History
1710
General
Population: 662 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include WIlliam Congreve (collected works), first literary periodical, George Berkeley Principles of Human Knowledge,
William King (heathen gods and heroes), Leibniz Theodicee (best possible worlds), Cotton Mather (essays)
Music includes Handel
First appearance of comedy character of Hanswurst in suburban theaters of Vienna
- Technology: Jakob Chrostoph Le Blon the German engraver invents three-color printing
- Deaths: Actor Thomas Betterton
Africa
- Abyssinia: German cleric and explorer Theodor Krump publishes account of his travels to Abyssinia
- Algeria: Dey becomes pasha in Algiers controlling N Algeria – Algeria (AFR) becomes self-governing
- Mauritius: Formerly Dutch – becomes French
- West Africa: Drought in West-Central Africa
Americas
- Canada: British conquer Port Royal in Acadia - renames it Nova Scotia
Europe
- General: Plague outbreak in Northern Europe
- France: Gabriel Boffrand creates Hotel Amelot in Paris
- German States: Handel becomes Kapellmeister to elector prince George of Hanover
Berlin Hospital founded
Porcelain factory at Meissen Saxony founded
- Great Britain: Stalemate in war with France
Wren creates Marlborough House in Westminster London
English South Sea Company founded
Whig government falls and Tory ministry is formed
- Russia: First budget in Russia – Peter the Great imposes beard tax - beards later outlawed
Peter the Great expands territories and as a result starts war with Turkey
- Spain: Madrid is briefly occupied by the anti-Bourbon alliance
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: Russia starts expanding into Turkey's territories