Major Events
- Jan 7 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
- Aug 7 The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy during the Great Northern War against Sweden
- Sep 7 Treaty of Baden signed by the Holy Roman Empire and France, ending the War of the Spanish Succession; French retain Alsace and Landau, Austria gets east bank of Rhine
- More 1714 Events
George Whitefield
Anne Stuart
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Louis XIV
Peter the Great