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Events

January–March

January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the R ...

– The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to

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make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, concluding the unification of Spain under Philip V. *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...

– The Tugaloo massacre changes the course of the Yamasee War, allying the Cherokee nation with the British province of South Carolina against the Creek Indian nation. *

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 ...

– The town of Crieff, Scotland, is burned to the ground by Jacobites returning from the

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. *

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 ...

– The 1716 Algiers earthquake sequence began with an 7.0 mainshock that caused severe damage and killed 20,000 in Algeria. *

February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...

– James Edward Stuart flees from Scotland to France with a handful of supporters, following the failure of the

Jacobite rising of 1715 The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( ; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Francis Edward Stuart, James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland ...

. *

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. ...

– Jacobite leaders James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater and William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure are executed in London. *

March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...

– At night, an aurora borealis was seen throughout Europe, from Ireland to Italy. * March 8 – King Charles XII of Sweden leads an invasion of

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, crossing the border at Basmo, near the modern-day town of Marker. * March 10 – Simon Fraser, a former Scottish rebel who had helped end the Siege of Inverness during the first Jacobite rising, is given a pardon by King George I of Great Britain. * March 18 – Italian Jesuit missionary Ippolito Desideri arrives in

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to become one of the first Europeans to attempt to bring Christianity to Buddhist

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. *

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 ...

– Jeremias III becomes the new

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, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church.

April–June

* April 13 –

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, ruled by King Charles VI, renews its alliance with the

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, leading the

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, ruled by Ahmed III, to declare war. * May 20 – John Law founds the Banque Générale Privée in

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. * May 26 – Two regular companies of field artillery, each 100 men strong, are raised at Woolwich, by Royal Warrant of King George I of Great Britain. * May 28 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, suffers a paralytic stroke. * June 9 – In

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, 600 imprisoned members of the failed

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Khalsa rebellion against the

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are executed on orders of the Emperor Farrukhsiyar. Banda Singh Bahadur, leader of the rebellion, is brutally tortured and mutilated before being killed. * June 19 – The new Tokugawa Shogun of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshimune, assumes control of the monarchy's military after the illness and death of the six-year-old Ietsugu, last of the male descendants of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Yoshimune's ascendancy begins Year 1 of the Kyōhō Era, which continues until Year 21 in 1736. * June 25 – With the Holy Roman Empire having been ceded the "Southern Netherlands" (now

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) from Spain, Prince Eugene of Savoy arrives in

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as the first Governor-General of the Austrian Netherlands. Eugene soon returns home and leaves administration of the area to a dictatorial Hercule-Louis Turinetti.

July–September

* July 5 – Prince Ernest Augustus is created Duke of York and Albany, in the peerage of Great Britain. * July 8 – The Battle of Dynekilen: The Swedish fleet is defeated by a Danish–Norwegian fleet. * July 8–

August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. *1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song War ...

– Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The

unsuccessfully lays siege to Corfu, the last bastion of the

in the Greek islands. * August 3 – Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi River, is founded by French civilians at the site of Fort Rosalie. * August 4 – George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton, under sentence of death for his part in the

, escapes from the Tower of London and flees into exile on the continent. * August 5 – Battle of Petrovaradin: 83,300 Austrian troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat 150,000 Ottoman Turks under Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha (who is killed). * August 24 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, returns from Italy. * September 15 – "Maria", an African slave of the Dutch West India Company on the Caribbean island of

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, murders the plantation overseer, Christiaan Muller, then leads a rebellion, killing Muller's family and much of the white staff on the company's plantation. The uprising is suppressed after 10 days, and Maria is later executed by burning at the stake on November 9. * September 26 – Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, eldest son of the Tsar Peter the Great and heir to the throne, flees from

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with his mistress, Efrosinya Fedorova, along with her brother and three servants. After spending more than a year in Austria, he returns to Russia where he is arrested and dies in prison in 1718.

October–December

* October 12 – During the war between the Habsburg Empire ruling Austria and the Ottoman Empire ruling Turkey, the six week siege of the fortified city of Temeşvar is surrendered by the Turks to the Austrians. Under a flag of truce, the Turks are permitted to depart but have to leave behind their artillery as they give up their claim to

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. Austro-Hungarian rule lasts until World War One, and in 1919, the city of

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becomes part of the Kingdom of

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. * November 1 – Two new laws go into effect in the Highlands of

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to prevent a threat to Britain's ruling House of Hanover by the Jacobites who supported the restoration of the House of Stuart. The Disarming Act requires government authorization to carry swords and firearms, and the amendments to the Treason Act 1714 permit trials for treason to take place in any court in England, regardless of where the crime was committed. * December 4 – Fifty people are killed, and 150 houses burned, when a fire breaks out in Wapping,

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. The blaze comes two days after a fire at the Spring Gardens at St. James's, London, which destroyed the French Chapel there and which was put out by several rescuers, including the future King George II. * December 12 – Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, is demoted from his office as

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in the British government, and replaced by James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope. This is a move towards the Whig Split of 1717.

Date unknown

* English pirate Edward Teach ''(Blackbeard)'' is given command of a sloop in

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. *

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Peter the Great of

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studies with the physician Herman Boerhaave, at

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. * The '' Kangxi Dictionary'' is published, laying the foundation of most references to Han characters studied today.

Births

January

January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...

– Joshua Loring, colonial American captain in British service (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 ...

), Gaspar de Portola, Spanish California Expedition (d.1786) *

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading (871), Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great, Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasi ...

– Aaron Burr Sr., President of Princeton University (d. 1757) *

January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his ...

– Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English nobleman (d. 1735) *

January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor Zeno (emperor), Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crow ...

– Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and scientist (d.

1795 Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming the ...

) *

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 ...

** Philip Livingston, American politician (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 ...

) ** Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet, French scientist (d. 1796) Charles III of Spain high resolution

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...

** King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) ** Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d.

) ** Franz Wilhelm Rabaliatti, German architect (d. 1782) *

January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...

– George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British Army general (d. 1785) *

January 30 Events Pre-1600 * 1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. * 1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 * 1607 – An es ...

– Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, Swedish architect and civil servant (d. 1796)

February

February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of " Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...

– David Graeme, British Army general (d. 1797) *

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 ...

– José Solís Folch de Cardona, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) *

February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...

– Pasquale Cafaro, Italian composer (d. 1787) *

February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire *1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...

– Mary Palmer, English writer (d. 1794) * February 23 – Antoine-Joseph Pernety, French writer (d. 1796)

March

– Pehr Kalm, Finnish scientist (d. 1779) * March 13 – Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1801) * March 18 – Friedrich Wilhelm, Graf von Wylich und Lottum, Prussian army officer (d. 1774) * March 19 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, French artist (d. 1777) * March 21 – Josef Seger, Czech composer and organist (d. 1782)

April

* April 1 – Morgan Rhys, Welsh hymn-writer (d. 1779) *

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 ...

– Jeremiah Theus, American artist (d. 1774) * April 12 – Felice Giardini, Italian composer, violinist (d. 1796) *

April 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). * 1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...

– Johann Georg Weishaupt, German lawyer (d. 1753)

May

* May 2 – Infante Carlos of Portugal, Portuguese ''infante'' (prince) (d. 1736) * May 8 – James Wright, Governor of Georgia (d. 1785) * May 20 – Friedrich Samuel Bock, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1785) * May 24 – Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (d.

) * May 28 – Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet, British politician and member of the English gentry (d. 1797) * May 29 –

Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (; 29 May 1716 – 1 January 1800) was a French natural history, naturalist and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie, Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers''. Biography Daubent ...

, French scientist (d. 1799)

June

* June 10 – Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish explorer (d. 1784) * June 18 ** Charles Edzard, Prince of East Frisia (d. 1744) ** Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (d. 1809) * June 23 – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley (d. 1789) * June 25 – Johann Baptist Babel, Swiss sculptor (d. 1799) *

June 26 Events Pre-1600 *4 AD, 4 – Augustus adopts Tiberius. * 221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar (title), Caesar. * 363 – Roman emperor Julian (emperor), J ...

– Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1771) * June 27 – Louise Diane d'Orléans, last child of Philippe II, Duke of Orleans (d. 1736)

July

* July 3 – Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, German Prince-Bishop (d.

) * July 14 – Michael Schlatter, American clergyman (d. 1790) * July 17 – William Errington, English priest (d. 1768) * July 22 – Jan Jakub Zamoyski, Polish noble (d. 1790)

August

* August 2 – Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe, British baron, politician (d. 1761) * August 4 – Sir John Dashwood-King, 3rd Baronet, English country gentleman (d. 1793) * August 8 ** Andrea Spagni, Italian theologian (d. 1788) ** Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley, British politician (d. 1777) * August 15 – Karl Joseph von Firmian, Austrian diplomat (d. 1782) * August 18 – Johan Maurits Mohr, Dutch-German pastor and astronomer (d. 1775) * August 30 – Capability Brown, English landscape architect (d. 1783)

September

September 2 Events Pre-1600 * 44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his '' Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of ...

– Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu, French engraver (d. 1791) * September 6 – Charles Bennet, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, British Earl (d. 1767) * September 16 – Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian musician (d. 1798) * September 19 – Jan Jacob Schultens, Dutch linguist (d. 1788) * October 1 – Benjamin Waller, American politician (d. 1786) * October 3 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d.

) * October 4 – James Lind, Scottish physician (d. 1794) * October 5 – Alexei Senyavin, Russian admiral (d. 1797) * October 6 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British statesman (d. 1771) * October 8 – Gaspar of Braganza, Archbishop of Braga, Portuguese clergyman (d. 1780) * October 16 – Lord Augustus FitzRoy, Royal Navy officer during the War of the Austrian Succession (d. 1741) * October 26 – Charles Christian Erdmann, Duke of Württemberg-Oels (d. 1792)

November

* November 1 ** William Foye, Canadian politician (d. 1771) ** Joseph Dinouart, French preacher (d. 1786) * November 4 – Wilhelm von Knyphausen, Prussian soldier (d. 1800) * November 16 – John Monro, British physician of Bethlem Hospital (d. 1791) * November 26 – Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, British duchess; Lady of the Bedchamber (d. 1776)

December

* December 1 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French artist (d. 1791) * December 7 – Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode, German politician, canon, provost and author of numerous hymns (d.

) * December 12 – Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (d. 1782) * December 16 ** Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli, Swiss agronomist (d. 1780) ** Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) * December 23 – Johann Heinrich Rolle, German baroque composer (d. 1785) * December 25 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar (d. 1774) * December 26 **

Thomas Gray Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, and classics, classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Pembroke College. He is widely ...

, English poet, historian (d. 1771) ** Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet, philosopher and military officer (d. 1803) * December 27 – Leonardo Ximenes, Italian mathematician (d. 1786)

Approximate date

Arnarsaq Arnarsaq ( – Floruit, fl. 1778), was an Inuit, Inuk translator, Language interpretation, interpreter, and Christian convert who lived in what is now modern-day Greenland. She is particularly known for her work with the Danish theologian Paul Ege ...

, Inuit translator, interpreter and missionary (d. after 1771) * Catherine Théot, French visionary (d. 1794) * Anna Margareta Salmelin, Finnish prisoner of war (d. 1789)

Date unknown

* Josip Kazimir Drašković, Croatian General in the

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(1756–1763) (d. 1765)

Deaths

January

– William Wycherley, English playwright (b. 1641) *

January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the C ...

– Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1640) *

– Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, French-born Polish consort to King John III Sobieski (b. 1641)

February

– Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca, Spanish Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (b. 1640) *

February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats Roman usurper, usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the w ...

– Dorothe Engelbretsdotter, Norway's first professional female author (b. 1634)

March

* March 26 – Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, German book publisher (b. 1653) *

March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Did ...

– John Vesey, Irish archbishop (b. 1638)

April

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 ...

– Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral (b. c. 1648) * April 26 – John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651) * April 28 – Saint Louis de Montfort, author, ''True Devotion to Mary'' (b.

1673 Events January–March * January 22 – Impersonator Mary Carleton is hanging, hanged at Newgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation. * February 10 – Molière's ''comédie-ballet ...

) * April 29 – Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1655)

May

May 11 Events Pre-1600 * 330 – Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. *868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtr ...

– Francis de Geronimo, Italian priest (b. 1642) * May 14 – Henry Oxburgh, executed Irish Jacobite leader

June

* June 2 – Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter (b. c. 1657) * June 5 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1682) * June 8 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658) * June 9 – Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (executed) (b. 1670) * June 19 – Tokugawa Ietsugu, 7th

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of Japan (b. 1709) * June 28 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)

July

* July 8 – Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634) * July 9 – Joseph Sauveur, French mathematician (b. 1653) * July 14 – Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, English peer (b. 1663) * July 26 – Paolo Alessandro Maffei, Italian antiquarian, humanist (b. 1653)

August

* August 5 – Silahtar Ali Pasha, Ottoman (Turkish) grand vizier (b. 1667) * August 6 – Frederick Augustus, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (b. 1654)

September

* September 25 – Johann Christoph Pez, German composer (b. 1664)

October

* October 17 – Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, Scottish peeress (b. 1631) * October 28 – Stephen Fox, English politician (b. 1627) * October 10 – Anton Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, Governor of the Electorate of Saxony (b. 1656)

November

* November 2 – Engelbert Kaempfer, German traveler, physician (b. 1651) * November 9 – Maria, Curaçaoan slave rebel leader * November 14 –

Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in ad ...

, German philosopher, scientist, and mathematician (b. 1646) * November 22 – Inaba Masamichi, Japanese daimyō (b. 1640) * November 26 – Nils Bielke, member of the High Council of Sweden (b. 1644) * November 29 – Ofspring Blackall, Bishop of Exeter (b. 1655)

December

* December 5 – William Ettrick, English politician (b. 1651) * December 13 – Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640) * December 14 – William Trumbull, English diplomat and politician (b.

1639 Events January–March * January 19 – Hämeenlinna () is granted privileges, after it separates from the Vanaja parish, as its own city in Tavastia. *c. January – The first printing press in British North America is ...

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* Stefano Erardi, Maltese painter (b. 1630) * Lalla Aisha Mubarka, Empress of Morocco * Samuel Weston, English politician

References

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