Events
January–March
* January 21
Events Pre-1600
* 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.
* 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Co ...
– After being tricked into deserting a battle against India's Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...
by the rebel Sayyid brothers
The term Sayyid brothers refers to Abdullah Khan and Syed Husain Ali Khan, who were powerful in the Mughal Empire during the early 18th century.
They were Indian Muslims who claimed to belong to the family of Sayyids or the descendants of t ...
, Prince Azz-ud-din Mirza
Azz-ud-Din Mirza (1691 – 12 December 1744) was a Mughal prince and son of emperor Jahandar Shah. He accompanied his father to Lahore during the 1707 Mughal war of succession. In 1714, he was blinded by the emperor Farrukhsiyar.
Early life
Azz ...
is blinded on orders of the Emperor Farrukhsiyar
Farrukhsiyar or Farrukh Siyar () (20 August 16839 April 1719) was the tenth emperor of the Mughal Empire from 1713 to 1719. He rose to the throne after assassinating his uncle, Emperor Jahandar Shah. Reportedly a handsome man who was easily sw ...
as punishment.
* February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nd ...
– The Siege of Tönning
During the Great Northern War, the fortress of Tönning (Tønning) in the territory of Holstein-Gottorp, an ally of the Swedish Empire, was besieged twice. Denmark-Norway was forced to lift the first siege in 1700, but a combined force of the a ...
(a fortress of the Swedish Empire
The Swedish Empire was a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries ( sv, Stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power"). The beginning of the empire is usually ta ...
and now located in Germany in the state of Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...
) ends after almost a year, as Danish forces force the surrender of the remaining 1,600 defenders. The fortress is then leveled by the Danes.
* February 28
Events Pre-1600
*202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
* 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
– (February 17 old style) Russia's Tsar Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
issues a decree requiring compulsory education in mathematics for children of government officials and nobility, applying to children between the ages of 10 and 15 years old.
* March 2
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut o ...
– (February 19 old style) The Battle of Storkyro is fought between troops of the Swedish Empire and the Russian Empire, near what is now the village of Napue in Finland
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. The outnumbered Swedish forces, under the command of General Carl Gustaf Armfeldt, suffer 1,600 troops killed in action while the Russians led by General Mikhail Golitsyn
Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn or Galitzin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Голи́цын, tr. ; 1 November 1675 in Moscow – 10 December 1730) was a Russian Imperial field marshal (1725) and a president of the Colleg ...
lose 400 men.
* March 7
Events Pre-1600
* 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
* 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
– The Treaty of Rastatt
The Treaty of Rastatt was a peace treaty between France and Austria that was concluded on 7 March 1714 in the Baden city of Rastatt to end the War of the Spanish Succession between both countries. The treaty followed the Treaty of Utrecht of 11 A ...
is signed between Austria
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and France
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, concluding the War of the Spanish Succession
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between them. Austria receives the Spanish territories in Italy (the Kingdom of Naples
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, Duchy of Milan
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and Kingdom of Sardinia
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), as well as the Southern Netherlands
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; and from France, Freiburg
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and Landau
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. The Austrian Habsburg Empire
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reaches its largest territorial extent yet, with Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
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succeeding Philip V of Spain
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, as ruler in the ceded territories.
April–June
* April 11
Events Pre-1600
* 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
* 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
* 1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferra ...
– France signs five separate treaties— with Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia and Savoy— to end hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession following the negotiations of the Peace of Utrecht
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.
* April 12
Events Pre-1600
* 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted ...
– Italian Jesuit missionary Niccolò Gianpriamo is dispatched from Portugal
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on an evangelical trip to Asia starting with the Portuguese Indian colony of Goa
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, where he arrives after five months.
* May 19
Events
Pre-1600
* 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
* 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected.
* 1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.
*1445 &n ...
– Anne, Queen of Great Britain
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, refuses to allow members of the House of Hanover
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to settle in Britain during her lifetime.
* June 3
Events Pre-1600
* 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
* 713 – The Byzantine Empire, Byzantine emperor Philippikos Ba ...
– The city of Kassel
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in Germany
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inaugurates the summer tradition of the "water stairs" or "great cascades" (''Grossen Kaskaden'') emptying from the base of the Hercules monument down to the Wilhelmshöhe castle.
* June 20 – In France, Henri-Charles du Cambout de Coislin
Henri-Charles du Camboust (15 September 1665, Paris – 28 November 1732) was a French prelate. He was bishop of Metz from 1697 to 1732, and duc de Coislin from 1710.
Biography
Great-grandson of chancellor Séguier, brother of Pierre de Camboust ...
, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz, condemns the papal bull ''Unigenitus
''Unigenitus'' (named for its Latin opening words ''Unigenitus dei filius'', or "Only-begotten son of God") is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Clement XI in 1713. It opened the final phase of the Jansenis ...
'', issued by Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI ( la, Clemens XI; it, Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721.
Clement XI w ...
against the 1671 commentary by Pasquier Quesnel
Pasquier Quesnel, CO (14 July 1634 – 2 December 1719) was a French Jansenist theologian.
Life
Quesnel was born in Paris, and, after graduating from the Sorbonne with distinction in 1653, he joined the French Oratory in 1657. There he soon ...
of the four Gospels and inflaming the Jansenist
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controversy.
* June 26
Events Pre-1600
* 4 – Augustus adopts Tiberius.
* 221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat fr ...
– Spain and the Netherlands sign a peace treaty to end hostilities between those two nations in the War of the Spanish Succession.
July–September
* July 8
Events Pre-1600
* 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
* 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
– Longitude prize
The longitude rewards were the system of inducement prizes offered by the British government for a simple and practical method for the precise determination of a ship's longitude at sea. The rewards, established through an Act of Parliament (t ...
: The Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...
votes "to offer a reward for such person or persons as shall discover the Longitude
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" (£10,000 for any method capable of determining a ship's longitude within 1 degree; £15,000, within 40 minutes, and £20,000 within ½ a degree).
* July 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
* 1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Ste ...
– The Imperial Russian Navy
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gains its first important victory against the Swedish Navy
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In Swedish, vessels o ...
in the Battle of Gangut
The Battle of Gangut (russian: Гангутское сражение, fi, Riilahden taistelu, Finland Swedish: ''Slaget vid Rilax'', sv, Sjöslaget vid Hangöudd) took place on 27 July Jul./ 7 August 1714 Greg. during the Great Northern War ( ...
.
* August 1
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
*AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...
– Georg Ludwig von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Elector of Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
, becomes King George I of Great Britain
George I (George Louis; ; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. He was the first ...
and Ireland, on the death of Queen Anne. Anne's death brings an end to the reign of the House of Stuart
The House of Stuart, originally spelt Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. The family name comes from the office of High Steward of Scotland, which had been held by the family progenitor Walter fi ...
, in that her half-brother James Francis Edward Stuart
James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs, was the son of King James II and VII of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his second wife, Mary of Modena. He was Prince of Wales from ...
, the eldest son of James II of England
James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Gloriou ...
, has been ineligible for the British throne based on the Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement is an Act of the Parliament of England that settled the succession to the English and Irish crowns to only Protestants, which passed in 1701. More specifically, anyone who became a Roman Catholic, or who married one, bec ...
had barred members of the Roman Catholic church
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from becoming monarchs. George of Hanover, as great-grandson of James I of England and a second cousin to Anne, is deemed the eldest living Protestant descendant of James I.
* September 11
Events Pre-1600
* 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hu ...
– War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phil ...
: Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
is taken after a year's siege, and Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies.
* September 18
Events Pre-1600
* 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects.
* 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor a ...
– George I George I or 1 may refer to:
People
* Patriarch George I of Alexandria (fl. 621–631)
* George I of Constantinople (d. 686)
* George I of Antioch (d. 790)
* George I of Abkhazia (ruled 872/3–878/9)
* George I of Georgia (d. 1027)
* Yuri Dolgor ...
, the new King of Great Britain and Ireland, arrives in Britain for the first time in his life, after having departed Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
and sailing from the Netherlands.
* September 29
Events Pre-1600
*61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
* 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, ...
– The Great Hatred
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: the Cossacks
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of the Russian Empire
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kill about 800 people overnight on the Finnish island of Hailuoto
Hailuoto (; sv, Karlö) is a Finnish island in the northern Baltic Sea and a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Hailuoto is (), which make it the smallest municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia and the former Oulu Pr ...
.
October–December
* October 20
Events Pre-1600
*1568 – The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.
* 1572 – Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the rel ...
– The coronation
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of George I of Great Britain and Ireland
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People
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* George Washington, First President of the United States
* George W. Bush, 43rd Preside ...
takes place in Westminster Abbey
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, a little less than three months after George became the new British monarch.[
* ]October 24
Events Pre-1600
* AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.
*1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
* 1360 – The T ...
– Four Dutch investors, led by brothers Nicolaas and Hendrik van Hoorn, purchase the South American colony of Berbice
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from French mercenary Jacques Cassard
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Biography
Born on 30 September 1679 to a family of merchants of Nantes, Cassard began a career as a sailor at age 14 on the merchantmen owned by his fa ...
, who had captured the colony from the Van Peere family. A century later, in 1815, the land is ceded to Great Britain and later merged with neighboring colonies to form what is now Guyana
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.
* November 30
Events Pre-1600
* 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900
* 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...
– King Philip V of Spain
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issues a decree reorganizing the Spanish government
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to create four ministries, with the Secretary of State being the chief minister, predecessor to the office of Prime Minister of Spain
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. José de Grimaldo
José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solórzano, 1st Marquess of Grimaldo (1660–1733) was a Spanish statesman.
Early life
Grimaldo was born in Madrid in 1660 to a wealthy family who had gained experience serving in the administration of the co ...
becomes the first person to have the chief ministry.
* December 9
Events Pre-1600
* 536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flees the capital.
* 730 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al- ...
– Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)
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: The Ottoman Empire
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declares war on the Republic of Venice
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.
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* Archbishop Tenison's School
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Admissions
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, the world's earliest surviving mixed gender school, is established by Thomas Tenison
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Life
He was born at Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, the son a ...
, Archbishop of Canterbury
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, in Croydon
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, south of London, England.
* Louis Juchereau de St. Denis
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establishes Fort St. Jean Baptiste, at the site of present day Natchitoches, Louisiana
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(the first permanent European settlement in the Louisiana Territory
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, after Biloxi
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( 1699) and Mobile, Alabama
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( 1702) were separated).
* Worcester College
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, University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
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, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
is founded (formerly Gloucester College
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, closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries).
* Stockholm County
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is founded.
* The river Kander (Switzerland)
The Kander is a river in Switzerland. It is long and has a watershed of . Originally a tributary of the Aare, with a confluence downstream of the city of Thun, since 1714 it flows into Lake Thun upstream of the city.
The drainage water from the ...
is redirected into Lake Thun
Lake Thun (german: Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore. At in surface area, it is the largest Swiss lake entirely within a single canton.
The lake was created af ...
.
Births
![Hedwig Taube von Hessenstein c 1740 by Lorens Pasch the Elder](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Hedwig_Taube_von_Hessenstein_c_1740_by_Lorens_Pasch_the_Elder.jpg)
*
January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
**
Kristijonas Donelaitis
Kristijonas Donelaitis ( la, Christian Donalitius; 1 January 1714 – 18 February 1780) was a Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor. He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia, that had a sizable Lithuani ...
, Prussian-Lithuanian Lutheran pastor, poet, author of ''The Seasons'' (d.
1780
Events
January–March
* January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet.
* February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow ...
)
**
Giovanni Battista Mancini Giovanni Battista Mancini (1 January 1714 – 4 January 1800) was an Italian soprano castrato, voice teacher, and author of books on singing.
Mancini was born at Ascoli Piceno, Italy. He studied singing in Naples with Leonardo Leo and in Bolo ...
, Italian soprano castrato, voice teacher and author of books on singing (d.
1800)
*
January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
**
John Christopher Hartwick John Christopher Hartwick (January 6, 1714 – July 17, 1796) was an American Lutheran minister in Colonial America and founder of Hartwick College.
Background
Hartwick was a native of the dukedom of Saxe-Gotha in the province of Thuringia in
Germ ...
, Lutheran minister in Colonial America, founder of Hartwick College (d.
1796
Events
January–March
* January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.)
* February 1 – The capital ...
)
**
Percivall Pott
Percivall Pott (6 January 1714, in London – 22 December 1788) was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopaedics, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen.
Career
He was the ...
, English surgeon (d.
1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
)
*
January 9
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
*1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
–
Elisabeth Stierncrona
Elisabeth Stierncrona (9 January 1714 – 28 June 1769) was a Swedish countess and writer.
Life
Elisabeth Stierncrona was born in Stockholm. Her parents were Baron Gabriel Stierncrona (1669-1723) and Antoinetta Maria Amija (1687-1721). She ma ...
, Swedish noble (d.
1769)
*
January 10
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
* 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
–
Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun
Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun (10 January 1714 - 14 June 1787) was a Bavarian scientist. He was one of the co-founders of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
Early years
Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun was born on 10 January 1714 in Viecht ...
, German scientist (d.
1787)
*
January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
**
Francis V de Beauharnais, French nobleman, soldier, politician, colonial governor and admiral (d.
1800)
**
Carl Jesper Benzelius
Carl Jesper Benzelius (16 January 1714 – 2 January 1793) was a Swedish theologian, professor, and bishop of the Diocese of Strängnäs from 1776 to 1793.
Biography
Born in Uppsala to archbishop Erik Benzelius the younger, Benzelius was brough ...
, Swedish bishop (d.
1793)
*
January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 &ndas ...
–
Hugh Farmer
Hugh Farmer (20 January 1714, – 5 February 1787) was an English Dissenter and theologian.
He was educated at the Dissenting Academy in Northampton under Philip Doddridge, and became pastor of a congregation at Walthamstow, Essex. In 1701 he b ...
, British theologian (d.
1787)
*
January 21
Events Pre-1600
* 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.
* 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Co ...
–
Anna Morandi Manzolini
Anna Morandi Manzolini (21 January 1714 – 9 July 1774) was an internationally known anatomist and anatomical wax modeler, as lecturer of anatomical design at the University of Bologna.
Life
Morandi was born in 1714 in Bologna, Italy. She wa ...
, internationally known Italian anatomist and anatomical wax modeler (d.
1774)
*
January 24
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
* 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
*1438 – The Cou ...
–
Henri Joseph Bouchard d'Esparbès de Lussan d'Aubeterre
Henri Joseph Bouchard d'Esparbès de Lussan (24 January 1714 - 28 August 1788), marquis d'Aubeterre, baron de Saint-Quentin, was a French general and marshal
Marshal is a term used in several official titles in various branches of society ...
, Marshal of France (d.
1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
)
*
January 26
Events Pre-1600
* 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
*1531 – The 6.4–7.1 1531 Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
*1564 – ...
–
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (26 January 1714 – 20 August 1785) was a French sculptor.
Life
Pigalle was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to obtain the ''Prix de Rome'', after a severe struggle he entered the ''Ac ...
, French sculptor (d.
1785)
*
February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
**
Nicolaus Christian Friis, Norwegian priest and writer (d.
1777
Events
January–March
* January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...
)
**
Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney
Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney PC, FRS (1 February 1714 – 31 March 1791), was a member of the Verney family of Middle Claydon and a British politician.
From 1737 until 1752, when he succeeded to the earldom, he was styled Lord Fermanagh. ...
of Ireland (d.
1791)
*
February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
–
Gottfried August Homilius
Gottfried August Homilius (2 February 1714 – 2 June 1785) was a German composer, cantor and organist.Dennis Shrock ''Choral Repertoire'' 2009 -- Page 303 "1714–1785 Homilius was born near Dresden, where he was educated and where he served ...
, German composer, cantor and organist (d.
1785)
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
–
Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch
Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch (5 February 1714, in Leipzig – 5 October 1786, in Berlin) was a German physician and botanist known for pioneer investigations of plant sexuality and reproduction.
Biography
He studied medicine and other subjects a ...
, German botanist (d.
1786
Events
January–March
* January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw.
* January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of Englan ...
)
* February 11 – Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein, German-Prussian diplomat and later Prime Minister of Prussia (d.
1800)
* February 12 – Sebastian Sailer, German Premonstratensian preacher, writer (d.
1777
Events
January–March
* January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...
)
* February 14 – William Vane, 2nd Viscount Vane of Ireland (d. 1789)
* February 18 – John Howe, 2nd Baron Chedworth of England, eldest son of John Howe (d. 1762)
* February 22
** Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar (d. 1795)
** Sarah Osborn, American writer (d.
1796
Events
January–March
* January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.)
* February 1 – The capital ...
)
* February 25
** René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (d. 1792)
** Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, Royal Navy vice admiral (d. 1782)
* February 26 – James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
*
February 28
Events Pre-1600
*202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
* 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
– Gioacchino Conti, Italian opera singer (d. 1761)
* March 1 – Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menshikov, Russian army officer (d. 1764)
*
March 2
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut o ...
– John Hamilton (Royal Navy officer), John Hamilton, Royal Navy officer (d. 1755)
* March 6 – Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, French painter (d. 1789)
*
March 7
Events Pre-1600
* 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
* 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
– Charles Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, German nobleman, head of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (d. 1789)
* March 8 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German Classical composer (d.
1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
)
* March 11 – Cornelis Elout, Dutch regent (d. 1779)
* March 17 – Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton, German-born Czech Catholic bishop (d. 1776)
* March 19 – Aymar Joseph de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet, French admiral (d. 1782)
* March 21 – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, British judge (d. 1794)
* March 25
** Friedrich Christian Glume, German artist (d. 1752)
** Matthew Griswold (governor), 17th Governor of Connecticut (1784–1786) (d. 1799)
* March 27 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian (d. 1795)
* March 29 – Mahadhammaraza Dipadi, last Toungoo Dynasty king of Burma (Myanmar) (1733–1752) (d. 1754)
* April 1 – Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish architect and engraver (d.
1791)
* April 7 – John Elwes (politician), British politician (d. 1789)
* April 14 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (d.
1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
)
* April 15 – Claude Yvon, French encyclopedist (d.
1791)
* April 16 – Pedro António Avondano, Italian composer (d. 1782)
* April 18 – Jacques-Nompar III de Caumont, duc de La Force, French nobleman (d. 1755)
* April 25 – Emer de Vattel, Swiss philosopher (d. 1767)
* May 6
** Anton Raaff, German opera tenor (d. 1797)
** James Townley, British dramatist (d. 1778)
* May 10 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress from Berlin (d. 1792)
* May 12 – Johan Daniel Berlin, Norwegian composer and organist (d.
1787)
* May 14 – William Whitmore (British Army officer), William Whitmore, British general (d. 1771)
* May 17 – Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, French royal (d. 1773)
* May 20 – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British lawyer and politician (d. 1794)
* June 6 – Joseph I of Portugal, Prince of Brazil (d.
1777
Events
January–March
* January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...
)
* June 17 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1784)
* June 23 – Giovanni Sarnelli, Italian painter (d.
1793)
* July 1 – Michael Lally (brigadier-general), Irish-born French brigadier-general (d. 1773)
* July 2 – Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (d.
1787)
*
July 8
Events Pre-1600
* 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
* 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
** Friedrich Gottfried Abel, German physician (d. 1794)
** Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, Dutch administrator of the Cape Colony (d. 1773)
* July 12 – Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov, Russian noble, politician (d. 1767)
* July 16 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (d.
1800)
* July 17
** Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762)
** John Forbes (Royal Navy officer), British admiral of the fleet (d.
1796
Events
January–March
* January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.)
* February 1 – The capital ...
)
* July 21 – Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (1714–1728), Russian grand duchess (d. 1728)
*
August 1
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
*AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...
** Edward Penny, British painter (d.
1791)
** Richard Wilson (painter), Welsh landscape painter (d. 1782)
* August 14 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
* August 15 – Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope of Great Britain (d.
1786
Events
January–March
* January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw.
* January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of Englan ...
)
* August 18 – Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg, German noble (d. 1741)
* August 23 – Hans Jacob Scheel, Norwegian general (d.
1774)
* August 28
** Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Russian general (d.
1774)
** Jean-Baptiste Descamps, Flemish painter and art historian (d.
1791)
* August 29 – Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Prussian princess (d. 1784)
* September 1 – Samuel Martin (Secretary to the Treasury), British politician (d.
1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
)
* September 10 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d.
1774)
* September 17 – Gottlieb Rabener, German writer of prose satires (d. 1771)
* September 19 – Charles Humphreys, miller and statesman from Haverford Township, Pennsylvania (d.
1786
Events
January–March
* January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw.
* January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of Englan ...
)
* September 23 – Eugene Jean, Count of Soissons, Prince of Savoy (d. 1734)
* September 24 – Alaungpaya, King of Burma (d. 1760)
*
September 29
Events Pre-1600
*61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
* 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, ...
** Petrus Albertus van der Parra, Dutch colonial governor (d. 1775)
** Johann Joachim Schwabe, German poet (d. 1784)
* September 30 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French academic (d.
1780
Events
January–March
* January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet.
* February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow ...
)
* October 1
** Georg David Anthon, Danish architect (d. 1781)
** António of Braganza, Child of Palhavã, Portuguese nobleman (d.
1800)
* October 3 – Joseph Spencer, American general (d. 1789)
* October 14 – Christoph Anton Migazzi, Austrian Catholic bishop (d. 1803)
* October 16 – Giovanni Arduino (geologist), Italian geologist (d. 1795)
* October 19 – Joseph von Petrasch, German philologist (d. 1772)
* October 25 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge, scholar of language evolution and philosopher (d. 1799)
* October 26 – Princess Marie Victoire d'Arenberg, Margravine of Baden-Baden as consort of Augustus George (d.
1793)
* October 27 – Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba, Spanish duke (d. 1776)
* October 31 – Hedvig Taube, Swedish courtier (d. 1744)
* November 1 – Johann Joachim Spalding, German theologian (d. 1804)
* November 2 – Camillo Almici, Italian priest (d. 1779)
* November 3 – Anica Bošković, Ragusan writer (d. 1804)
* November 4 – John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow, Scottish nobleman (d. 1775)
* November 10 – Mathieu Tillet, French botanist (d.
1791)
* November 18 – William Shenstone, English poet and landscape gardener (d. 1763)
* November 24 – Thomas Zebrowski, Lithuanian Jesuit scientist (d. 1758)
* November 26 – Pierre-François Brice, French artist (d. 1794)
* November 27 – Jean Philippe Goujon de Grondel, French general (d. 1807)
* December 1 – Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye, French-Canadian explorer (d. 1755)
* December 3 – Edward Pickard, British minister (d. 1778)
* December 4 – Israel Acrelius, Swedish missionary and clergyman (d.
1800)
* December 14 – Leonard Lispenard, American politician (d. 1790)
* December 15 – Étienne Mignot de Montigny, French engineer, geographer (d. 1782)
* December 16 – George Whitefield, English Anglican priest (d. 1770)
* December 18
** Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans, French princess (d. 1734)
** Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince (d. 1790)
* December 19 – John Winthrop (educator), 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College (d. 1779)
* December 21
** John Bradstreet, British Army officer during King George's War (d.
1774)
** Paschen von Cossel, German lawyer (d. 1805)
* December 23
** Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Italian poet and librettist (d. 1795)
** William Howard, Viscount Andover, British MP (d. 1756)
* December 31
** Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, French astronomer (d.
1769)
** Arima Yoriyuki, Japanese daimyō (d. 1783)
Deaths
![Christoffel_Pierson_door_Arnoud_van_Halen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Christoffel_Pierson_door_Arnoud_van_Halen.jpg)
* January 4 – Atto Melani, Italian opera singer (b. 1626)
* January 5 – Mamia III Gurieli, Prince of Guria
*
January 10
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
* 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
– Constantin Ranst de Jonge, son of Hieronimus Rans(t) (1607–1660) (b. 1635)
* January 17 – Gabriel Álvarez de Toledo, Royal Librarian of King Felipe V of Spain (b. 1662)
*
February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
– John Sharp (bishop), John Sharp, English Archbishop of Yorkshire (b. 1643)
* February 21 – Eugen Alexander Franz, 1st Prince of Thurn and Taxis (b. 1652)
* February 24 – Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637)
* March 3 – Hans Carl von Carlowitz, German forester (b. 1645)
* March 13 – John Talbot of Lacock, British politician and general (b. 1630)
* March 27
** Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen Consort of Denmark (1670–1699) (b. 1650)
** Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1633)
* April 10 – Samuel Carpenter, Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (b. 1649)
* April 15 – Esther Liebmann, German banker (b. 1649)
* April 17
** Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer (b. 1657)
** Haquin Spegel, Swedish bishop (b. 1645)
* May 5 – Charles, Duke of Berry (1686–1714), Charles, Duke of Berry, grandson of Louis XIV of France (b. 1686)
* May 15 – Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar (b. c. 1665)
* May 18 – Ivan Botsis, Russian admiral of Greek origin (unknown birth date)
* May 24 – Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (b. 1684)
* May 27 – George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton, English Member of Parliament (b. 1631)
* May 30 – Gottfried Arnold, German church historian (b. 1666)
* June 8 – Electress Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (b. 1630)
* June 22 – Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)
* June 28 – Daniel Papebroch, Flemish Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1628)
* July 4 – Antonio Magliabechi, Italian librarian (b. 1633)
*
August 1
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
*AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...
–
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 8 March 1702 until 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as ...
(b. 1665)
* August 11 – Christoffel Pierson, Dutch painter (b. 1631)
* August 26 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
* August 26 – Edward Fowler (bishop), Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632)
* September 20 – Anna Waser, Swiss painter (b. 1678)
* September 27 – Thomas Britton, English concert promoter (b. 1644)
* October – Raja Sitaram Ray, autonomous king, vassal of the Mughal Empire
* October 3 – Jeanne Le Ber, religious recluse in New France (b. 1662)
* October 5 – Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
* October 10 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646)
* October 25 – Sébastien Leclerc (1637–1714), Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (b. 1637)
* October 29 – Pedro, Prince of Brazil, second child of John V of Portugal and Maria Ana of Austria (b. 1712)
* November 5 – Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (b. 1633)
* November 7 – Charles Davenant, English economist, politician and pamphleteer (b. 1656)
* November 8 – Filippo II Colonna, Italian noble (b. 1663)
* November 29 – Jerolim Kavanjin, Croatian poet (b. 1641)
* December 10 – Anthony Günther, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1653)
* December 29 – Charles Churchill (British Army general), Charles Churchill, British general (b. 1656)
* December 30 – François Adhémar de Monteil, Comte de Grignan, French aristocrat (b. 1632)
* ''date unknown'' – Julianna Géczy, Hungarian heroine (b. 1680)
References
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