Events

January–March

January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 peopl ...

–

Tuscarora War The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina from September 10, 1711, until February 11, 1715, between the Tuscarora people and their allies on one side and European American settlers, the Yamasee, and other allies on the other. This was con ...

: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia out of

Albemarle County, North Carolina Albemarle County, North Carolina was a county located in the Province of North Carolina. It contained what is now the northeastern portion of the United States, U.S. state of North Carolina. History Albemarle County was named for George Monck, 1s ...

, in a second offensive against the Tuscarora. Heavy snows force the troops to take refuge in Fort Reading, on the

Pamlico River The Pamlico
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. *

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...

–

Skirmish at Bender The Skirmish at Bender (; ) was devised to remove Charles XII of Sweden from the Ottoman Empire after his military defeats in Russia. It took place on 1 February 1713 on Ottoman territory, in what is now the town of Bender, Moldova ( separatist ...

, Moldova:

Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...

is defeated by the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

. *

February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...

– Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia under Colonel James Moore leaves Fort Reading, to continue the campaign against the Tuscarora. *

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. * ...

–

Frederick William I of Prussia Frederick William I (; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the Soldier King (), was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel. Born in Berlin, he was raised by the Hugu ...

begins his reign. *

March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...

– Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore's Carolina militia lays siege to the Tuscaroran stronghold of

Fort Neoheroka Fort Neoheroka (or just Neoheroka, Neyuherú·kęʼRudes, B. ''Tuscarora English Dictionary'' Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999 in Tuscarora), or Nooherooka, is the name of a stronghold constructed in what is now Greene County, North C ...

, located a few miles up

Contentnea Creek Contentnea Creek is a major tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA. It is part of the Neuse River Basin, and flows for 91 miles between the Buckhorn Reservoir (confluence of Moccasin and Turkey Creeks), where it begins, and Grifton ...

from Fort Hancock. *

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 ...

– Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore's Carolina militia launches a major offensive against Fort Neoheroka. *

March 23 Events Pre-1600 * 1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. * 1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the las ...

– Tuscarora War: Fort Neoheroka falls to the Carolina militia, effectively ending the Tuscarora nation's military strength. Two Tuscaroran allies, the

Machapunga The Machapunga were a small Algonquian language–speaking Native American tribe from coastal northeastern North Carolina.Swanton, ''The Indian Tribes of North America'', 81. They were part of the Secotan people. They were a group from the Pow ...

and

Coree The Coree were a very small Native American tribe, who once occupied a coastal area south of the Neuse River in southeastern North Carolina in the area now covered by Carteret and Craven counties. Early 20th-century scholars were unsure of w ...

tribes, continue offensive actions against

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 ...

. *

March 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. * 1329 – Pope John XXII ...

–

First Treaty of Utrecht The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. The war involved three contenders for the vacant throne of ...

between Great Britain and Spain:

Philip V Philip V may refer to: * Philip V of Macedon (221–179 BC) * Philip V of France (1293–1322) * Philip II of Spain, also Philip V, Duke of Burgundy (1526–1598) * Philip V of Spain Philip V (; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was List of Sp ...

is accepted by Britain and Austria as king of Spain; Spain cedes

Gibraltar Gibraltar ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory and British overseas cities, city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the A ...

and

Menorca Menorca or Minorca (from , later ''Minorica'') is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. Its name derives from its size, contrasting it with nearby Mallorca. Its capital is Maó, situated on the isl ...

to Britain.

April–June

April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. * 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferra ...

– The

Second Treaty of Utrecht The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaty, peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. The war involved three contenders for the vac ...

between Great Britain and France ends the

War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish E ...

. France cedes

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population ...

Acadia Acadia (; ) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the The Maritimes, Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. The population of Acadia included the various ...

Hudson Bay Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of Saline water, saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of . It is located north of Ontario, west of Quebec, northeast of Manitoba, and southeast o ...

and

St Kitts Saint Kitts, officially Saint Christopher, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis constitute one ...

to Great Britain. *

April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor ...

– First performance, in London, of

Joseph Addison Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 May 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with w ...

's libertarian play ''

Cato, a Tragedy ''Cato, a Tragedy'' is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712 and first performed on 14 April 1713. It is based on the events of the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (better known as Cato the Younger) (95–46 BC), a Stoic whose de ...

'', which will be influential on both sides of the Atlantic. *

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 ...

– With no living male heirs,

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (; ; 1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully War of ...

, issues the

Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (; ) was an edict issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, on 19 April 1713 to ensure that the Habsburg monarchy, which included the Archduchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Croatia, the Kin ...

, to ensure one of his daughters will inherit the

Habsburg The House of Habsburg (; ), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most powerful dynasties in the history of Europe and Western civilization. They were best known for their inbreeding and for ruling vast realms throughout Europe d ...

lands. *

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 & ...

– As part of the Treaty of Utrecht, the

Spanish Crown The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy () is the constitutional form of government of Spain. It consists of a Hereditary monarchy, hereditary monarch who reigns as the head of state, being the highest office of the country. The Spanish ...

agrees the ''

Asiento de Negros The () was a monopoly contract between the Spanish Crown and various merchants for the right to provide enslaved Africans to colonies in the Spanish Americas. The Spanish Empire rarely engaged in the transatlantic slave trade directly from A ...

'' with

Anne, Queen of Great Britain 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, and List of British monarchs, Queen of Great Britain and Irel ...

, granting a subsidiary of the British South Sea Company, the Real Asiento de Inglaterra, a 30-year monopoly in the supply of African slaves to colonial Spanish America. *

May 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter. * 1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. * 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and impris ...

– In the

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 ...

, a fleet of the Russian Navy, transporting 12,000 soldiers, sails from

Kronstadt Kronstadt (, ) is a Russian administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg, near the head ...

to attack the Swedish Army at

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

. *

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 ...

– The

Parliament of Ireland The Parliament of Ireland () was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until the end of 1800. It was modelled on the Parliament of England and from 1537 comprised two chambers: the Irish Hou ...

is dissolved by Queen Anne and new elections are set. *

May 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1344 – A Latin Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet in the battle of Pallene during the Smyrniote crusades. *1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, v ...

– King

Philip V of Spain Philip V (; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was List of Spanish monarchs, King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724 and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign (45 years and 16 days) is the longest in the ...

issues an ''auto accordado'' that changes the

order of succession An order, line or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated, such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.Queen Isabella II Isabella II (, María Isabel Luisa de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904) was Queen of Spain from 1833 until her deposition in 1868. She is the only queen regnant in the history of unified Spain. Isabella wa ...

. *

May 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. * 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explo ...

– '' Ottone in villa'', the first opera by composer

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

, is given its initial performance, debuting at the Teatro delle Grazie in

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; or , archaically ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione, River Bacchiglione. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and e ...

May 21 Events Pre-1600 * 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as '' Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy. * 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlab ...

–

: The Russian fleet lands a force of 10,000 men at

Pernå Pernå (, Sweden ; ) is a former municipality of Finland. Pernå is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 3,961 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of of ...

on the southern coast of Finland. *

June 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León. * 1298 – Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida. * 1495 – A monk, John Cor, rec ...

''(approx.)'' – Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia into the Pamlico Peninsula to defeat the Machapunga and Coree tribes. *

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish ...

– French residents of

are given one year to declare allegiance to Great Britain, or leave

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July–September

July 9 Events Pre-1600 * 118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodo ...

– The

Junta de Braços The Junta de Braços or Braços Generals (''States-General'') was, during the early modern age, an institution of the Principality of Catalonia, convened by the Generalitat of Catalonia in cases of emergency or urgency. It was composed by the repre ...

(parliament) of the

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 ...

votes in favour of staying in the

against

. Army of Catalonia raised. *

July 13 Events Pre-1600 *1174 – William the Lion, William I of Scotland, a key Rebellion, rebel in the Revolt of 1173–74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. *1249 – Coronation of Alexander III of Scotland, Ale ...

– The Treaty of Portsmouth (1713), Treaty of Portsmouth brings an end to Queen Anne's War. * August 8 – The 3rd Parliament of Great Britain, Parliament of Great Britain, third since the Act of Union, is dissolved * August 22 – Voting begins in the 1713 British general election in various constituencies and continues to November 12 * September 1 – Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia, led by Colonel James Moore, returns to South Carolina, after mixed success in the campaign against the Machapunga and Coree tribes.

October–December

* October 6 – The Treaty of Schwedt is signed between Russia and Brandenburg-Prussia, with the latter accepting the annexation of Baltic territories and paying Russia expenses in return for the southern part of Swedish Pomerania, Pomerania, recently taken from Sweden in the

. * October 17 – The Battle of Pälkäne is fought in what is now Finland between Russia and Sweden, with Russia's Fyodor Arpaskin forcing Finnish troops under Carl Gustaf Armfeldt to withdraw. * November 6 – The Dublin election riot breaks out during the fiercely contested Irish general election, 1713, Irish General Election. * November 12 – The 1713 British general election concludes with the conservative Tories (British political party), Tories winning 358 of the 558 available seats in the House of Commons, and the liberal Whigs (British political party), Whigs having 200. * December 9 – As part of the Peace of Utrecht, agreements made at Utrecht to end the

, Great Britain and Spain sign a treaty of commerce and navigation. * December 10 – The rebellion of Richard Raworth, Deputy Governor of Fort St. David (now abandoned and in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu near Cuddalore), against the British East India Company comes to an end after two months when forces sent by Bridish Madras Governor Edward Harrison (British administrator), Edward Harrison to negotiate a settlement allowing Raworth to surrender in return for amnesty. * December 21 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy is crowned King of Sicily at Palermo, and his wife Anne Marie d'Orléans, Anne Marie is crowned as Queen consort. The coronation follows Spain's recognition of Sicilian independence, effective September 22, as part of the Treaty of Utrecht.

Date unknown

* ''Ars Conjectandi'', a seminal work on probability by Jacob Bernoulli, is published eight years after his death, by his nephew, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Niklaus Bernoulli. * Basil Matthew II becomes Syriac Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox Maphrian, Maphrian of the East. * San Basilio de Palenque officially becomes the first free African town in America, being the first independent place in America from Europeans.

Births

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Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

January

* January 1 – Carl Gustaf Warmholtz, Swedish writer (d. 1785) * January 2 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) * January 5 – Jorge Juan y Santacilia, Spanish mathematician and naval officer (d. 1773) * January 7 – Giovanni Battista Locatelli (opera director), Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian impresario and librettist (d. 1785) * January 13 – Charlotte Charke, British actor and writer (d. 1760) *

– Jean Chrétien Fischer, French general (d. 1762) * January 18 – Grigory Spiridov, Russian admiral (d. 1790) * January 22 – Marc-Antoine Laugier, French Jesuit priest and architectural theorist (d. 1769) * January 25 – Gang Se-hwang, Joseon Dynasty painter (d. 1791) * January 29 – Edmé-François Mallet, French writer (d. 1755) * January 31 ** Anthony Benezet, French-born American abolitionist and educator (d. 1784) ** Adam Drummond (politician), Adam Drummond, Scottish merchant banker and politician (d. 1786)

February

* February 2 – Maria Margarida de Lorena, 2nd Duchess of Abrantes, Portuguese noblewoman and courtier (d. 1780) * February 5 – Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, British Baron (d. 1795) * February 7 – Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet, Governor of Jamaica and New York (d. 1769) * February 11 – Diane Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle, Mistress of Louis XV (d. 1769) * February 12 – Kenrick Clayton, British politician (d. 1769) * February 13 – Domènec Terradellas, Spanish opera composer (d. 1751) * February 14 ** Jan ten Compe, painter from the Northern Netherlands (d. 1761) ** Vittoria Ligari, Italian painter (d. 1783) * February 20 – Anna Maria Elvia, Swedish feminist writer (d. 1784) * February 26 – Pyotr Sheremetev, Russian noble (d. 1788) * February 28 – Louis-Auguste-Augustin d'Affry, French diplomat (d. 1793)

March

* March 2 – Giammaria Ortes, Italian composer and academic (d. 1790) * March 5 ** Edward Cornwallis, British military officer, first Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1776) ** Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1783) * March 8 – Gian Carlo Passeroni, Italian writer (d. 1803) * March 9 – Daniel Fones, American military commander (d. 1790) * March 12 – Johann Adolph Hass, German clavichord maker (d. 1771) * March 15 – Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (d. 1762) * March 17 – Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet, British politician (d. 1788) * March 21 – Francis Lewis, Signatory of the US Declaration of Independence, from Wales (d. 1803) *

– Bowen Southwell, Irish politician (d. 1796) * March 26 – Peter Oliver (loyalist), Peter Oliver, Massachusetts loyalist colonial judge (d. 1791) * March 28 – Juan Nentvig, German anthropologist (d. 1768) * March 29 – John Ponsonby (politician), John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1787)

April

* April 2 – Pier Francesco Foggini, Italian writer (d. 1783) * April 3 – William Inglis (surgeon), William Inglis, Scottish surgeon (d. 1792) * April 7 – Nicola Sala, Italian opera composer and music theorist (d. 1801) * April 10 – John Whitehurst, English clockmaker (d. 1788) *

– Luise Gottsched, German poet, playwright, essayist and translator (d. 1762) * April 12 ** Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet, Anglo-Irish politician (d. 1745) ** Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer, man of letters (d. 1796) * April 13 – Pierre Jélyotte, French operatic tenor (d. 1797) * April 17 – Samuel Graves, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1787) * April 21 ** Anna Maria Hilfeling, Swedish artist (d. 1783) ** Louis de Noailles, French peer and Marshal of France (d. 1793) * April 22 ** Brita Sophia De la Gardie, Swedish actress (d. 1797) ** Peter Du Cane Sr., British businessman (d. 1803)

May

– Charles Batteux, French philosopher, writer on aesthetics (d. 1780) * May 7 – Charles Townley (officer of arms), Charles Townley, British Officer of Arms (d. 1774) * May 11 – James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, Scottish Jacobite army officer (d. 1746) *

** Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1765) ** Louis François de Monteynard, French soldier, statesman (d. 1791) * May 15 ** József Károly Hell, Hungarian mining engineer (d. 1789) ** Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller), Edward Wortley Montagu, British politician, traveller and author (d. 1776) *

– Élie Bertrand, Swiss scientist (d. 1797) * May 25 ** Andrzej Mokronowski, Polish general (d. 1783) ** John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, British politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1792) * May 31 – Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte, Corsican politician (d. 1763)

June

* June 3 – Robert Petre, 8th Baron Petre, British peer, renowned horticulturist (d. 1742) * June 10 – Princess Caroline of Great Britain, fourth child and third daughter of George II (d. 1757) * June 11 ** John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen, Irish politician (d. 1745) ** Edward Capell, English Shakespearean scholar; (d. 1781) * June 13 ** Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui, Consort of Chinese Emperor (d. 1760) ** Antonio Eugenio Visconti, Italian cardinal (d. 1788) * June 16 – Meshech Weare, First Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786) * June 17 – Hongjiao, Chinese Qing dynasty imperial prince (d. 1764) * June 20 – Georg Anton Urlaub, German painter (d. 1759) * June 22 – Lord John Sackville, English gentleman and cricketer (d. 1765) * June 25 – Marie-Marguerite Brun, French poet (d. 1794) * June 29 – Johannes de Bosch, painter from the Northern Netherlands (d. 1785)

July

* July 1 – Benjamin Green (merchant), Benjamin Green, Nova Scotian merchant, judge, and political figure (d. 1772) * July 5 ** Stanhope Aspinwall, British diplomat (d. 1771) ** Jean Godin des Odonais, French cartographer and naturalist (d. 1792) *

– John Newbery, English publisher and bookseller (d. 1767) * July 10 – Anna Rosina de Gasc, German portrait painter (d. 1783) * July 14 – Nicole du Hausset, French memoirist (d. 1801) * July 16 – Carlo Murena, architect (d. 1764) * July 18 ** Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger, Scottish judge (d. 1787) ** Gaetano Matteo Pisoni, Swiss-Italian architect (d. 1782) * July 22 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect in neoclassicism (d. 1780) * July 23 ** Juan de Miralles, Spanish diplomat (d. 1780) ** Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (d. 1792) * July 27 – Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1746)

August

* August 1 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1780) * August 3 – Johan Georg Lillienberg, Swedish count and politician (d. 1798) * August 4 ** Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco, Spanish cartographer (d. 1785) ** Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1761) * August 6 – Marie Sophie de Courcillon, French noblewoman and Duchess of Rohan-Rohan, Princess of Soubise by marriage (d. 1756) * August 9 – James Murray (loyalist), James Murray, loyalist during the American Revolution (d. 1781) * August 11 – Lebbeus Harris, Canadian politician (d. 1792) * August 13 – David Franco Mendes, Dutch poet (d. 1792) * August 17 – Antoine de Montazet, French archbishop (d. 1788) * August 18 – Arthur Champagne, Irish Anglican priest (d. 1799) * August 25 – Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman I, Raja of Pudukkottai (d. 1769) * August 27 – Anton August Beck, German engraver (d. 1787)

September

* September 3 – Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye, one of the founders of the present province of Manitoba (d. 1736) * September 9 – Robert Bremner, British music publisher (d. 1789) * September 10 ** Gowin Knight, British physicist (d. 1772) ** John Needham, English biologist and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1781) * September 13 – Giuseppe Maria Buondelmonti, Italian philosopher (d. 1757) * September 14 ** Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1781) ** Imperial Noble Consort Shujia, consort of the Qianlong Emperor (d. 1755) * September 16 – Charles Lucas (politician), Charles Lucas, Irish apothecary, physician and politician (d. 1771) * September 20 – Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor, French military officer (d. 1775) * September 21 – Domingo de Bonechea, Spanish explorer (d. 1775) * September 22 – Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa, Hungarian nobleman, jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county of Zala (d. 1770) * September 23 – Ferdinand VI of Spain, king of Spain, lived (d. 1759)

October

* October 2 – Henry Tucker of The Grove, Bermudian merchant, politician and Militia officer (d. 1787) * October 3 – Antoine Dauvergne, French composer and violinist (d. 1797) * October 5 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher (d. 1784) * October 7 – Granville Elliott, Army General, British military expert, working for Britain and Palatine forces (d. 1759) * October 8 – Yechezkel Landau, influential Polish authority on halakha (Jewish law) (d. 1793) * October 9 – Mikhail Volkonsky, Russian statesman and military figure from the House of Volkonsky (d. 1788) * October 12 – Khawaja Muhammad Zaman of Luari, Sindhi Sufi poet (d. 1775) * October 13 ** Allan Ramsay (artist), Allan Ramsay, Scottish portrait painter (d. 1784) ** Jacques de Romas, French physicist (d. 1776) * October 20 ** Benjamin Andrew, American politician (d. 1790) ** James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury, English noble (d. 1780) ** Joseph Redlhamer, Austrian physicist (d. 1761) * October 23 – Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch lawyer and philologist (d. 1778) * October 24 – Marie Fel, French opera singer (d. 1794) * October 30 – Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1791)

November

* November 1 – Antonio Genovesi, Italian economist (d. 1769) * November 5 – Gorges Lowther (1713–1792), Gorges Lowther, Member of the Irish House of Commons (d. 1792) * November 6 – Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds, British politician (d. 1789) * November 13 – Nicolas Luton Durival, French historian (d. 1795) * November 14 – Blasius Columban, Baron von Bender, Luxembourgish politician (d. 1798) * November 17 – August de la Motte, German general (d. 1788) * November 24 ** Junípero Serra, Spanish Christian missionary (d. 1784) ** Laurence Sterne, Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric (d. 1768) * November 28 – Georg Friedrich Brander, German precision mechanic and mathematician (d. 1783) * November 30 – Johann Balthasar Bullinger, Swiss landscape painter (d. 1793)

December

* December 4 – Gasparo Gozzi, Venetian critic and dramatist (d. 1786) * December 9 – Abraham Bäck, physician (d. 1795) * December 10 – Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German composer and musician (d. 1747) * December 13 – John Baptist Caryll, third Jacobite Baron Caryll of Durford (d. 1788) * December 14 – Martin Knutzen, German philosopher (d. 1751) * December 15 – Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician (d. 1802) * December 17 – Antoine-Noé de Polier de Bottens, Swiss theologian (d. 1783) * December 19 – Jonathan Toup, British philologist (d. 1785) * December 23 – Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1749) * December 27 – Giovanni Battista Borra, Italian architect and engineer (d. 1770) * December 29 ** André-Joseph Blavier, Belgian composer (d. 1782) ** Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (d. 1762) ** Herman Petersen, Swedish merchant (d. 1765)

Deaths

January

* January 1 ** Giovanni Francesco Negroni, Italian cardinal (b. 1629) ** Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1649) * January 2 – Lady Mary Butler, British noble; (b. 1689) * January 5 – Jean Chardin, French jeweler, traveler and author (b. 1643) * January 8 – Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653) * January 11 – Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637) * January 12 – John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery, Governor of Jamaica, President of the British Royal Society (b. 1639) * January 20 – Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Croatian writer, historian, linguist and publisher (b. 1652) * January 26 – Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe, English politician (b. 1648)

February

– Michael II Apafi, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1676) * February 2 – Marko Mesić (priest), Marko Mesić, Croatian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1640) * February 3 – William Milman (lawyer), William Milman, English lawyer (b. 1650) *

– Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (b. 1671) * February 11 – Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung, Nawab of the Carnatic (b. 1657) * February 12 ** Florence MacMoyer, last hereditary keeper of the Book of Armagh, (b. 1630) ** Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (b. 1661) ** Michele Antonio Vibò, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Turin, Apostolic Internuncio to France (b. 1630) * February 14 ** Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (b. 1663) ** William Harrison (poet), William Harrison, English poet and diplomat (b. 1685) * February 15 – Carlo Vigarani, Italian scenic designer (b. 1637) *

– King Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657) * February 26 – William Paget, 6th Baron Paget, English peer and ambassador (b. 1637) * February 28 – Samuel Whiting Jr., American clergyman 1633–1713 (b. 1633)

March

* March 4 – Ireneo della Croce, Carmelite preacher and chronicler (b. 1625) * March 14 – Mary Cromwell, Countess Fauconberg, daughter of Oliver Cromwell (b. 1637) * March 15 – Wolfgang William Romer, Dutch military engineer (b. 1640) * March 17 – Juraj Jánošík, Slovak outlaw, known as the ''Slovak Robin Hood'' (executed) (b. 1688) *

– Owen Buckingham (died 1713), Owen Buckingham, MP and Lord Mayor of London (b. 1649) * March 21 – Feodor Lopukhin, Russian lawyer, nobleman, colonel, courtier and Boyar (b. 1638) * March 22 – Robert Petre, 7th Baron Petre, British peer (b. 1689) * March 24 – Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, French Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Beauvais (b. 1631) * March 26 ** Paul I, Prince Esterházy, Palatine of Hungary and Prince of Holy Roman Empire (b. 1635) ** Charles de Sévigné, French baron (b. 1648) * March 29 – Christian Thomsen Carl, Danish naval officer (b. 1676) * March 30 – Govert Bidloo, Dutch physician, anatomist, poet and playwright (b. 1649)

April

* April 3 – Henri, Count of Brionne, French noble (b. 1661) * April 8 ** Leonardo Marsili, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1641) ** Lucas Smout the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1671) *

– Anne Clausdatter, Norwegian businesswoman (b. 1659) * April 15 – Valentin Molitor, Swiss composer (b. 1637) * April 17 – David Hollatz (dogmatician), David Hollatz, German theologian (b. 1648) * April 18 – Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, German princess (b. 1674) * April 20 – John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, Scottish nobleman (b. 1645) * April 21 – Paolo Naldini (bishop), Paolo Naldini, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Capodistria (b. 1632) * April 24 – Edmund Meyrick, Welsh cleric (b. 1636) * April 27 – Marie Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg, princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1646)

May

* May 3 – Salathiel Lovell, British judge (b. 1631) * May 15 – Giuseppe Antonio Torri, architect (b. 1655) * May 19 – Samuel Keeler, Connecticut politician (b. 1656) * May 20 – Thomas Sprat, English minister (b. 1635) * May 28 – Georg Otho, German librarian (b. 1634)

June

* June 11 – Felix Meyer, painter from Switzerland (b. 1653)

July

* July 7 – Henry Compton (bishop), Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford; Bishop of London (b. 1632) * July 11 – Joseph Stennett, English Baptist minister and hymnwriter (b. 1663) * July 25 – Thomas Northmore (politician), Thomas Northmore, English Member of Parliament (b. 1643) * July 31 – Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1675)

August

* August 2 – Artus de Lionne, French missionary (b. 1655) * August 4 – William Cave, English cleric and scholar (b. 1637) * August 10 – Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1644) * August 15 – Kujō Morotaka, Japanese noble (b. 1688) * August 19 – Atanasie Anghel, Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of Alba Iulia (b. 1660) * August 26 ''(bur.)'' – Denis Papin, French inventor (b. 1647)

September

* September 5 – Ivan Andreyevich Tolstoy, Russian noble (b. 1644) * September 6 – François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1632) * September 8 – Livio Odescalchi, Italian noble (b. 1652) * September 9 ** Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, Swiss architect (b. 1645) ** Johannes Voet, Dutch legal scholar (b. 1647) * September 14 – Ōkubo Tadamasu, daimyo (b. 1656) * September 15 – Tokugawa Yoshimichi, daimyo (b. 1689) * September 20 – Francisco Martín Fernández de Posadas, Spanish presbyter (b. 1644) * September 21 – Charles Fox (1660–1713), Charles Fox, English politician (b. 1660) * September 22 – Yurij Vynnyckyj, Metropolitan of Kiev (b. 1660) * September 29 – Jacob van Oost the Younger, Flemish Baroque painter (b. 1639)

October

* October 5 – Charles Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich, British Army officer and noble (b. 1683) * October 14 – Johan de la Faille, Dutch art collector (b. 1628) * October 15 – Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder, German artist (b. 1666) * October 17 – Ambrose Crowley, English ironmonger (b. 1658) * October 18 – Tripo Kokolja, Venetian painter (b. 1661) * October 20 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652) * October 22 – Sir John Cropley, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1663) * October 28 – Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (b. 1640) * October 31 ** Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Tuscan prince (b. 1663) ** Salomon van Til, Dutch theologian (b. 1643)

November

* November 2 – Narcissus Marsh, English clergyman (b. 1638) * November 6 – Franz Karl of Auersperg, Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Münsterberg (b. 1660) * November 7 – Elizabeth Barry, British actress (b. 1658) * November 8 ** Samuel Angier, English minister (b. 1639) ** Fredrik Bagge, Swedish priest (b. 1646) * November 9 – Armand Charles de La Porte de La Meilleraye, French general (b. 1632) * November 17 – Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653) * November 18 – Charles Hickman, Anglican Bishop of Derry (b. 1648) * November 20 – Thomas Tompion, British clockmaker (b. 1638) * November 26 – John Belding, Connecticut politician (b. 1650) * November 30 – Nishio Tadanari, daimyo (b. 1653)

December

* December 1 – Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale, English noble (b. 1692) * December 2 – Gershom Bulkeley, Christian minister, physician, surgeon, magistrate (b. 1636) * December 3 – Noadiah Russell, one of the clergymen who founded Yale (b. 1659) * December 4 – François Pétis de la Croix, French orientalist (b. 1653) * December 5 – Tokugawa Gorōta, daimyo (b. 1711) * December 14 ** Feodosia Alekseyevna of Russia, Tsarevna of Russia (b. 1662) ** Thomas Rymer, English Historiographer royal (b. 1641) * December 15 ** Frederik Johan van Baer, Dutch army commander (b. 1645) ** Carlo Maratta, Italian painter (b. 1625) * December 17 – Nicolò Beregan, Italian noble and singer (b. 1627) * December 18 – Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt, German Duke (b. 1668) * December 31 – Edward Proger, Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire (b. 1621) * ''date unknown'' ** Basil Lazarus III, Syriac Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox Maphrian, Maphrian of the East ** Thomas Ellwood, English religious writer (b. 1639)

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