1700 in History – What happened in year 1700

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