Historical Events In 1716

Sep 06   1st US lighthouse built (Boston) in the year 1716.  

Sep 14   1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor) on this day in history.  

Sep 14   On this day in history first lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor)  

Sep 25   On this day in history johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52  

Sep 30   On this day in history heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62  

Oct 09   On this day in history england & France sign treaty  

Oct 13   On this day in history hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar  

Oct 25   Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom in the year 1716.  

Nov 14   Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70 in the year 1716.  

Nov 26   1st lion exhibited in America (Boston) in the year 1716.  

Nov 26   In the year 1716 the first lion exhibited in America (Boston)  

Dec 23   In the year 1716 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer  

Dec 24   In the year 1716 patrice F earl De Neney, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council  

Dec 26   The birth of Thomas Gray, English Poet on this day in history.  

Dec 26   On this day in history thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)  

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Jan 12   On this day in history birth of antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)  

Jan 15   Philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) was born in the year 1716.  

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits  

Jan 20   King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) was born in the year 1716.  

Jan 20   Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795) was born in the year 1716.  

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville  

Feb 18   Gaspard Fritz, composer was born in the year 1716.  

Mar 06   Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779) was born in the year 1716.  

Jan 01   William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 19   On this day in history death of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)  

Mar 08   In the year 1716 harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69  

Mar 10   Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1716.  

Mar 13   Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Apr 14   Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral died in the year 1716.  

Apr 26   John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651) died on this day in history.  

Apr 28   Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) died on this day in history.