Historical Events In 1711
Saturday, 31 January 2026
Jan 08 Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 


Jan 12 Gaetano Latilla, composer 


Jan 29 Giuseppi Bonno, composer. 


Feb 05 Joseph Umstatt, composer 


Feb 10 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager and Atalante), dies at 22 


Feb 14 Handel's opera Rinaldo, premieres 


Feb 14 Handels opera Rinaldo, premieres. 


Feb 21 Joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1707-09), dies at 57. 


Feb 24 Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres, London 


Mar 01 "The Spectator" begins publishing (London) 


Mar 01 Peregrinus Pogl, composer 


Mar 08 Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder. 


Apr 02 Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) 


Apr 17 Charles VI Habsburg is recorded as becoming king of Austria 


Apr 17 Jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32. 


Apr 26 David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature). 


May 01 Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar 


May 18 Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer 


Jun 08 Katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61. 


Jul 14 Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23. 


Jul 18 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer. 


Jul 28 Gerard Lairesse, painter, buried 


Aug 01 Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov. 


Aug 05 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer 


Aug 22 British Admiral Hovenden Walker's assault on New France falters as 8 of his 15 warships are wrecked in gales and heavy fog in the St. Lawrence; nearly 900 men drown; 25 ships remaining in fleet return to England 


Aug 23 Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence. 


Aug 25 Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician 


Sep 01 Willem IV KH Friso, Dutch prince of Orange-Nassau 


Sep 17 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer 


Sep 22 French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro. 


Oct 12 Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor 


Oct 17 Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry (Complete Works) 


Nov 01 Christian Demelius, composer, dies at 68 


Nov 03 Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer, dies at 60 


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