Explore 141 historical events from 1700–1709.
Maria Clementina Sobieska was titular queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, a Jacobite claimant to the thrones of the British Isles. A…
Maria Clementina Sobieska, Polish noble (died 1735)
Jean Denis Attiret was a French Jesuit painter and missionary to Qing China.
Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary and painter (died 1768)
Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau, was a German prince of the House of Ascania and later regent of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau. He was also a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall.
Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1769)
Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah was the thirteenth Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. After being chosen by the Say…
Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India (died 1748)
Giacomo Francesco Zuccarelli was an Italian artist of the late Baroque or Rococo period. He is considered to be the most important landscape painter to have emerged from his adopte…
Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician (died 1788)
Margaret Fell or Margaret Fox was a founder and leading member of the Religious Society of Friends. Known popularly as the "mother of Quakerism," she is considered one of the Valia…
Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (born 1614)
Jean Bart was a Franco-Flemish naval commander and privateer.
Jean Bart, French admiral (born 1651)
Zeb-un-Nissa was a Mughal princess and the eldest child of Emperor Aurangzeb and his chief consort, Dilras Banu Begum. She was also a poet, who wrote under the pseudonym of Makhfi.
Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal princess and poet (born 1638)
Dominique Bouhours was a French Jesuit priest, essayist, grammarian, and neo-classical critic. He was born and died in Paris.
Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (born 1628)
Anthony Grey was Earl of Kent from 1651 to his death.
Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1645)
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: Polish–Saxon forces were defeated by a Swedish army half their size at the Battle of Kliszów.
The House of Bourbon is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Nava…
A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the…
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois, are a confederacy of Iroquoian-speaking Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America. They were …
Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River…
Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, born Antoine Laumet, was a French explorer, military officer, colonial administrator in New France, and founder of Detroit, Michigan.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
The Great Peace of Montreal was a peace treaty between New France and 39 First Nations of North America that ended the Beaver Wars. It was signed on August 4, 1701, by Louis-Hector…
Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
James Francis Edward Stuart, also known as the Old Pretender, was the senior House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701 until his death in 1…
James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of…
Carl Heinrich Graun was a German composer and tenor. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time.
Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (died 1759)
William Emerson was an English mathematician. He was born in Hurworth, near Darlington, where his father, Dudley Emerson, also a mathematician, taught a school.
William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (died 1782)
François Rebel was a French composer of the Baroque era. Born in Paris, the son of the leading composer Jean-Féry Rebel, he was a child prodigy who became a violinist in the orches…
François Rebel, French violinist and composer (died 1775)
Mary, Countess of Harold was an English aristocrat and philanthropist.
Mary, Countess of Harold, English aristocrat and philanthropist (died 1785)
Charles Emmanuel III was Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from his father's abdication on 3 September 1730 until his death in 1773. He was the pater…
Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (died 1773)
Thomas Blackwell the younger was a classical scholar, historian and "one of the major figures in the Scottish Enlightenment."
Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar (died 1757)
William Kidd, also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely born in Du…
William Kidd, Scottish pirate (born 1645)
Madeleine de Scudéry, often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer.
Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (born 1607)