What happened in 1716?

Battle of Petrovaradin

Wars & Conflicts · Petrovaradin

1716 battle

Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718

Wars & Conflicts · Serbia

Fought between Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire

Siege of Corfu

Wars & Conflicts · Corfu

1716 part of the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War

Siege of Temeşvar

Wars & Conflicts · Timișoara

1716 siege that occurred during the Austro-Turkish War

Siege of Yamyshev

Wars & Conflicts · Pavlodar Region

1716 conflict in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan

Battle of Dynekilen

Wars & Conflicts · Dynekilen

1716 battle of the Great Northern War

Action of 8 July 1716

Wars & Conflicts · Straits of Corfu

1716 naval battle

Khiva expedition (1717)

Wars & Conflicts · Khanate of Khiva

Russian colonial military campaign in Central Asia against the Khanate of Khiva in 1717

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz died

People · Hanover

German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

Engelbert Kaempfer died

People · Lieme

Died in Lieme. German botanist (1651–1716).

Lê Hy Tông died

People · Hanoi

King of Vietnam

Roger Cotes died

People · Cambridge

English mathematician

Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontan died

People · Hanover

New France military officer, writer, and enlightenment intellect

Joseph Sauveur died

People · Paris

French mathematician and founder of the science of acoustics (1653–1716)

Antoine Parent died

People · Paris

French mathematician (1666–1716)

Johann Heinrich Hoffmann died

People · Berlin

Astronomer

Antonio Zucchelli died

People · Gorizia

Italian explorer (1663-1716)

Juan de Ulibarrí died

People · San Luis Potosí

Spanish or Criollo soldier and explorer

Giovanni Battista Bassani died

People · Bergamo

Italian composer, violinist and organist

Johann Aegidius Bach died

People · Erfurt

German organist, father of Johann Bernhard Bach

Johann Fischer died

People · Schwedt/Oder

German composer and violinist (1646–1716)

Johann Samuel Drese died

People · Weimar

German composer

Caterina Bianconelli died

People · Paris

Italian actress

Thomas Gray born

People · London

Born in London. English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771).

Yuan Mei born

People · Hangzhou

Born in Hangzhou. Poet, essayist, scholar of the Qing Dynasty (1716-1797).

Antonio de Ulloa born

People · Seville

Born in Seville. Spanish explorer, naval officer, colonial official, and naturalist.

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy born

People · Cassis

Born in Cassis. French writer and numismatist (1716-1795).

Gaspar de Portolà born

People · Os de Balaguer

Born in Os de Balaguer. Explorer and soldier in New Spain.

Jean François de Saint-Lambert born

People · Nancy

Born in Nancy. French poet, philosopher and military officer.

Charles III of Spain born

People · Madrid

Born in Madrid. King of Spain from 1759 to 1788.

Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine died

People · Düsseldorf

Died in Düsseldorf. German nobleman (1658–1716).

Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien died

People · Blois

Died in Blois. Queen of Poland (1641-1716).

Frances Canyon Ruin

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site in New Mexico, United States of America

Lhasa Great Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Tibet

Annunciation Cathedral in Nizhyn

Religion & Belief Systems

St. Peter und Paul

Religion & Belief Systems · Rettenbach

Church building in Rettenbach, Pfaffing, Germany

St. Vitus (Erlingshofen)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Bavaria, Germany

Santuario della Madonna del Ponte

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Narni Scalo, Narni

Madonna della Pace

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Albisola Superiore, Italy

Santi Cosma e Damiano

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Magliolo, Italy

St. Francis Cathedral of Xi'an

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Xi'an, China

Cainta Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Cainta, Rizal, Philippines

Chiesa delle Anime Sante

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Scanno (AQ), Italy

Dorfkirche Unterliederbach

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Frankfurt, Germany

Saint Catherine of Alexandria church in Brzeźno Szlacheckie

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Brzeźno Szlacheckie, Poland

Zhitenny Smolensky Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Ostashkov, Russia

Franciscan monastery Sinsheim

Religion & Belief Systems

Former monastery in Germany

Stehla village church

Religion & Belief Systems · Stehla

Church in Stehla, Arzberg (Saxony)

John Law's Bank

Economy & Trade · Paris

Defunct financial institution

Peter the Great's trip to Western Europe

Economy & Trade · Western Europe

1716–1717 official trip

1716 Algiers earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics · Algiers

Earthquake in Algeria

Karlskirche

Architecture & Engineering

Baroque church in Vienna, Austria

convent of San Marcos

Architecture & Engineering · León

Hotel and former monastery in León, Spain

Santa Maria in Monticelli

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Rome, Italy

St Mary Woolnoth

Architecture & Engineering

Church in City of London, UK

Church of Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Peñas de San Pedro, Spain

Church of San Francisco

Architecture & Engineering

Place of worship at Madero Street, Mexico City

St George's, Bloomsbury

Architecture & Engineering

Church in London Borough of Camden, England

monastery of Văcărești

Architecture & Engineering

Monastery (demolished in 1986) in Bucharest

San Gaudenzio, Ivrea

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ivrea, Italy

Iglesia de Santa Liberata

Architecture & Engineering · Rímac

Cultural heritage site in Peru

Port of Duisburg

Architecture & Engineering

Largest inlandport in the World

Fort Al-Ghwayzi

Architecture & Engineering

Historical fort in Mukalla

St Nicholas in the Possad

Architecture & Engineering

Kirche Malschwitz

Architecture & Engineering · Malschwitz

Church building in Malschwitz, Saxony, Germany