Historical Events In 1716

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

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

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

Sep 25   Johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 09   In the year 1716 england & France sign treaty  

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

Oct 25   In the year 1716 petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer  

Nov 03   On this day in history pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom  

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

Nov 26   1st lion exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.  

Nov 26   The first lion exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.  

Dec 23   In the year 1716 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer  

Dec 24   Patrice F earl De Neney, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   In the year 1716 birth of carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits  

Jan 20   In the year 1716 birth of king Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)  

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

Jan 26   In the year 1716 birth of george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville  

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

Mar 06   On this day in history birth of pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)  

Jan 01   In the year 1716 william Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75  

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

Mar 08   Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 10   Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Mar 13   Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46 in the year 1716.  

Apr 14   On this day in history death of arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral  

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

Apr 28   In the year 1716 death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)