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)
Events in year of 1714
- 01-07Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
- 01-19Richard Steele publishes "Crisis, " defending Hanoverian success
- 03-06Peace of Rastatt - French Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg
- 06-12Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty
- 06-26Spain and Netherlands sign peace / trade agreement
- 07-14Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet
- 07-27English Queen Anne fires Premier Robert Haley
- 08-01Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes King George I of England
- 09-07Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
- 09-11French and Spanish troops under Duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona
- 10-07People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar Neth
- 10-20Georg Ludwig of Hannover crowned as King George I
- 10-31Georg Ludwig van Hannover crowned as English King George I
- 11-11A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street
- 11-22King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden
People born in year of 1714
- 01-01Kristijonas Donelaitis: Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas)
- 01-26Jean B Pigalle: French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)
- 01-28Jean-Baptiste Pigalle: French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
- 02-02Gottfried August Homilius: Composer
- 03-08Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: German composer, Son of JS Bach
- 03-24Carlo Giovanni Testori: Composer
- 06-17Cesar F Cassini de Thury: French astronomer (geodesic labor)
- 07-02Christoph W Ritter von Gluck: Austria -- Composer (Il there pastore)
- 08-01Richard Wilson: Welsh landscape painter
- 08-14Claude-Joseph Vernet: French painter
- 09-17Gottlieb W Rabener: German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire)
- 09-25Jean-Benoit Leclair: Composer
- 09-29Peter A van de Parra: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1761-75)
- 12-23Johann Siebenkas: Composer
People died in year of 1714
- 03-27Anton Ulrich: German Duke of Brunswick / poet, dies at 80
- 04-04Karel: Duke of Berry / French heir to the throne
- 04-17Philipp Heinrich Erlebach: Composer, dies at 56
- 06-28Cornelis Chastelein: Colonial director, dies at 56
- 06-28Daniel van Papenbroeck: Flemish Jesuit / historian, dies at 86
- 08-01Anne Stuart: Queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49