Major Events
- Jun 6 French transport the 1st African slaves to Louisiana
- Aug 5 Battle of Petrovaradin [Peterwardein]: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks in a decisive victory
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Born in 1716
- Jan 12 Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
- Jan 15 Philip Livingston, American businessman and politician (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Albany, New York (d. 1778)
- Jan 20 Carlos III, King of Spain (1759-88) and King of Naples and Sicily (1734-59), born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (d. 1788)
- Jan 20 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)
- Jan 26 George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (Secretary of State for the Americas during War of Independence), born in London, England (d. 1785)
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Famous Weddings in 1716
- Apr 8 Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia & marries Tsar Peter the Great's niece
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian Bach
George I
Peter the Great