1714
EventsAugust 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain.September 11 - Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Borbonic armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.The Duchy of Savoy and Piedmont becomes the Kingdom of SardiniaLouis Juchereau de St. Denis establishes Fort St. Jean Baptiste at the site of present day Natchitoches, Louisiana, the first permanent European settlement in the Louisiana Territory. Worcester College, University of Oxford founded. Formerly Gloucester College, closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721)
BirthsJanuary 6 - Percivall Pott, English surgeon March 8 - Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, German composer, son of Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1788)July 2 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composerAugust 1 - Richard Wilson, Welsh painter September 10 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)October 16 - Giovanni Arduino, geologist November 13 - William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
DeathsJune 8 - Electress Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (b. 1630)August 1 - Queen Anne of Great Britain. Kaibara, Japanese philosopher
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