Rinaldo
Feb 24 George Frideric Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres at Haymarket theatre in London
The Spectator
Mar 1 Richard Steele and Joseph Addison publish the 1st edition of "The Spectator" in London to "enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality"
- Mar 8 Antoin de Guiscard, a French and English spy, fails in an attempt to murder English Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Harley; Harley survives stabbing, and Guiscard dies later from injuries sustained in the fracas
Charles VI
Apr 17 Charles VI becomes Holy Roman Emperor after the death of his brother Joseph I
- May 1 Habsburg Emperor Charles VI and Hungarian nobles including Sándor Károlyi sign Peace of Szatmar ending rebellion led by Francis II Rákóczi
An Essay on Criticism
May 15 Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism" is published anonymously
- Jul 23 Treaty of Pruth signed ending the Russo-Turkish War (1710-11), Azoz port returned to Ottoman control
Peter the Great Flees Azov
Aug 1 After being surrounded Tsar Peter the Great flees Azov
- Aug 23 British fleet under Admiral Hovenden Walker loses 950 men when 8 ships flounder on rocks at Ile-aux-Oeufs, on their way to attack Quebec
- Sep 22 French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
- Oct 12 Charles VI is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt
St Paul's Cathedral Finished
Dec 25 St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, is officially declared complete after 35 years construction, by the British parliament [1]
English Army Commander Fired
Dec 31 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, fired as English army commander
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