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Events
- March 11 - Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from a militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart unsuccessfully tries to land at the Firth of Forth.
- July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.
- September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
- Kandahar is conquered by Mir Wais.
- In Masuria, one third of the population there dies 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 (d. 1754)
- October 16 - Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1777)
- October 22 - Frederic Louis Norden, Danish explorer (d. 1742)
- November 15 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, British politician (d. 1778)
- December 8 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
- Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter (d. 1787)
- Richard Dawes, British classical scholar (d. 1766)
- John Hulse, Divine (d. 1790)
Deaths
- March 29 - John Partridge, English astrologer and almanack-maker (b. 1644)
- May 6 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)
- May 11 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
- May 12 - Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
- June 30 - Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (stabbed to death)
- September 6 - John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623)
- October 1 - John Blow, British composer (b. 1649)
- October 2 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
- October 7 - Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh religious leader (b. 1666)
- October 10 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659)
- October 11 - Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651)
- October 22 - Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (b. 1636)
- October 24 - Seki Kowa, Japanese mathematician
- October 28 - Prince George of Denmark, consort of Anne of England (b. 1653)
- November 17 - Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch painter (b. 1631)
- December 22 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)
- December 28 - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)
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