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1714 Calendar
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1714 Historical Event(s)
- August 7, 1714 – The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
- September 11, 1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Who Were Born On 1714?
- January 6, 1714 – Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788)
- February 22, 1714 – Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795)
- February 26, 1714 – James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
- July 2, 1714 – Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
- July 16, 1714 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800)
- August 14, 1714 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
- September 10, 1714 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
- October 16, 1714 – Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (d. 1795)
- November 13, 1714 – William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
- December 16, 1714 – George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)