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Contents
1 Events
2 Ongoing Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
Events
Pope Innocent XIII
becomes pope
Johann Sebastian Bach
composes the
Brandenburg
Concertos
April 4
-
Robert Walpole
becomes the first prime minister of Britain
September 10
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Treaty of Nystad
is signed, bringing an end to the
Great Northern War
November 2
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Peter I
is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias
Ongoing Events
Great Northern War
(
1700
-1721)
Births
February 3
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
, general (died
1773
)
March 19
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Tobias Smollett
, Scottish physician and author (died
1771
)
April 19
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Roger Sherman
, signer of the
Declaration of Independence
April 19 -
Thomas McKean
, signer of the
Declaration of Independence
December 29
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Marquise de Pompadour
, mistress of King
Louis XV of France
(died
1764
)
Deaths
March 19
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Pope Clement XI
July 18
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Antoine Watteau
, French painter (born
1684
)
September 18
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Matthew Prior
, British poet and diplomat (born
1664
)
December 12
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Alexander Selkirk
, Scottish sailor, inspiration for
Robinson Crusoe
Henri Arnaud , French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (born
1641
)
Thomas Doggett
, Irish actor (born c
1670
)
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