What Happened In History Year 1714

Historical Events for the Year 1714

• 1st August » George of Hanover becomes George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
• 7th August » The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.
• 11th September » Siege of Barcelona (1713–14) known as Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Philip V of Spain or Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
• 18th September » George I of Great Britain named George I arrives in Great Britain for the first time since becoming king on August 1st.

Famous Birthdays in 1714

• 1st January » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
• 1st January » Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800)
• 6th January » Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788)
• 26th January » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)
• 2nd February » Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (d. 1785)
• 22nd February » Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar (d. 1795)
• 25th February » René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 1792)
• 25th February » Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, English admiral (d. 1782)
• 26th February » James Hervey, English clergyman (d. 1758)
• 28th February » Gioacchino Conti, Italian soprano (d. 1761)
• 8th March » Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer (d. 1788)
• 27th March » Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (d. 1795)
• 14th April » Adam Gib, Scottish minister (d. 1788)
• 6th May » Anton Raaff, German tenor (d. 1797)
• 10th May » Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1792)
• 6th June » Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)
• 17th June » César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1784)
• 2nd July » Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
• 16th July » Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author (d. 1800)
• 17th July » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (d. 1762)
• 1st August » Richard Wilson (painter) named Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782)
• 14th August » Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
• 28th August » Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (d. 1774)
• 10th September » Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
• 24th September » Alaungpaya, Burmese king (d. 1760)
• 16th October » Giovanni Arduino (geologist) called Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (d. 1795)
• 19th December » John Winthrop (educator) e.g John Winthrop, American astronomer and educator (d. 1779)
• 21st December » John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (d. 1774)
• 27th December » George Whitefield, English-American preacher and saint (d. 1770)
• 31st December » Arima Yoriyuki, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)

Famous Deaths in History for 1714

• 2nd February » John Sharp (bishop) named John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
• 14th February » Maria Luisa of Savoy (b. 1688)
• 24th February » Edmund Andros, English politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
• 8th June » Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
• 22nd June » Matthew Henry, English minister (b. 1662)
• 1st August » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 15th August » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 26th August » Edward Fowler, English bishop (b. 1632)
• 5th October » Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)
• 10th October » Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646)

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