Years: 1709 1710 1711 - 1712 - 1713 1714 1715

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

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1712 in literature 1712 in music 1712 in science List of state leaders in 1712 List of religious leaders in 1712

Contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

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.

Ongoing events

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

Births

• January 24 - Frederick the Great, Prussian king
• June 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher

Deaths

• July 1 - William King, English poet
• July 12 - Richard Cromwell, formerly Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• September 14 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French astronomer and engineer (born 1625)

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