1713
Thomas Sprat, English bishop (born 1635)
Thomas Sprat, FRS was an English churchman and writer, Bishop of Rochester from 1684.
Thomas Sprat, English bishop (born 1635)
The 1710s
Explore 130 historical events from 1710–1719.
1713
Henry Compton, English bishop (born 1632)
Henry Compton was an Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713.
Henry Compton, English bishop (born 1632)
1712
War of the Spanish Succession: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain.
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: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain.
1712
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician and diplomat (died 1772)
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff was a German-Danish statesman and a member of the Bernstorff noble family of Mecklenburg. He was the son of Joachim Engelke Freiherr von B…
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician and diplomat (died 1772)
1712
Benjamin Ingham, American missionary (died 1772)
Benjamin Ingham was an English cleric who was the founder of the Moravian Church in England as well as his own Inghamite societies.
Benjamin Ingham, American missionary (died 1772)
1712
Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (died 1790)
Luc Urbain du Bouëxic, comte de Guichen was a French Navy officer who commanded the fleets that fought the Royal Navy at the Battle of Ushant and Battle of Martinique during the Am…
Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (died 1790)
1712
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath (died 1778)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, a…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath (died 1778)
1712
Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (born 1633)
Philipp van Limborch was a Dutch Remonstrant theologian and a fierce opponent of the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza's in the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. He befriended John Locke,…
Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (born 1633)
1712
Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (born 1645)
Andrea Lanzani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (born 1645)
1712
Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (born 1654)
Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, often simply called Vendôme was a French general and Marshal of France. He was one of Louis XIV's most successful commanders in the War of…
Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (born 1654)
1712
Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (born 1626)
Richard Cromwell was an English statesman who served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1658 to 1659. He was the son of Lord Protector Oliv…
Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (born 1626)
1712
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1631)
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, was an English Tory statesman. During the reign of Charles II of England, he was the leading figure in the English government for roughly five ye…
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1631)
1711
315 years ago
The treaty of Pruth between the Ottoman and Russian Empire is signed.
The Treaty of the Pruth was signed on the banks of the river Prut between the Ottoman Empire and the Tsardom of Russia on 23 July 1711 ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1710–1713 wit…
The treaty of Pruth between the Ottoman and Russian Empire is signed.
1711
315 years ago
Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier (died 1762)
Prince Paul II Anton Esterházy de Galántha was a Hungarian prince, soldier and patron of music from the Esterházy family.
Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier (died 1762)
1711
315 years ago
Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1787)
Roger Joseph Boscovich was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. He studied an…
Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1787)
1711
315 years ago
Louis Legrand, French priest and theologian (died 1780)
Louis Legrand, S.S. was a French Sulpician priest and theologian, and a Doctor of the Sorbonne.
Louis Legrand, French priest and theologian (died 1780)
1711
315 years ago
Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1773)
Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet was a British banker and politician, who together with Joseph Vere and Thomas Hallifax founded the Bank of Vere, Glyn & Hallifax, which evolved into W…
Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1773)
1711
315 years ago
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Italian instrument maker (died 1786)
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini was an Italian luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history. The Guadagnini family was known for their violins, gu…
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Italian instrument maker (died 1786)
1711
315 years ago
David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (died 1776)
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist who is known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical nat…
David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (died 1776)
1711
315 years ago
Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic (died 1753)
Georg Wilhelm Richmann was a Russian physicist of Baltic German origin who did pioneering work on electricity, atmospheric electricity, and calorimetry. He died by electrocution in…
Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic (died 1753)
1711
315 years ago
Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (died 1778)
Lorenz Christoph Mizler von Kolof was a German physician, historian, printer, mathematician, Baroque music composer, and precursor of the Enlightenment in Poland.
Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (died 1778)
1711
315 years ago
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1678)
Joseph I was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from his third wife, El…
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1678)
1711
315 years ago
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1641)
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)
1711
315 years ago
Henry Dodwell, Irish scholar and theologian (born 1641)
Henry Dodwell was an Anglo-Irish scholar, theologian and controversial writer.
Henry Dodwell, Irish scholar and theologian (born 1641)