Historical Events Oct 7 People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands King George I Oct 20 Georg Ludwig von Hannover crowned as Britain's King George I at Westminster Abbey King of Great Britain and Ireland George I Events in 1714 Famous Birthdays Oct 16 Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (d. 1795) Born in 1714 Famous Deaths Oct 5 Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630) Oct 10 Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646) Sep 1714 History by Year Nov 1714 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning