Major Events
- Jan 1 Paris merchant Jean Marius obtains 5-year royal privilege for his invention of a folding umbrella - first in Europe
- Jan 27 Tsar Peter the Great sets first Russian state budget
- Feb 20 Prince John William Friso becomes Stadtholder of Groningen, Netherlands
- Feb 28 In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock
- Apr 10 The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain
- Aug 7 Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance
- Oct 13 English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia)
- Oct 16 British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
- Dec 8 Battle of Brihuega in the War of the Spanish Succession: British General James Stanhope captured by French & Spanish forces
- Dec 11 Battle of Villa Viciosa: France beats the Habsburgers
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Fun Fact About 1710
Paris merchant Jean Marius obtains 5-year royal privilege for his invention of a folding umbrella - first in Europe
Who Died in 1710
- Jan 16 Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
- Jan 21 Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and religious leader, dies at 71
- Feb 16 Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes, dies at 77
- Feb 24 Daniel Greysolon Dulhut, French explorer and soldier (establishes French control on Lake Superior, Canada), dies (b. c. 1636) [1]
- Mar 4 Louis III, Prince of Condé and Duke de Bourbon, dies at 41
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Famous Weddings in 1710
- Nov 11 Anna Ivanovna (future Empress of Russia) (17) marries Frederick William, Duke of Courland (18). Frederick dies two months later.
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