1713
Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham
Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713)
BirthsMarch - Francis Lewis - a signer of the United States Declaration of IndependenceApril 12 - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal - French writerMarch 15 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille - French astronomerMay 3 - Alexis Claude Clairault - French mathematicianSeptember 23 - King Ferdinand VI of SpainOctober 5 - Denis Diderot - French writer and philosopherAllan Ramsay - Scottish painterJunipero Serra - a Spanish Franciscan
DeathsJanuary 8 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composerJanuary 11 - Pierre Jurieu, French protestant leader (b. 1637)February 25 - Friedrich I, King in Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg (b. 1657)May 20 - Thomas Sprat, English ministerThomas Ellwood, English religious writerElizabeth Barry, English actor
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