Major Events
- Jan 12 Frisia & Groningen (Netherlands) begin use of Gregorian calendar
- Jan 18 Frederick I and Sophie Charlotte of Hanover crowned king and queen of Prussia
- Mar 9 France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance
- Apr 29 Drenthe, Netherlands, adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701
- May 12 Dutch province Drenthe adopts the Gregorian calendar, making the day before in Drenthe April 29, 1701
- May 15 The War of the Spanish Succession begins
- May 23 Captain William Kidd is hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and the murder of William Moore
- Jun 12 Act of Settlement gives English and Scottish crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover (as granddaughter of James VI and I of Scotland and England). Her son George I inherits in 1714.
- Jul 24 French trade rand soldier Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, later becomes the city of Detroit
- Aug 1 Huron chief Kondiaronk urges First Nations people to sign a peace settlement with France, dies the next day - results in The Great Peace of Montreal
- More 1701 Events
Anders Celsius
William Kidd
James II
Louis XIV
Peter the Great