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| Years: 1711 1712 1713 - 1714 - 1715 1716 1717 | |
| Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
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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
Births
- January 6 - Percivall Pott, English surgeon (d. 1788)
- March 8 - Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, German composer (d. 1788)
- July 2 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
- August 1 - Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782)
- September 10 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
- October 16 - Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (d. 1795)
- 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 (b. 1665)
- October 5 - Kaibara, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)af:1714
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