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| Years: 1713 1714 1715 - 1716 - 1717 1718 1719 | |
| Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
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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
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
Deaths
- April 26 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (b. 1651)
- June 2 - Ogata Korin, Japanese painter
- June 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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