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...

– William Cookworthy, English Quaker minister (d.

) *

April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Pisonian conspiracy, Piso's plot to kill the Roman emperor, Emperor Nero and all of the List of conspiracies (political), conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callini ...

– Claes Grill, Swedish merchant (d. 1767) *

April 21 Events Pre-1600 * 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is mur ...

–

Jean-Pierre Aulneau Jean-Pierre Aulneau de la Touche (21 April 1705 Moutiers-sur-le-Lay, La Vendée, Kingdom of France – 8 June 1736 Massacre Island, Lake of the Woods, New France, now Ontario, Canada) was a Jesuit missionary priest from La Vendée and a pionee ...

, Jesuit missionary priest, briefly active in New France (d. 1736) *

April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. *599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in so ...

– Erasmus James Philipps, serving member on Nova Scotia Council (1730–1760) (d.

) *

May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 & ...

– Nathaniel Elliot, English Jesuit scholar (d.

) *

– John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, Scottish nobleman and army officer (d.

) *

May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...

– Christian Gärtner, German telescope maker and astronomer (d.

) *

May 8 Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...

– 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.

) ** 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.

) * 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 – Élisabeth Alexandrine de Bourbon, French princess of the blood (d.

) * September 7 – Matthäus Günther, German painter and artist of the Baroque and Rococo era (d.

) * September 19 ** Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin, French harpsichordist (d.

) ** William Craven, 5th Baron Craven, English nobleman and Member of Parliament (d. 1769) * September 21 ''(bapt.)'' – Dick Turpin, English thief and highwayman (hanged 1739) * September 23 – Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1744) *

– Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (d.

) * September 28 ** Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774) ** Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1772)

October–December

* October 3 – 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.

) * November 4 – Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de Tressan, French soldier (d. 1783) * November 5 ** William Baker (British politician), William Baker, English merchant and politician (d. 1770) ** Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French composer and violinist (d. 1770) *

– Sir Halswell Tynte, 3rd Baronet (d. 1730) * November 17 – Andrea Casali (d. 1784) *

– Thomas Birch, English historian (d.

) * November 24 – Christian Moritz Graf Königsegg und Rothenfels (d.

) * 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.

) * December 6 – Andrés de la Calleja, Spanish painter (d. 1785) * December 9 – Faustina Pignatelli, Italian mathematician (d. 1769) * 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.

) ** Antonio Palomba, Italian opera librettist (d. 1769) * December 27 – Prince Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince of the House of Ascania (d.

) * December 30 – Georg Wolfgang Knorr, German engraver and naturalist (d. 1761)

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) *

– Madame d'Aulnoy (b. 1650) * January 17 – John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627) *

– 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) *

– Charles Auger, French colonial administrator (b. 1644) *

– 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) *

– Christian Heinrich Postel, German jurist (b. 1658)

April–June

* April 2 – John Howe (theologian), John Howe, English Puritan theologian (b. 1630) *

– 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) *

** 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 ** 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) *

– 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 – 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) *

– 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) *

– 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 – 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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