In history, year 1700 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1700 .
Top Historical Events of the Year 1700: Date/Month Event / Incidence / Incident 30 november Great Northern War-Swedish forces led by King Charles XII defeated the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great at the Battle of Narva. 02 March Rajaram, the younger son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died in Sinhagad. 01 January The Gregorian calendar began to be used except in Western Europe and England. 27 February The island of New Britain was discovered in the Western Pacific by William Dampier. 25 March London signed the treaties of France, England and Holland. 05 May William Penn's advocacy of emancipation began at monthly meetings for blacks. 30 June Started the Gregorian calendar in Gelderland. 13 July The Russian-Turkish War took place after the Treaty of Constantinople established peace. 08 August Denmark and Sweden signed the peace treaty. 14 October Rabbis Judah Hasid and Chaim Molochow came to Jerusalem. 16 November The Emperor of Brandenburg was made king of Persia. 28 December Laurence Hyde Rochester was appointed the first Earl Ireland Lord Lieutenant.
Famous birthdays in the year 1700: Date/Month Name / Profession / Country 02 February Johann Christoph Gottsched / Author / Germany 07 May Gerard van Swieten / Physician / Netherlands 08 February Daniel Bernoulli / Mathematician / Switzerland 10 October Lambert-Sigisbert Adam / Sculptor / France 11 September James Thomson / Poet / Scotland 12 May Luigi Vanvitelli / Engineer / Italy 13 August Heinrich von Brühl / Politician / Germany 13 March Michel Blavet / Composer / France 14 January Picander / Poet / Germany 19 November Jean-Antoine Nollet / Physicist / France 19 May José de Escandón / Politician / Spain 26 May Nicolaus Zinzendorf / Bishop / Germany 28 November Nathaniel Bliss / Astronomer / United Kingdom 30 September Stanisław Konarski / Poet / Poland
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1700: Year Name / Profession / Country 18 August Baji Rao I / Emperor / India
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