1711
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Years: 1708 1709 1710 - 1711 - 1712 1713 1714 |
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Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s |
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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1711 in topic: Lists of leaders: |
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Events
- February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
- September 25- Birth of the Qianlong Emperor, the fourth governor of the Manchus Qing Dynasty.
- October 14 - Yostos kills Tewoflos, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.
- John Shore invents the tuning fork
- Alexander Pope publishes An Essay on Criticism
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Ongoing events
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Births
- January 1 - Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
- February 2 - Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
- April 22 - Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779)
- May 7 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher (d. 1776)
- May 18 - Rudjer Josip Boscovich, Austrian-born atomic theorist (d. 1787)
- July 22 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753)
- September 1 - William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779)
- September 1 - Prince William IV of Orange (d. 1751)
- September 6 - Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787)
- September 25 - Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
- October 20 - Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795)
- November 19 - Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (d. 1765)
- December 25 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (d. 1772)
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Deaths
- January 6 - Philipp van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
- March 13 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
- March 15 - Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (b. 1645)
- March 19 - Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
- April 17 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
- May 2 - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)
- June 7 - Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641)
- July 6 - James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (b. 1662)
- August 25 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
- October 14 - Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia
- November 3 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666)