1716
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| Years: 1713 1714 1715 - 1716 - 1717 1718 1719 | |
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| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1716 in literature List of state leaders in 1716 | |
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Events
- Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded.
- Crieff, Scotland was burned to the ground in revenge for the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
- Kangxi Dictionary was published this year. This dictionary laid the fundamental of most references to Han characters studies nowadays.
Ongoing events
Births
- January 20 - King Charles III of Spain
- December 25 - Johann Jacob Reiske
- December 26 - Thomas Gray, English poet and letter-writer († 1771)
- Jean Jacques Barthelemy, French writer and numismatist
Deaths
- June 2 - Ogata Korin, Japanese painter
- June 5 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician and philosopher
- November 14 - Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, diplomat and lawyer.
- John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
- Engelbrecht Kaempfer, German traveller and physician
- Charles de La Fosse, French painter
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