Historical Events King George I Aug 1 Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes King George I of England King of Great Britain and Ireland George I Aug 7 The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy during the Great Northern War against Sweden Events in 1714 Famous Birthdays Aug 1 Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter, born in Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, Wales (d. 1782) Aug 14 Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter, born in Avignon, France (d. 1789) Aug 28 Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, born in Bevern, Germany (d. 1774) Born in 1714 Famous Deaths Anne Stuart (1665-1714) Aug 1 Queen of Great Britain (1702-14), dies at about 49 Aug 15 Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) Aug 26 Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632) Jul 1714 History by Year Sep 1714 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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