Page 2: Historical Events In 1716

Sep 06   1st US lighthouse built (Boston) on this day in history.   

Sep 14   1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor) in the year 1716.   

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

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

Sep 30   Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1716 england & France sign treaty   

Oct 13   Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar in the year 1716.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 26   On this day in history the first lion exhibited in America (Boston)   

Dec 23   Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 24   On this day in history patrice F earl De Neney, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council   

Dec 26   In the year 1716 the birth of Thomas Gray, English Poet   

Dec 26   In the year 1716 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   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   George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville was born on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1716 birth of gaspard Fritz, composer   

Mar 06   In the year 1716 birth of pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)   

Jan 01   On this day in history william Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75   

Feb 19   Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634) died in the year 1716.   

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

Mar 10   On this day in history wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48   

Mar 13   In the year 1716 georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46   

Apr 14   In the year 1716 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   On this day in history death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)