Years: 1708 1709 1710 - 1711 - 1712 1713 1714

Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1711 in literature 1711 in music 1711 in science List of state leaders in 1711 List of religious leaders in 1711

Contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• 24 February -- The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.

• John Shore invents the tuning fork
• Alexander Pope publishes An Essay on Criticism

Ongoing events

• Great Northern War (1700-1721)
• War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713)

Births

• February 2 - Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, diplomat (+ 1794)
• May 7 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher (+ 1776)
• May 18 - Rudjer Josip Boscovich, atomic theorist (+ 1787)
• September 1 - Prince William IV of Orange (+ 1751)
• November 19 - Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (+ 1765)

Deaths

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