Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s
Years: 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 - 1714 - 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719
Events
- August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain.
- September 11 - Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Borbonic armies in the Spanish Succession War.
- The Duchy of Savoy and Piedmont becomes the Kingdom of Sardinia
- Natchitoches is established by by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis[?] as the first permanent settlement in what would become the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
- Worcester College, Oxford University founded. Formerly Gloucester College, closed during the dissolution of monastries.
Births
- January 6 - Percivall Pott, London surgon
- March 8 - Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, composer, not to be confused with his father Johann Sebastian Bach (+ 1788)
- July 2 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, composer
- October 16 - Giovanni Arduino, geologist
Deaths
- June 8 - Electress Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain.
- August 1 - Queen Anne of Great Britain.
- Kaibara, Japanese philosopher
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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