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| Years: 1705 1706 1707 - 1708 - 1709 1710 1711 | |
| Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
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Events
- March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth
- September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya
- Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais
- In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague
- J.S. Bach appointed as chamber musician and organist at the court in Weimar, Germany
Ongoing events
Births
- April 23 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (died 1754)
- October 16 - Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (died 1777)
- November 15 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, British politician (died 1778)
- December 8 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1765)
- Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter (died 1787)
- Richard Dawes, British classical scholar (died 1766)
Deaths
- March 29 - John Partridge, astrologer and almanack-maker (b. 1644)
- October 1 - John Blow, British composer (b. 1648)
- October 7 - Guru Gobind Singh, Indian religious leader (b. 1666)
- October 11 - Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651)
- October 24 - Seki Kowa, Japanese mathematician
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