Explore 254 historical events from 1710–1719.
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)
Abraham Trembley was a Genevan naturalist. He is best known for being the first to study freshwater polyps or hydra and for being among the first to develop experimental zoology. H…
Abraham Trembley, Swiss biologist and zoologist (died 1784)
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford was a British Whig statesman who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1757 to 1761. A leading member of the Whig party during the Seven Y…
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1771)
Jonathan Trumbull Sr. was an American politician who served as the governor of Connecticut during the American Revolution. Trumbull and Nicholas Cooke of Rhode Island were the only…
Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (died 1785)
Count András Hadik de Futak was a Hungarian nobleman and Field Marshal of the Imperial Army. He was Governor of Galicia and Lodomeria from January 1774 to June 1774, and is the fat…
András Hadik, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (died 1790)
Thomas Betterton was the leading male actor and theatre manager during Restoration England. He was the son of an under-cook to King Charles I and was born in London.
Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager (born 1630)
Vice-Admiral Sir David Mitchell was a Royal Navy officer and courtier who served as the Black Rod from 1698 to 1710.
David Mitchell, Scottish admiral and politician (born 1642)
Ole Christensen Rømer was a Danish astronomer who, in 1676, first demonstrated that light travels at a finite speed. Rømer also invented the modern thermometer showing the temperat…
Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (born 1644)
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 Spanish Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay was soundly defeated by a…
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: French and Wabanaki forces surrendered to end the Siege of Port Royal, giving the British permanent…