Explore 194 historical events from 1710–1719.
George I 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. …
George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.
Anton Raaff was a German tenor from Gelsdorf near Bonn.
Anton Raaff, German tenor (died 1797)
Dom Joseph I, known as the Reformer, was King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death in 1777. Among other activities, he was devoted to hunting and the opera. His government…
Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death (died 1777)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…
Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata for Pentecost, Erschallet, ihr Lieder, BWV 172, at the
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…
The Great Northern War: The first significant victory of the Russian Navy in the naval battle of Gangut against the…
Hanover is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-larges…
George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of…
The Battle of Gangut took place on 27 JulyJul./ 7 August 1714Greg. during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the …
The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.
The siege of Barcelona was a 13 month battle at the end of the War of Spanish Succession, which pitted Archduke Charles of Austria against Philip V of Spain, backed by France in a …
Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of the Principality of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon…
César-François Cassini de Thury, also called Cassini III or Cassini de Thury, was a French astronomer and cartographer.
César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (died 1784)
Maréchal de camp Marc René, marquis de Montalembert was a French Royal Army officer and writer best known for his work on fortifications and writings on military engineering.
Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author (died 1800)
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten was a German philosopher. He established aesthetics as a philosophical discipline.
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (died 1762)
Richard Wilson was a Welsh painter who specialised in landscape art and worked in Britain and Italy. With George Lambert he is recognised as a pioneer in British art of landscape f…
Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (died 1782)
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the …
Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (died 1787)
Claude-Joseph Vernet was a French painter. His son Carle Vernet and daughter Marguerite Émilie Chalgrin were also painters.
Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (died 1789)
Alaungpaya was the founder and first king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this former chief of a small village …
Alaungpaya, Burmese king (died 1760)
Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a German prince and military officer.
Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1774)
Niccolò Jommelli was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic re…
Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (died 1774)
Nathaniel Lawrence was an English politician who served as MP for Colchester in 1685.
Nathaniel Lawrence, English politician (born c
Sophia was Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698 as the consort of Prince-Elector Ernest Augustus. She was later the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England, and Ireland und…
Sophia of Hanover, German nobility, ancestress of all British Monarchs since 1714 (born 1630)
Matthew Henry was a British Nonconformist and Presbyterian minister and author who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume bibl…
Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and author (born 1662)
Anne was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms…
Anne, Queen of Great Britain (born 1665)
Constantin Brâncoveanu was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714.
Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (born 1654)
Constantin Brâncoveanu was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714.
Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (born 1654)
Edward Fowler was an English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1691 until his death.
Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (born 1632)