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
Events in year of 1713
- 01-30England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty
- 02-18French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao
- 02-27French troops bomb Willemstad Curacao
- 03-27Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar
- 04-11Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty
- 04-12Dutch State-General signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom
- 04-19Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions
- 07-27Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty
- 08-13King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia
- 09-08Pope Clemens XI publishes degree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism
People born in year of 1713
- 02-13Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas: Composer
- 03-10Christian Friedrich Schale: Composer
- 03-10Raphael Weiss: Composer
- 03-15Nicolas Louis de Lacaille: Astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere
- 03-21Francis Lewis: Signer (Declaration of Independence)
- 03-25Jean-Baptiste Canavas: Composer
- 04-02Onno Zwier van Haren: Frisian poet (Fatherland)
- 04-13Pierre de Jelyotte: Composer
- 04-21Louis Duke de Noailles: Marshal of France
- 05-25John Stuart: 3rd Earl of Bute, English Premier (1760-63)
- 09-18Jean Allamand: French theologist / natural philosopher
- 10-03Antoine Dauvergne: Composer
- 10-23Peter Burmannus Secundus [Pieter Burman]: Dutch classicist
- 11-24Junipero Serra: California, United States
- 11-24Laurence Sterne: Ireland -- Novelist / satirist (Tristram Shandy)
People died in year of 1713
- 01-20Pavao Vitezovic: Croatian historian
- 02-15Anthony Ashley Cooper: 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer
- 02-25Frederik I: King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
- 03-26Pal Esterhazy: Composer, dies at 77
- 06-01Johan Runius: Swedish Poet (Dudaim), dies at 34
- 09-09Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi: Swiss architect
- 09-11John Foot: Lawyer, dies at 65
- 10-04Valentin Molitor: Composer, dies at 76
- 11-20Thomas Tompion: English clock maker (cylinder tunnel)