Major Events
- Feb 24 George Frideric Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres at Haymarket theatre in London
- Mar 1 Richard Steele and Joseph Addison publish the 1st edition of "The Spectator" in London to "enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality"
- Mar 8 Antoin de Guiscard, a French and English spy, fails in an attempt to murder English Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Harley; Harley survives stabbing, and Guiscard dies later from injuries sustained in the fracas
- Apr 17 Charles VI becomes Holy Roman Emperor after the death of his brother Joseph I
- May 1 Archduke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar
- May 15 Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism" is published anonymously
- Jul 23 Treaty of Pruth signed ending the Russo-Turkish War (1710-11), Azoz port returned to Ottoman control
- Aug 1 After being surrounded Tsar Peter the Great flees Azov
- Aug 23 British fleet under Admiral Hovenden Walker loses 950 men when 8 ships flounder on rocks at Ile-aux-Oeufs, on their way to attack Quebec
- Sep 22 French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
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