Explore 82 historical events from 1710–1719.
Sophia was Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698 as the consort of Prince-Elector Ernest Augustus. She was later the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England, and Ireland und…
Sophia of Hanover, German nobility, ancestress of all British Monarchs since 1714 (born 1630)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…
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Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully claimed the thron…
With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg
In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by Russia successfully contested the supremacy of Sweden in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the a…
Great Northern War: After losing the Battle of Helsinki to the Russians, the Swedish and Finnish troops burn the entire
In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by Russia successfully contested the supremacy of Sweden in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the a…
Great Northern War: The Russian Navy led by Admiral Fyodor Apraksin land both at Katajanokka and Hietalahti during the B
Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles was a French peer and Marshal of France.
Louis de Noailles, French general (died 1793)
Charles Batteux was a French philosopher and writer on aesthetics.
Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (died 1780)
Princess Caroline of Great Britain was the fourth child and third daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his wife Caroline of Ansbach.
Princess Caroline of Great Britain (died 1757)
Meshech Weare was an American farmer, lawyer, and statesman from Seabrook and Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He served as the first president of New Hampshire. Before 1784 the posit…
Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (died 1786)
Alexis Claude Clairaut was a French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was a prominent Newtonian whose work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results…
Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (died 1765)
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, styled Lord Mount Stuart between 1713 and 1723, was a British Tory statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763 unde…
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1792)
David Hollatz was a German Lutheran theologian.
David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (born 1648)
Thomas Sprat, FRS was an English churchman and writer, Bishop of Rochester from 1684.
Thomas Sprat, English bishop (born 1635)
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff was a German-Danish statesman and a member of the Bernstorff noble family of Mecklenburg. He was the son of Joachim Engelke Freiherr von B…
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician and diplomat (died 1772)
Benjamin Ingham was an English cleric who was the founder of the Moravian Church in England as well as his own Inghamite societies.
Benjamin Ingham, American missionary (died 1772)
Philipp van Limborch was a Dutch Remonstrant theologian and a fierce opponent of the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza's in the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. He befriended John Locke,…
Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (born 1633)
Andrea Lanzani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (born 1645)
Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, often simply called Vendôme was a French general and Marshal of France. He was one of Louis XIV's most successful commanders in the War of…
Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (born 1654)
Prince Paul II Anton Esterházy de Galántha was a Hungarian prince, soldier and patron of music from the Esterházy family.
Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier (died 1762)
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist who is known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical nat…
David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (died 1776)
Roger Joseph Boscovich was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. He studied an…
Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1787)
Louis Legrand, S.S. was a French Sulpician priest and theologian, and a Doctor of the Sorbonne.
Louis Legrand, French priest and theologian (died 1780)
Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet was a British banker and politician, who together with Joseph Vere and Thomas Hallifax founded the Bank of Vere, Glyn & Hallifax, which evolved into W…
Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1773)
Joseph I was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from his third wife, El…
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1678)