1716
Events Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded. Crieff, Scotland was burned to the ground in revenge for the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. Kangxi Dictionary was published this year. This dictionary laid the fundamental of most references to Han characters studies nowadays.
Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721)
Births January 20 - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) December 25 - Johann Jacob Reiske December 26 - Thomas Gray, English poet and letter-writer (d. 1771)Jean Jacques Barthelemy, French writer and numismatist
DeathsApril 26 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (b. 1651)June 2 - Ogata Korin, Japanese painterJune 5 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1682)November 2 - Engelbert Kaempfer, German traveler and physician (b. 1651)November 14 - Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher, scientist, and mathematician (b. 1646)December 13 - Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)
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