Page 2: Historical Events In 1716
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Sep 06 1st US lighthouse built (Boston) 


Sep 14 1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor) 


Sep 14 inaugural lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor). 


Sep 25 Johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52 


Sep 30 Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62 


Oct 09 England and France sign treaty 


Oct 13 Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar 


Oct 25 Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer. 


Nov 03 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 


Nov 26 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston) 


Nov 26 The inaugural lion exhibited in America (Boston). 


Dec 23 Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer. 


Dec 24 Patrice F earl De Neney, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council. 


Dec 26 Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard) 


Dec 26 Thomas Gray, English Poet is born 


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