Explore 171 historical events from 1710–1719.
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)
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini was an Italian luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history. The Guadagnini family was known for their violins, gu…
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Italian instrument maker (died 1786)
Georg Wilhelm Richmann was a Russian physicist of Baltic German origin who did pioneering work on electricity, atmospheric electricity, and calorimetry. He died by electrocution in…
Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic (died 1753)
Lorenz Christoph Mizler von Kolof was a German physician, historian, printer, mathematician, Baroque music composer, and precursor of the Enlightenment in Poland.
Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (died 1778)
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)
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, was an English statesman and writer. He was originally a supporter of James II but later supported the Glorious Revolution in 1688. He held hi…
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1641)
Henry Dodwell was an Anglo-Irish scholar, theologian and controversial writer.
Henry Dodwell, Irish scholar and theologian (born 1641)
Louis François de Boufflers, Duke of Boufflers, known in his lifetime as Chevalier Boufflers, was a prominent French soldier during the reign of Louis XIV of France. He was famed f…
Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (born 1644)
Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He is known principally for his various naval commands during the 18th century and the engagements tha…
Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (died 1761)
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey was an English diplomat, courtier and Tory politician from the Villiers family. He was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and …
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1656)
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain. In the…
Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.
The War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict between the European great powers, fought between 1701 and 1714. The death of Charles II of Spain in November 1700 without children…
War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the…
Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan,, styled Lord Auchterhouse until 1745, was a Scottish peer.
Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (died 1767)
James Ferguson was a Scottish astronomer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, as a striking instance of self education and as a…
James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and author (died 1776)
Thomas Reid was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher best known for his philosophical method, his theory of perception, and its wide implications on epistemology, and as the …
Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic (died 1796)
Johann Kaspar (Jean-Gaspard) Reichsgraf Basselet von La Rosée was a leading Bavarian general.
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (died 1795)
Adolf Frederick was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death in 1771. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durl…
Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (died 1771)
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, PC, styled as Lord Talbot from 1737 to 1761, was an English peer and Whig politician. Talbot was a notable figure among opposition Whig politicians…
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (died 1782)
James Short FRS was a Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments, principally telescopes. During his 35-year career as a telescope-maker he produced approximate…
James Short, Scottish-English mathematician and optician (died 1768)
Paul Heinrich Gerhard Möhring was a German physician, botanist and zoologist.
Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (died 1792)
Thomas Simpson FRS was a British mathematician and inventor known for the eponymous Simpson's rule to approximate definite integrals. The attribution, as often in mathematics, can …
Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (died 1761)