Explore 254 historical events from 1710–1719.
Johann Kies was a German astronomer and mathematician. Born in Tübingen, Kies worked in Berlin in 1751 alongside Jérôme Lalande in order to make observations on the lunar parallax …
Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781)
Ferdinand VI, called the Learned and the Just, was King of Spain from 9 July 1746 until his death in 1759. He was the third ruler of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty. He was the son of …
Ferdinand VI of Spain (died 1759)
Antoine Dauvergne was a French composer and violinist.
Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (died 1797)
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Al…
Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (died 1784)
Major-General Granville Elliott, 1st Count Elliott was a British military officer who served with distinction in several other European armies and subsequently in the British Army.…
Granville Elliott, English general (died 1759)
Yechezkel ben Yehuda HaLevi Landau was an influential authority in halakha. He is best known for the work Noda Biyhudah, by which title he is also known.
Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (died 1793)
Allan Ramsay was a Scottish painter who specialised in portrait painting.
Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (died 1784)
Pieter Burman, also known as Peter or Pieter Burmann and distinguished from his uncle as "the Younger", was a Dutch philologist.
Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (died 1778)
Marie Fel was a French opera singer and a daughter of the organist Henri Fel.
Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (died 1794)
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)
Henry Compton was an Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713.
Henry Compton, English bishop (born 1632)
Archibald Pitcairne or Pitcairn was a Scottish physician. He was a physician and poet who first studied law at Edinburgh and Paris graduating with an M.A. from Edinburgh in 1671. H…
Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (born 1652)
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: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain.
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose was a Scottish politician.
The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
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)
Luc Urbain du Bouëxic, comte de Guichen was a French Navy officer who commanded the fleets that fought the Royal Navy at the Battle of Ushant and Battle of Martinique during the Am…
Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (died 1790)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, a…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath (died 1778)
William Shippen Sr. was an American physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was also a civic and educational leader who represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress.
William Shippen, American physician and politician (died 1801)
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi was an Italian painter, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the…
Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (died 1793)
George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, during the early reign of the young King George III. He served for only two years (1763…
George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1770)
Sir James Steuart, 3rd Baronet of Goodtrees and 7th Baronet of Coltness, also known as Sir James Steuart Denham, was a prominent Scottish Jacobite and author of "probably the first…
James Steuart, Scottish economist and author (died 1780)
Canon Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, often called de Soldanis, was a Maltese linguist, historian and cleric from the island of Gozo. He wrote the first lexicon and sy…
Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (died 1770)