Explore 130 historical events from 1710–1719.
James Nares was an English composer of mostly sacred vocal works, though he also composed for the harpsichord and organ.
James Nares, English organist and composer (died 1783)
Commodore Esek Hopkins was a Continental Navy officer and privateer. He served as the only commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, when th…
Esek Hopkins, American commander (died 1802)
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)
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
Nathaniel Lawrence was an English politician who served as MP for Colchester in 1685.
Nathaniel Lawrence, English politician (born c
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)
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 census, New Orleans is the mo…
The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
A total solar eclipse occurred on 3 May 1715. It was known as Halley's Eclipse, after Edmond Halley (1656–1742) who predicted this eclipse to within 4 minutes accuracy.
A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within four
Ogata Kōrin was a Japanese landscape illustrator, lacquerer, painter, and textile designer of the Rinpa School.
Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter and educator (born 1658)
Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles was a French peer and Marshal of France.
Louis de Noailles, French general (died 1793)
Jacobitism was a political ideology advocating the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the British throne. When James II of England chose exile after the Novem…
Jacobite risings: Battle of Glen Shiel
Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1742 and 1780. He was a collector of antiquities.
Roger Newdigate, English politician (died 1806)
Lieutenant-General Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul, KOHS, OGF was a French Royal Army officer, diplomat and statesman. From 1758 to 1761 and again from 1766 to 1770,…
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1785)
Michel-Jean Sedaine was a French dramatist and librettist, especially noted for his librettos for opéras comiques, in which he took an important and influential role in the advance…
Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright (died 1797)
Philippe de La Hire was a French painter, mathematician, astronomer, and architect. According to Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, he was an "academy unto himself".
Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1640)
Pierre Poiret Naudé was a prominent French mystic and Christian philosopher. He was born in Metz and died in Rijnsburg.
Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (born 1646)
Joseph Addison was a British writer and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Ste…
Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (born 1672)
General Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster, KG, was a German-born military officer and peer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1691. He…
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (born 1641)
An earthquake occurred on June 19, 1718, in Tongwei County, Gansu Province, Qing dynasty, present-day China. The estimated surface wave magnitude (Ms ) 7.5 earthquake was designate…
At least 73,000 people died in the 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty
Alexei Petrovich Romanov, was the Tsarevich of Russia, the eldest son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina.
Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his fa
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 census, New Orleans is the mo…
The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
An earthquake occurred on June 19, 1718, in Tongwei County, Gansu Province, Qing dynasty, present-day China. The estimated surface wave magnitude (Ms) 7.5 earthquake was designated…
At least 73,000 people die in the 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty
The Treaty of Passarowitz, or Treaty of Požarevac, was the peace treaty signed in Požarevac, a town that was in the Ottoman Empire but is now in Serbia, on 21 July 1718 between the…
The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
Peter I was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. Peter, a…
At the behest of Tsar Peter the Great, the construction of Kadriorg Palace, dedicated to his wife Catherine, begins in…
David Brainerd was an American Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Native Americans among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. Missionaries such as William Carey and Jim Ell…
David Brainerd, American missionary (died 1747)
Nathaniel Hone was an Irish-born portrait and miniature painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator (died 1784)
Commodore Esek Hopkins was a Continental Navy officer and privateer. He served as the only commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, when th…
Esek Hopkins, American commander (died 1802)
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness,, known before 1721 as Lord Darcy and Conyers, was a British diplomat and politician who served as Secretary of State for the Northern Departme…
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d
Thomas Lewis was an Irish-American surveyor, lawyer, politician and pioneer of early western Virginia. He was among the signers of the Fairfax Resolves, represented Augusta County …
Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer (died 1790)
Maria Gaetana Agnesi was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook, the first woman appointed as …
Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1799)
William Hunter was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was a leading teacher of anatomy, and the outstanding obstetrician of his day. His guidance and training of his equally fa…
William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (died 1783)
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire,, known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of …
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1793)
Field Marshal Sir George Howard KB PC was a British Army officer and politician. After commanding the 3rd Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745 during the War of t…
George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca (died 1796)
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford was a British courtier and politician who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1765.
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1794)