1712
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| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1712 in topic: Lists of leaders: | |
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Events
- Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. Introduced Protestant faith in Switzerland.
- Thomas Newcomen builds the first piston-operated steam engine at Tipton, Staffordshire, UK.
- The delivering of the infamous William Lynch Speech, which helped exert submissiveness on the African American slaves in Virginia.
Ongoing events
Births
- January 24 - King Frederick the Great of Prussia (d. 1786)
- June 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
Deaths
- February 2 - Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician
- February 18 - Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir to the throne of France (b. 1682)
- March 25 - Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641)
- April 11 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638)
- April 30 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch protestant theologian (b. 1633)
- June 11 - Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, Marshal of France (b. 1654)
- July 1 - William King, English poet (b. 1663)
- July 12 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1626)
- July 26 - Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (b. 1631)
- August 3 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
- August 18 - Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier
- August 29 - Gregory King, English statistician (b. 1648)
- September 12 - Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter (b. 1637)
- September 14 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French astronomer and engineer (b. 1625)
- September 15 - Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician
- November 15 - James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nationalist (b. 1658)
- November 15 - Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
