Today in History for Year 1710

Months in Year 1710: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

Jan 27th - Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget
Feb 20th - Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen Neth
Feb 28th - In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.
Apr 10th - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
Aug 7th - Earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance
Oct 13th - English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia)
Oct 16th - British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
Nov 28th - Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured
Dec 8th - Battle at Brihuega: English Gen Stanhope captured
Dec 11th - Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 37 of 37

Jan 3rd - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
Jan 4th - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo)
Jan 5th - Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer
Jan 7th - Josef Antonin Sehling, composer
Jan 30th - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer
Feb 1st - Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)
Feb 7th - William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music
Feb 15th - Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74)
Feb 21st - Willem van Haren, Frisian nobleman/poet (Human Life)
Mar 6th - Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli, composer
Mar 12th - Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia)
Mar 27th - Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer
Apr 14th - Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer
Apr 15th - William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)
Apr 17th - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (d. 1767)
Apr 25th - James Ferguson, astronomer
Apr 26th - Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)
Apr 30th - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
May 14th - Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)
May 16th - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)
May 23rd - Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
Jun 10th - James Short, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768)
Jul 7th - Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer
Jul 21st - Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792)
Aug 20th - Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson)
Sep 3rd - Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784)
Sep 30th - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771)
Oct 12th - Jonathan Trumbull, American politician and statesman (d. 1785)
Oct 16th - Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1790)
Oct 24th - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)
Nov 8th - Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
Nov 9th - Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized
Nov 10th - Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)
Nov 13th - Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
Nov 22nd - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64)
Nov 27th - Robert Lowth, British bishop (d. 1787)
Dec 2nd - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

Jan 16th - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
Jan 21st - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638)
Feb 16th - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
Mar 4th - Louis III, Prince of Condé (b. 1668)
Apr 18th - Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75
Apr 28th - Thomas Betterton, English actor
May 10th - Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46
Jun 1st - David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
Jun 6th - Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65
Jun 25th - Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 74
Jul 18th - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian painter, dies at 36
Aug 9th - Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77
Sep 19th - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
Nov 21st - Barnardo Pasquini, composer, dies at 72
Dec 18th - Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62