What happened in 1712?
46 recorded events in 1712, including 21 in people, 8 in architecture & engineering and 5 in wars & conflicts.
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Major Events 1
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First practical steam engine
Thomas Newcomen builds the first practical steam engine, later powering the Industrial Revolution.
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Wars & Conflicts 5
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Battle of Denain
1712 battle
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Battle of Gadebusch
1712 battle
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Siege of Bouchain
1712 siege of the War of the Spanish Succession
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Siege of Campo Maior
1712 siege
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Battle of Jammu
1712 battle of the Mughal-Sikh Wars fought in Jammu
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People 21
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Giovanni Domenico Cassini died
Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (*1625 – †1712)
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Jan van der Heyden died
Dutch painter, glass painter, draughtsman, printmaker and inventor (1637–1712)
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Simon van der Stel died
Dutch explorer (1639-1712)
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Danila Antsiferov died
Russian explorer
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Merkury Vagin died
Russian Arctic explorer
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Martin Lister died
English naturalist and physician (1639–1712)
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Guy Tachard died
French Jesuit missionary and mathematician
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Gregory King died
British herald, engraver, and political economist
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Juan Bautista Cabanilles died
Spanish composer
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Sebastian Anton Scherer died
German organist and composer
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Lambert Chaumont died
Belgian composer, in the principality of Liège, priest
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Gio Paolo Bombarda died
Belgian musician
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Catharina Elisabeth Velten died
Actor and theater manager
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Richard Estcourt died
British actor
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau born
Born in Geneva. Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778).
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George Grenville born
Born in Westminster. Prime Minister of Great Britain (1712-1770).
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Sayat-Nova born
Born in Tbilisi. Armenian musician and poet (1712–1795).
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Count of St. Germain born
Born in Sárospatak. 18th-century European adventurer and intellectual.
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Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine born
Born in Lunéville. Austrian general (1712-1780).
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Francesco Algarotti born
Born in Venice. Italian philosopher (1712-1764).
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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm born
Born in Nîmes. French soldier.
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Exploration & Discovery 3
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Grovestins' Cavalry Raid
1712 cavalry expedition by Dutch States Army
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New Siberian Islands
Island group in Arctic Ocean, Russia
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Zhengyici Peking Opera Theatre
Building in Xicheng District, China
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Religion & Belief Systems 5
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Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church in Pinsk, Belarus
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Bolo Haouz Mosque
Mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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Our Lady of Częstochowa church in Palczewo
Church building in Palczewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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Madonna della Nave Sanctuary
Sanctuary in Barzaniga, settlement in the Italian municipality of Annicco
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Santuario della Madonna di Pasano
Santuario della Madonna di Pasano (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 1
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Tula Arms Plant
Russian weapons manufacturer.
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Tzeltal Rebellion of 1712
Indigenous revolt of Mayan communities
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Architecture & Engineering 8
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Sophienkirche
Church in Berlin
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Basilian monastery
Basilian monastery in Ukraine
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St Anne's Limehouse
Hawksmoor Anglican Church in Limehouse, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Lubomirski Palace, Warsaw
Palace in Poland
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Parish Church of the Assumption, Qrendi
Church building in Qrendi, Malta
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Luisenkirche, Charlottenburg
Protestant church, now in Berlin
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Sant'Antonio Abate
Church building in Parma, Italy
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St Alkmund's Church
Church in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, UK
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Empires & Countries 1
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Bamana Empire founded
Bamana Empire was founded, with its capital at Ségou.
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