History
1713
General
Population: 667 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Joseph Addison (tragedy), Alexander Pope, Arthur Collier (inquiry of truth), Fenelon (attributes of God),
Abbe Saint Pierre
Scriblerus Club founded in London by Swift, Pope, Congreve and others
Music includes Handel, Bach
Art includes Anexandre François Desportes "Spaniels with Dead Game", Watteau paints "L'Indifferent"
- Religion: Papal Bull Unigenitus condemns Jansenists
- Science: Roger Cotes the English mathematician revises Newton's works
Fahrenheit invents standardized thermometer scale
- Deaths: Frederick I of Prussia, Philosopher 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Composer Archangelo Corelli, Banker Francis Child
Americas
- Canada: England given large portion of Canada including Nova Scotia and Newfoundland due to Treaty of Utrecht
Asia
- Japan: The infant Ietsugu becomes Shogun
- Vietnam: Vietnamese continue campaign against Christianity – missionaries from France driven out of Tongking
Europe
- General: End of War of Spanish Succession – English and German armies victorious in Flanders – ended by Peace of Utrecht –
Philip V (Bourbon) of Spain gives up claim to French throne and loses Spain's lands in Europe – France's domination in Europe checked
- France: Boffrand creates the Hotel de Seigneley Paris
School of Dance established at Paris Opera
Philip of Anjou of France made Spanish king as long as FRA and SPA do not unite
France recognizes Protestant Britain
- German States: Reign of Frederick William I of Prussia begins as Frederick I dies – sets up army of 80,000 men
Pigtails introduced in Prussian Army
Also rules Netherlands after Peace of Utrecht
- Great Britain: Health of Anne of England begins to fail
Receives Spanish dominions of Gilbraltar and Minorca
Clarendon Building elected in Oxford
oard of Longitude in England
End of Queen Anne's War - Queen Anne secures trade rights with Spain and Portugal
- Holy Roman Empire: Pragmatic Sanction issued by Emperor Charles VI states female right of succession in Hapsburg domains – later naming daughter Maria Theresa as heir
Building of Prince Eugene's Palais Belvedere in Vienna
Johann Lukas von Heldebrandt creates Palais Kinsky in Vienna
- Italian States: Milan and Sicilies come under rule of Habsburgs
- Russia: Peace of Adrianople between Turkey and Russia
St. Petersburg becomes capital of Russia
- Spain: Spanish Royal Academy in Madrid founded
Philip of Anjou of France made Spanish king as long as FRA and SPA do not unite
- Sweden: Charles XII of Sweden taken prisoner by Turks at Bender Moldavia
Swedes capitulate at Oldenburg
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: Peace of Adrianople between Turkey and Russia
General
- Abolition: Britain takes over the slave trade to Spanish America under the Asiento Treaty
East
- Massachusetts: Measles outbreak
Midwest
- General: Measles outbreak around Great Lakes
South
- North Carolina: Three hurricanes pummel North Carolina