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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1716. 1716 (MDCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on...
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    The Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718) was fought between Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. The 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz was not an acceptable permanent...
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  • privateer-turned-pirate. Jennings' first recorded act of piracy took place in early 1716 when, with three vessels and 150–300 men, Jennings' fleet ambushed the Spanish...
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    Countess of Sunderland (née Lady Anne Churchill; 27 February 1683 – 15 April 1716), was an English court official and noble. She held the office of Lady of...
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    1751) was the eighth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745. He was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson...
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  • The year 1716 in science and technology involved some significant events. Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel publishes his handbook of experimental chemistry...
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    Great Fulford is an historic estate in the parish of Dunsford, Devon. The grade I listed manor house, known as Great Fulford House, is about 9 miles west...
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    Events from the year 1716 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George I Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil...
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  • sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "1716 in piracy" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022)...
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    Tokugawa Ietsugu (category 1716 deaths)
    (August 8, 1709 – June 19, 1716) was the seventh shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1713 until his death in 1716. He was the son of Tokugawa...
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    institution when he was promoted to maestro de' concerti (music director) in 1716 and responsible for composing two new concertos every month. In 1705, the...
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  • Alliance is the name for the alliance between Great Britain and France between 1716 and 1731. It formed part of the stately quadrille in which the Great Powers...
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  • The year 1716 in music involved some significant events. July 1 – Domenico Zipoli joins the Society of Jesus. Soon afterwards he is sent on a mission to...
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  • 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and was relaunched on 19 March 1716. In 1744 she was renamed HMS Maidstone, and converted for use as a hospital...
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    agrarian productivity. The eighth Tokugawa shogun, Yoshimune (in office 1716–1745) had considerable success, though much of his work had to be done again...
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  • William Adams (1716–1763) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served as captain of British flagship HMS Northumberland during the Seven Years' War. Adams...
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    diplomatic endeavors, the Algerians persisted in capturing Dutch ships. In 1716, the Dutch adopted a different approach by dispatching a squadron of three...
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  • Maria (died 9 November 1716) was a Curaçaoan slave and leader of a slave rebellion on Curaçao in the Dutch West Indies in 1716. Maria was a cook at the...
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    Ippolito Desideri, 1716–1721, who gained a deep knowledge of Tibetan culture, language and Buddhism, and various Capuchins in 1707–1711, 1716–1733 and 1741–1745...
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  • in 1716. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed. Louisiana – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, Governor of Louisiana (1713–1716) Jean-Baptiste...
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  • the Earldom of Callendar was merged until its forfeiture by attainder in 1716. The seat of the Earls of Callendar was Callendar House in Falkirk. James...
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    early development of ukiyo-e by Moronobu. The reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune (1716–1745) saw poor harvests and a fall in tax revenue in the early 1720s, as...
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  • James 'Athenian' Stuart, Scottish archaeologist and architect (d. 1788) 1716: January 20 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist (d. 1795) 1717:...
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    sometimes called the Septennial Act 1716, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It was passed in May 1716. It increased the maximum length of...
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    The 5th Earl of Linlithgow (and 4th Earl of Callendar) was attainted in 1716 for his participation in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, and all of his peerages...
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  • Events from the year 1716 in France. Monarch: Louis XV Regent: Philip II of Orleans May - John Law Scottish economist establishes Le Banque Générale in...
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    Imperial Spain: 1469–1716. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 337–338. ISBN 0-14-100703-6. Elliot, J.H. (2002). Imperial Spain: 1469–1716. New York: Penguin Books...
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  • 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 … In literature 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 Art Archaeology...
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    1715, escaping only days before Stralsund fell. When Wismar surrendered in 1716, all of Sweden's Baltic and German possessions were lost. After Charles XII...
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  • Events from the year 1716 in Ireland. Monarch: George I June 20 – acts of the Parliament of Ireland for: Confiscating the estates of James Butler, 2nd...
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