1714
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Events
- August 1 – George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain.
- September 11 – Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Borbonic armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- The Duchy of Savoy and Piedmont becomes the Kingdom of Sardinia
- Louis Juchereau de St. Denis establishes Fort St. Jean Baptiste at the site of present day Natchitoches, Louisiana, the first permanent European settlement in the Louisiana Territory.
- Worcester College, University of Oxford founded. Formerly Gloucester College, closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Ongoing events
Births
- January 6 – Percivall Pott, English surgeon (d. 1788)
- March 8 – Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, German composer (d. 1788)
- July 2 – Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
- August 1 – Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782)
- September 10 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
- October 16 – Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (d. 1795)
- November 13 – William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
Deaths
- June 8 – Electress Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (b. 1630)
- August 1 – Queen Anne of Great Britain (b. 1665)
- October 5 – Kaibara, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
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