Events Date 1701 | History by KabAstro

Gregory Conquers Julius Caesar

Jan 12 Frisia & Groningen (Netherlands) begin use of Gregorian calendar

Pope Gregory XIII with the calendar that was to make his name

Jan 18 Frederick I and Sophie Charlotte of Hanover crowned king and queen of Prussia
Mar 9 France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance
Apr 29 Drenthe, Netherlands, adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701
May 12 Dutch province Drenthe adopts the Gregorian calendar, making the day before in Drenthe April 29, 1701
May 15 The War of the Spanish Succession begins

William Kidd Hanged

May 23 Captain William Kidd is hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and the murder of William Moore

Princess Sophia Named Heir

Jun 12 Act of Settlement gives English and Scottish crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover (as granddaughter of James VI and I of Scotland and England). Her son George I inherits in 1714.

King of Great Britain and Ireland George I

Jul 24 French trade rand soldier Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, later becomes the city of Detroit
Aug 1 Huron chief Kondiaronk urges First Nations people to sign a peace settlement with France, dies the next day - results in The Great Peace of Montreal
Aug 4 The Peace of Montreal: thirty Amerindian tribes sign accord guaranteeing their neutrality in the event of conflict between France and England [1]
Sep 7 Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant

The Old Pretender

Sep 16 James Francis Edward Stuart (13) "The Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland on the death of his father James II