Explore 171 historical events from 1710–1719.
Maréchal de camp Marc René, marquis de Montalembert was a French Royal Army officer and writer best known for his work on fortifications and writings on military engineering.
Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author (died 1800)
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten was a German philosopher. He established aesthetics as a philosophical discipline.
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (died 1762)
Richard Wilson was a Welsh painter who specialised in landscape art and worked in Britain and Italy. With George Lambert he is recognised as a pioneer in British art of landscape f…
Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (died 1782)
Claude-Joseph Vernet was a French painter. His son Carle Vernet and daughter Marguerite Émilie Chalgrin were also painters.
Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (died 1789)
Alaungpaya was the founder and first king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this former chief of a small village …
Alaungpaya, Burmese king (died 1760)
Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a German prince and military officer.
Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1774)
Nathaniel Lawrence was an English politician who served as MP for Colchester in 1685.
Nathaniel Lawrence, English politician (born c
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)
Matthew Henry was a British Nonconformist and Presbyterian minister and author who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume bibl…
Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and author (born 1662)
Anne was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms…
Anne, Queen of Great Britain (born 1665)
Constantin Brâncoveanu was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714.
Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (born 1654)
Constantin Brâncoveanu was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714.
Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (born 1654)
Edward Fowler was an English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1691 until his death.
Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (born 1632)
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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The Electorate of Hanover was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire located in northwestern Germany that arose from the Principality of Calenberg. Although formally known as the E…
George Louis, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era.
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
The Treaty of Adrianople, also called the Treaty of Edirne, was signed on 24 June 1713 between the Ottoman Empire and the Tsardom of Russia and confirmed the Treaty of the Pruth of…
The treaty of Adrianople ends the Russo-Ottoman War of 1711–1713, which restores territory to the Ottomans while allowin
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)
Acadia was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. Se…
The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada
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)