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Historical Event(s)
– The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan’s order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
– War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War): Treaty of Utrecht.
– With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa of Austria (not actually born until 1717).
– The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
Who Were Born On ?
– Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
– Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (d. 1762)
– John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
– Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)
– Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (d. 1793)
– Alexis Claude de Clairaut, French mathematician (d. 1765)
– Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)
– John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
– Johann Kies, German mathematician (d. 1781)
– King Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)