Explore 194 historical events from 1710–1719.
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, was a German-born Lutheran clergyman and missionary. Born in Einbeck, Muhlenberg immigrated to the Province of Pennsylvania in response to demands from L…
Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (died 1787)
Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He is known principally for his various naval commands during the 18th century and the engagements tha…
Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (died 1761)
Thomas Hutchinson was an American merchant, politician, historian, and colonial administrator who repeatedly served as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the years le…
Thomas Hutchinson, English historian and politician, Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1780)
William Boyce was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. He knew Handel, Arne, Gluck, J. C. Bach, Abel, and a very youn…
William Boyce, English organist and composer (died 1779)
Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer was an Austrian composer of symphonies, concertos, operas, and chamber music, and a member of the Mannheim school. His aesthetic style is in line with that of…
Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (died 1783)
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)
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)
Henry Dodwell was an Anglo-Irish scholar, theologian and controversial writer.
Henry Dodwell, Irish scholar and theologian (born 1641)
Louis François de Boufflers, Duke of Boufflers, known in his lifetime as Chevalier Boufflers, was a prominent French soldier during the reign of Louis XIV of France. He was famed f…
Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (born 1644)
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey was an English diplomat, courtier and Tory politician from the Villiers family. He was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and …
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1656)
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: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.
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 multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the…
Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan,, styled Lord Auchterhouse until 1745, was a Scottish peer.
Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (died 1767)
James Ferguson was a Scottish astronomer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, as a striking instance of self education and as a…
James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and author (died 1776)
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)
Johann Kaspar (Jean-Gaspard) Reichsgraf Basselet von La Rosée was a leading Bavarian general.
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (died 1795)
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)
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)