Information about 1700
| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s |
| Years: | 1697 1698 1699 - 1700 - 1701 1702 1703 |
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Events of 1700
January - June
- January 1
- Russia accepts the Julian calendar.
- Germany and Denmark-Norway adopt the Gregorian calendar, including the convention that New Year's Day is January 1.
- January 26 - The Cascadia Earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes on record, ruptures the Cascadia subduction zone offshore from Vancouver Island to northern California, creating a tsunami logged in Japan and oral traditions of the American First Nations.
- February 27 - The island of New Britain is discovered.
- March 11 O.S. February 29] 1700 (Swedish calendar March 1) - The Swedish calendar is adopted. 1700 of this calendar is a common year starting on Monday.
- April - Fire destroys many buildings in Gondar, the capital of Ethiopia, including two in the palace complex.
- May 5 - Within a few days of John Dryden's death (1 May O.S.), his last written work ("The Secular Masque") is performed as part of Vanbrugh's version of The Pilgrim.
- May - In Rhode Island (American colony), Walter Clarke, former governor 1679-1686, becomes governor again for 14 more years.
July - December
- November 20 - Great Northern War: Battle of Narva - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats the army of Czar Peter the Great at Narva.
- November 23 - Pope Clement XI succeeds Pope Innocent XII as the 243rd pope.
- December 28 - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Undated
- Vietnamese gains control of the entire Indochina peninsula.
- The Great Northern War begins with Russia, Denmark and Saxony/Poland making a coordinated attack on Sweden (to 1721).
- Control of Spain passes from the Habsburgs to the Bourbons.
- Mission San Xavier del Bac is founded in New Spain near Tucson, as a Spanish Roman Catholic mission.
- A fire destroys the larger part of Edinburgh, Scotland.
- An inventory made for the Medici family of Florence documents the first piano, invented by their instrument keeper Bartolommeo Cristofori.
- Lions became extinct in Libya around this date.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1700 MDCC |
| Ab urbe condita | 2453 |
| Armenian calendar | 1149 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԹ |
| Bah' calendar | -144 – -143 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2244 |
| Chinese calendar | 4336/4396-intercalary 7-8 (己卯年閏七月初八日) — to — 4337/4397-6-18(庚辰年六月十八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1416 – 1417 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1692 – 1693 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5460 – 5461 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1755 – 1756 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1622 – 1623 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4801 – 4802 |
| Holocene calendar | 11700 |
| Iranian calendar | 1078 – 1079 |
| Islamic calendar | 1112 – 1113 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 0 (元禄0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2360 (皇紀2360年) |
| Julian calendar | 1745 |
| Korean calendar | 4033 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2243 |
- January 29 - Konstancja Czartoryska, Polish noblewoman (died 1759)
- February 2 - Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (died 1766)
- February 9 - Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch mathematician (died 1782)
- March 13 - Michel Blavet, French flutist (died 1768)
- May 7 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (died 1772)
- May 12 - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (died 1773)
- May 19 - José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (died 1770)
- May 26 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (died 1760)
- August 13 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (died 1763)
- August 17 - Clemens August of Bavaria (died 1761)
- September 11 - James Thomson, Scottish poet (died 1748)
- September 30 - Stanislaw Konarski, Polish writer (died 1773)
- October 10 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (died 1759)
- November 19 - Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (died 1770)
- November 28 - Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer (died 1764)
- December 25 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (died 1751)
- date unknown
- Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian opera singer (died 1770)
- Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1739)
- Franciszek Salezy Potocki, Polish nobleman (died 1772)
- Ivan Ranger, Austrian painter (died 1753)
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Deaths
- January 7 - Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquary (born 1618)
- January 21 - Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort (born 1629)
- February 12 - Aleksei Shein, Russian commander and statesman (born 1662)
- May - Louis Jolliet, Canadian explorer (born 1645)
- May 12 - John Dryden, English writer (born 1631)
- May 15 - John Hale, American witch hunter (born 1636)
- May 23 - Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (born 1631)
- July - John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, English politician (born 1655)
- July 29 - William, Duke of Gloucester (born 1689)
- September 15 - André Le Nôtre, French landscape gardener (born 1613)
- September 27 - Pope Innocent XII (born 1615)
- October 16 - Patriarch Adrian, Russian Orthodox Church leader (born 1627)
- November 1 - Charles II of Spain (born 1661)
- November 25 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, first native born mayor of New York (born 1643)
- date unknown
- Caius Gabriel Cibber, Danish sculptor (born 1630)
- Thomas Creech, English translator (born 1659)
- Kamalakara, Indian astronomer and mathematician (born 1616)
- Henry Killigrew, English dramatist (born 1613)
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Notes
1. ^ "Calendar in year 1700 (Russia)" (full Julian calendar), webpage: Julian-1700 (Russia used the Julian calendar until 1919).
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The 18th Century lasted from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.
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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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See also: 1690s in Canada, other events of 1700, 1701 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
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- January 26 - The Cascadia Earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes on record, ruptures the Cascadia Subduction Zone offshore from Vancouver Island to
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Dahomey - Akaba, King of Dahomey (1685-1708) Ethiopia - Iyasu I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1682-1706) Kongo - João II, Manikongo of Kongo (1693-1717) Nkore - Ntare IV Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1699-c.
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New England Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - Connecticut Colony - Fitz-John Winthrop (1698 - 1707)
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This is the calendar for any common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C). Examples: Gregorian years 2021 & 2010 or Julian years 1910 & 1899 (see bottom tables).
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