Today in History for Year 1716

Months in Year 1716: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 8th - Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested
Feb 6th - England & Netherlands renew alliance
Feb 10th - Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
Apr 4th - Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
Apr 15th - Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
Jun 5th - England & Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty
Jun 6th - 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana
Jun 25th - Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands
Jul 8th - Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen
Jul 18th - Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels
Aug 5th - Battle of Petrovaradin/Peterwardein: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks
Sep 6th - 1st US lighthouse built (Boston)
Sep 14th - 1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor)
Oct 9th - England & France sign treaty
Oct 13th - Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar
Nov 3rd - Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom
Nov 26th - 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

Jan 12th - Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
Jan 15th - Philip Livingston, American businessman and politician (signed Declaration of Independence)
Jan 20th - Carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits
Jan 20th - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
Jan 20th - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)
Jan 26th - George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
Feb 18th - Gaspard Fritz, composer
Mar 6th - Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
Mar 21st - Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer
Apr 4th - John Evangelist Schreiber, composer
Apr 9th - Johann Georg Zechner, composer
Apr 12th - Felice de' Giardini, composer
May 29th - Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist
Jun 18th - Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter
Jun 23rd - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (d. 1789)
Sep 2nd - Johann Trier, composer
Oct 3rd - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)
Oct 6th - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
Oct 25th - Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer
Dec 1st - Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)
Dec 16th - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)
Dec 23rd - Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer
Dec 24th - Patrice F earl De Neney, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council
Dec 25th - Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (d. 1774)
Dec 26th - Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)
Dec 26th - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (d. 1803)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Apr 8th - Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia & marries Czar Peter the Great's niece

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 24 of 24

Jan 1st - William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75
Feb 19th - Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)
Mar 8th - Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69
Mar 10th - Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48
Mar 13th - Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46
Apr 14th - Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral
Apr 26th - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651)
Apr 28th - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)
Jun 2nd - Ogata Korin, Japanese painter
Jun 5th - Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682)
Jun 8th - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658)
Jun 9th - Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (executed)
Jun 28th - George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)
Jul 8th - Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634)
Jul 9th - Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63
Aug 3rd - Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56
Sep 25th - Johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52
Sep 26th - Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
Sep 30th - Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62
Oct 28th - Stephen Fox, British politician (b. 1627)
Nov 2nd - Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651)
Nov 14th - Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70
Dec 6th - Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642)
Dec 13th - Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)