1714 in History – What happened in year 1714

In history, year 1714 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 1714.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1714:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
26 June	Spain and the Netherlands signed the Trade and Peace Agreement.
07 January	Typewriter made by Henry Mill of England.
17 February	The Parliament of Paris accepted the "unigenetus" degree of Pope Clemens XI.
06 March	March 6 Peace of Rastat - French Emperor Charles Sahava Habsburg signed the peace treaty.
19 May	The Queen of Great Britain refused to allow members of the House of Hanover to remain in Britain during her lifetime.
26 June	Spain and Netherlands signed peace / trade agreement.
27 July	British Queen Anne rejected Premier Robert Haley.
01 August	Queen George Ludwig became King George I of England.
11 September	The French and Spanish soldiers took over Barcelona under the Duke of Berwick.
07 October	People rioted in Alkmar, Netherlands due to tax on beer.
22 November	King Karel XII was released from Turkish captivity to return to Sweden.
09 December	Ottoman-Venetian War 1714–1718): Ottoman Empire declared war on the Republic of Venice.

Famous birthdays in the year 1714:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 August	Richard Wilson / Painter / United Kingdom
01 January	Kristijonas Donelaitis / Poet / Lithuania
02 July	Christoph Willibald Gluck / Composer / Germany
02 February	Gottfried August Homilius / Composer / Germany
06 January	Percivall Pott / Surgeon / United Kingdom
08 March	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Pianist / Germany
10 September	Niccolò Jommelli / Composer / Italy
10 May	Sophie Charlotte Ackermann / Actress / Germany
14 August	Claude Joseph Vernet / Painter / France
16 October	Giovanni Arduino / Academic / Italy
17 July	Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten / Philosopher / Germany
17 June	César-François Cassini de Thury / Astronomer / France
21 December	John Bradstreet / General / Canada
24 August	Alaungpaya / King / Myanmar (Burma)
25 February	René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou / Politician / France
26 January	Jean-Baptiste Pigalle / Educator / France
27 December	George Whitefield / Preacher / United Kingdom
27 March	Francesco Antonio Zaccaria / Historian / Italy
30 September	Étienne Bonnot de Condillac / Philosopher / France
31 December	Arima Yoriyuki / Educator / Japan