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| Years: 1714 1715 1716 - 1717 - 1718 1719 1720 | |
| Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
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Events
- January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance
- March 2 — Dancer John Weaver performs in the first ballet in Britain shown in Drury Lane The Loves of Mars and Venus
- March 31 - Bishop Benjamin Hoadly, acting on the advice of King George begins the Bangorian Controversy by saying that God favors churches with no government.
- June 24 — Anglo branch of Freemasonry (UGLE (http://www.grand-lodge.org/)) founded in London.
- December 24/25 A desastrous storm flood hits the North Sea coast between the Netherlands and Danmark. Thousands die or loose their housings. (German article on this flood)
- Voltaire is sentenced to Bastille for a year because of his satirical writings
- Spain unites its South American colonies as New Grenada
- Montevideo, Uruguay, founded by Portuguese
Ongoing events
Births
- January 5 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
- January 29 - Jeffrey Amherst, British soldier and conqueror of Quebec (d. 1797)
- February 19 - David Garrick, English actor (d. 1779)
- May 13 - Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1780)
- August 15 - Blind Jack, civil engineer (d. 1810)
- September 24 - Horace Walpole, British writer (d. 1797)
- November 16 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician and encyclopædist (d. 1783)
- December 9 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
- December 27 - Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)
Deaths
- March 3 - Pierre Allix, French protestant clergyman (b. 1641)
- May 10 - John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)af:1717
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