Events in year of 1710
- 01-27Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget
- 02-20Johan Willem Friso becomes Viceroy of Groningen Neth
- 08-07Earl van Godolphin resigns as English Minister of Finance
- 10-13English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia)
- 10-16British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
- 11-28Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured
- 12-08Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured
- 12-11Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers)
People born in year of 1710
- 01-04Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo)
- 01-05Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt: Composer
- 01-07Josef Antonin Sehling: Composer
- 01-30Vigilio Blasio Faitello: Composer
- 02-01Konrad E Ackermann: German actor (Die Oberpfalz)
- 02-07William Boyce: English Organist / composer of Cathedral music
- 02-15Louis XV the Well-Beloved: Versailles, France -- King of France (1715-74)
- 02-21Willem van Haren: Frisian nobleman / poet (Human Life)
- 03-06Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli: Composer
- 03-12Thomas Augustine Arne: English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia)
- 04-14Marie A C de Camargo: Spanish / Italian / Belgian dancer
- 04-25James Ferguson: Astronomer
- 05-14Adolf Frederik: King of Sweden (1751-70)
- 05-23Francois-Gaspard Adam: French sculptor (garden sculptures)
- 07-07Arvid Niclas Hopken: Composer
- 08-20Thomas Simpson: English mathematician (rules of Simpson)
- 11-09Reynier de Klerk: Governor-General of Dutch-Indies
People died in year of 1710
- 05-10Georg Dietrich Leiding: Composer, dies at 46
- 06-06Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc: Mistress of King Louis XIV, dies at 65
- 06-25Antonius Matthaeus: Dutch lawyer / historian, dies at 74
- 07-18Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: Ital painter, dies at 36
- 08-09Gabriel Schutz: Composer, dies at 77
- 11-21Barnardo Pasquini: Composer, dies at 72
- 12-18Peter Codde: Apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62
Events in year of 1711
- 03-01"The Spectator" begins publishing (London)
- 03-08Antoin de Guiscard tries English Premier Haley for murder
- 04-17Charles VI Habsburg becomes King of Austria
- 05-01Archduke Karel of Austria / Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar
- 08-01Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov
- 08-23Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St. Lawrence
- 09-22French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
- 10-12Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic Emperor
- 12-31Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander
People born in year of 1711
- 01-12Gaetano Latilla: Composer
- 01-29Giuseppi Bonno: Composer
- 02-05Joseph Umstatt: Composer
- 03-01Peregrinus Pogl: Composer
- 04-02Jan Punt: Dutch engraver / illustrator / actor (Gideonschool)
- 04-26David Hume: English empiricist / philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)
- 05-18Ruggiero G Boscovich [Rudzer J Boskovic]: Italian astronomer
- 07-18Pierre-Joseph Le Blan: Composer
- 08-05Johan Lulofs: Dutch physicist / philosopher / astronomer
- 09-01Willem IV KH Friso: Dutch Prince of Orange-Nassau
- 09-17Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer: Composer
- 10-17Jupiter Hammon: 1st American black to publish poetry (Complete Works)
- 11-19Michail V Lomonosov: Russian Scholar / poet
- 12-25Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville: Composer
People died in year of 1711
- 01-08Philips van Almonde: Zealand Lieutenant Admiral, dies at 66
- 02-10Lukas Fencer: Dutch Poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22
- 02-21Joan van Hoorn: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1707-09), dies at 57
- 04-17Jozef I [Habsburg]: Emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32
- 06-08Katharina Lescaille [Netherlands Sappho]: Poetess, dies at 61
- 07-14Johan Willem Friso: Prince of Orange / (Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23
- 07-28Gerard Lairesse: Painter, buried
- 11-01Christian Demelius: Composer, dies at 68
- 11-03Ferdinand Tobias Richter: Composer, dies at 60
- 12-17Arnold Moonen: Vicar / literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst)
Events in year of 1712
- 05-17Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of the Netherlands"
- 05-22Emperor Karel VI crowned King of Hungary
- 07-24Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army
- 10-04Utrecht banishes poor Jews
- 10-08French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast
People born in year of 1712
- 01-17John Stanley: Composer
- 01-24Frederick II [the Great]: King of Prussia (1740-86)
- 01-24Georg F Schmidt: German engraver / etcher
- 03-13Isfrid Kayser: Composer
- 06-28Jean Jacques Rousseau: France -- Composer / social contractor (Confession)
- 08-24Cornelis Douwes: Dutch mathematician / astronomer
- 09-01Simon Fokke: Dutch book illustrator
- 09-23Ferdinand VI [the wise]: King of Spain (1746-59)
- 10-05Francesco Guardi: Italian painter
- 10-14George Grenville: British Prime Minister (1763-65)
- 10-18Jeremias van Riemsdijk: Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1775-77)
- 10-30Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich: German painter
- 11-24Willem Bachiene: Theologist / geographer / astronomer (Ecclesiastical)
- 12-01Bernhard Christian Weber: Composer
- 12-11Francesco Algarotti: Italian Earl / encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)
- 12-12Charles Alexander: Duke of Lotharingen
People died in year of 1712
- 03-28Jan van der Heyden: Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75
- 04-05John Luyken: Poet / etcher (species company), dies at 63
- 04-10Yusuf Nabi: Turkish Poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77
- 04-29Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles: Composer, dies at 67
- 04-30Philippus van Limborch: Remonstrants Theologist / vicar, dies at 78
- 06-24Simon van der Stel: Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72
- 07-12Richard Cromwell: English Lord Protector (1658-59), dies at 85
- 07-24Cornelis Earl of Nassau: General Major / mister of Woudenberg
- 07-26Thomas Osborne: English Prime Minister (1690-94), dies at 80
- 08-04Johann Jacob de Neufville: Composer, dies at 27
- 08-07Friederich Wilhelm Zachow: Composer, dies at 48
- 08-26Sebastian Anton Scherer: Composer, dies at 80
- 08-29Gregory King: English statistician (law of King), dies at 63
- 09-11Giovanni D Cassini: French astronomer
- 09-14Jean [Giovanni] D Cassini: Italian / French astronomer
- 09-22Jose Solana: Composer, dies at 69
- 09-30Johann Michael Zacher: Composer, dies at 61
- 11-06Johann Bernhard Staudt: Composer, dies at 58
- 12-15Sidney 1st Earl of Godolphine: English Minister of Finance, dies at 67