1714
align="center" colspan=2 |
Years:
1711
1712
1713
-
1714
-
1715
1716
1717
align="center" colspan=2 |
Decades
:
1680s
1690s
1700s
-
1710s
-
1720s
1730s
1740s
align="center" |
Centuries
:
17th century
-
18th century
-
19th century
Events
August 1
- George, elector of
Hanover
becomes King
George I of Great Britain
.
September 11
- Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Borbonic armies in the
War of the Spanish Succession
.
The Duchy of
Savoy
and
Piedmont
becomes the Kingdom of
Sardinia
Louis Juchereau de St. Denis
establishes
Fort St. Jean Baptiste
at the site of present day
Natchitoches, Louisiana
, the first permanent European settlement in the
Louisiana Territory
.
Worcester College
,
University of Oxford
founded. Formerly Gloucester College, closed during the
Dissolution of the Monasteries
.
Ongoing events
Great Northern War
(
1700
-
1721
)
Births
January 6
-
Percivall Pott
, London surgeon
March 8
-
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
, composer, not to be confused with his father
Johann Sebastian Bach
(+
1788
)
July 2
-
Christoph Willibald Gluck
,
composer
August 1
-
Richard Wilson
-
Welsh
landscape
painter
September 10
-
Niccol Jommelli
, composer (+
1774
)
October 16
-
Giovanni Arduino
, geologist
November 13
-
William Shenstone
, English poet (d.
1763
)
Deaths
June 8
- Electress
Sophia of Hanover
, heir to the throne of
Great Britain
(b.
1630
)
August 1
- Queen
Anne of Great Britain
.
Kaibara
, Japanese philosopher
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