1710

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century 18th century 19th century
Decades:	1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
Years:	1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713

1710 by topic:
Arts and Sciences
Archaeology – Architecture – Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science
Countries
Canada – Denmark – France – Great Britain – Ireland – Norway – Russia – Scotland – Sweden –
Lists of leaders
State leaders – Colonial governors – Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works category
Works

1710 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1710 MDCCX
Ab urbe condita	2463
Armenian calendar	1159 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԹ
Assyrian calendar	6460
Balinese saka calendar	1631–1632
Bengali calendar	1117
Berber calendar	2660
British Regnal year	8 Ann. 1 – 9 Ann. 1
Buddhist calendar	2254
Burmese calendar	1072
Byzantine calendar	7218–7219
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4406 or 4346 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4407 or 4347
Coptic calendar	1426–1427
Discordian calendar	2876
Ethiopian calendar	1702–1703
Hebrew calendar	5470–5471
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1766–1767
- Shaka Samvat	1631–1632
- Kali Yuga	4810–4811
Holocene calendar	11710
Igbo calendar	710–711
Iranian calendar	1088–1089
Islamic calendar	1121–1122
Japanese calendar	Hōei 7 (宝永７年)
Javanese calendar	1633–1634
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4043
Minguo calendar	202 before ROC 民前202年
Nanakshahi calendar	242
Thai solar calendar	2252–2253
Tibetan calendar	阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1836 or 1455 or 683 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1837 or 1456 or 684

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1710 (MDCCX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Julian calendar, the 1710th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 710th year of the 2nd millennium, the 10th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1710s decade. As of the start of 1710, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Saturday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.

Events

January–June

February 28 (Swedish calendar) – Battle of Helsingborg: Fourteen thousand Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally large Swedish army under Magnus Stenbock.
April 10 – The world's first copyright legislation, Britain's Statute of Anne, becomes effective.^[1]
April 19 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain, meets the Four Mohawk Kings.^[2]
June – Protestant Swiss and German Palatines under the leadership of Christoph von Graffenried travel to Bath County in the Province of Carolina. The settlers displace the native town of Chattoka and found New Bern, named for von Graffenried's hometown of Bern, Switzerland.
June 8 – The Tuscarora nation sends a petition to the Province of Pennsylvania, protesting the seizure of their lands and enslavement of their people by citizens of the Province of Carolina.

July–December

August 20 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Saragossa: The Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay is soundly defeated by the forces of the Habsburg Monarchy under Guido Starhemberg and their allies.^[3]
October 13 – Queen Anne's War: The French surrender ending the Siege of Port Royal gives the British permanent possession of Nova Scotia.

Date unknown

In Sweden, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala is founded as the Collegium curiosorum.
John Smithwick begins brewing Smithwick's ale at Kilkenny, Ireland (St. Francis Abbey Brewery).^[4]
Beijing becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Istanbul.^[5]

Births

Louis XV of France

January 3 – Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
January 4 – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. 1736)
February 1 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (d. 1771)
February 15 – King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
April 15 – William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1790)
April 17 – Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (d. 1767)
April 25 – James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (d. 1776)
April 26 – Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)
April 30 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
May 14 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
May 16 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)
June 10 – James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (d. 1768)
July 21 – Paul Möhring, German physician and scientist (d. 1792)
August 20 – Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (d. 1761)
September 3 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784)
September 30 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771)
October 12 – Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of the Colony and the state of Connecticut (d. 1785)
October 16 – András Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1790)
October 24 – Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)
October 26 – Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani, Croatian poet (d. 1784)
November 8 – Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
November 10 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)
November 13 – Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
November 22 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)
November 27 – Robert Lowth, English bishop and grammarian (d. 1787)
December 2 – Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)
date unknown – Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi, first ruler of Oman of the Al Said dynasty (d. 1783)

Deaths

January 16 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
January 21 – Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638)
February 16 – Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
February 25 – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French explorer (b. c. 1639)
March 4 – Louis III, Prince of Condé (b. 1668)
April 28 – Thomas Betterton, English actor (b. c. 1635)
May 13 – Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Römhild (b. 1650)
June 1 – David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
June 4 – James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute
June 7 – Louise de La Vallière, mistress of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1644)
September 19 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
November 3 – Maria de Croll, Swedish vocalist
date unknown – Anna Maria Thelott, Swedish artist (b. 1683)

References

↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
↑ "Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center". Archived from the original on November 21, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
↑ Kamen, Henry (2000). Felipe V, el rey que reinó dos veces. Historia (3rd ed.). Madrid: Temas de Hoy. pp. 96–97. ISBN 8478808477.
↑ "Smithwick's History". Smithwick's. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
↑ 1987 estimate. Rosenberg, Matt T. "Largest Cities Through History". About.com Geography. Retrieved 2012-08-20.

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