Today in History for Year 1700

Months in Year 1700: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 25 of 25

Jan 1st - Protestant Western Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar
Jan 1st - Russia begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
Jan 26th - The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
Feb 12th - The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe.
Feb 19th - Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark
Feb 27th - Pacific Island of New Britain discovered
Feb 28th - Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
Mar 25th - England, France & Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty
May 7th - William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation
Jun 17th - Mass orders priest to leave the colony
Jun 30th - Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700)
Jul 12th - Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700
Jul 13th - Russian-Turkish peace
Aug 8th - Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty
Aug 18th - Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
Oct 2nd - Spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne
Oct 14th - Rabbi Judah Hasid & Chayim Molocho arrive in Jerusalem
Nov 16th - Monarch of Brandenburg becomes king of Prussia
Nov 19th - Battle at Narva: Swedish King Karel XII defeats Russians
English Philosopher and Founder of Pennsylvania William Penn Nov 23rd - Cardinal Francesco Albani elected Pope Clemens XI
Nov 30th - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva [NS]
Nov 30th - Turkey declares war on Russia
Nov 30th - Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar
Dec 12th - Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar
Dec 31st - Frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 1/12/1701

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

Jan 29th - Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
Feb 7th - Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen)
Feb 23rd - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, Dutch theologist (Profound Christianity)
Mar 8th - Anne Bonny Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)
Mar 13th - James Kent, composer
Mar 13th - Michel Blavet, composer
Mar 22nd - Giuseppe Sellitto, composer
Apr 19th - Georg Abraham Schneider, composer
May 7th - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist
May 12th - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect
May 19th - José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)
May 26th - Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist
Jun 4th - Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor
Jul 15th - Johann Christoph Richter, composer
Aug 13th - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
Aug 28th - Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer
Sep 9th - Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1780)
Sep 11th - James Thomson, songwriter (Rule Britannia)
Sep 30th - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)
Oct 10th - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)
Oct 20th - Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, Duchess of Modena (d. 1761)
Nov 19th - Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (d. 1770)
Nov 28th - Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764)
Nov 28th - Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1770)
Dec 22nd - Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent
Dec 25th - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

Jan 7th - Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquarian (b. 1618)
Jan 12th - Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)
Jan 22nd - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39
Feb 12th - Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
Mar 10th - Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer, dies at 61
May 1st - John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies
Jul 2nd - Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77
Jul 19th - Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer, dies at 62
Aug 8th - Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40
Sep 15th - André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (b. 1613)
Sep 23rd - Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer, dies at 59
Sep 27th - Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85
Nov 1st - Carlos II, King of Spain (reigns 1665-1700), dies at 39
Nov 25th - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (b. 1643)
Nov 30th - Artus II Quellinus [Quellien/"the Young], Flemish sculptor, dies at 75
Dec 1st - Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53