1713 Explained
Events
January - March
April - June
- April 11 - The Second Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and France ends the War of the Spanish Succession.[3] France cedes Newfoundland, Acadia, Hudson Bay and St Kitts to Great Britain.[1]
- April 14 - First performance, in London, of Joseph Addison's libertarian play Cato, a Tragedy, which will be influential on both sides of the Atlantic.[4]
- April 19 - With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, to ensure one of his daughters will inherit the Habsburg lands.
- May 1 - As part of the Treaty of Utrecht, the Spanish Crown agrees the Asiento de Negros with Anne, Queen of Great Britain, granting a subsidiary of the British South Sea Company, the Real Asiento de Inglaterra, a 30-year monopoly in the supply of African slaves to colonial Spanish America.[5]
- May 2 - In the Great Northern War, a fleet of the Russian Navy, transporting 12,000 soldiers, sails from Kronstadt to attack the Swedish Army at Helsinki.
- May 6 - The Parliament of Ireland is dissolved by Queen Anne and new elections are set.
- May 13 - King Philip V of Spain issues an auto accordado that changes the order of succession for the Spanish throne allowing a female descendant within the House of Bourbon to rule. The change will allow his great-great-granddaughter to ascend the throne in 1833 as Queen Isabella II.
- May 17 - Ottone in villa, the first opera by composer Antonio Vivaldi, is given its initial performance, debuting at the Teatro delle Grazie in Vicenza
- May 21 - Great Northern War: The Russian fleet lands a force of 10,000 men at Pernå on the southern coast of Finland.
- June 1 (approx.) - Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia into the Pamlico Peninsula to defeat the Machapunga and Coree tribes.
- June 23 - French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Great Britain, or leave Nova Scotia.
July - September
October - December
- October 6 - The Treaty of Schwedt is signed between Russia and Brandenburg-Prussia, with the latter accepting the annexation of Baltic territories and paying Russia expenses in return for the southern part of Pomerania, recently taken from Sweden in the Great Northern War.
- October 17 - The Battle of Pälkäne is fought in what is now Finland between Russia and Sweden, with Russia's Fyodor Arpaskin forcing Finnish troops under Carl Gustaf Armfeldt to withdraw.
- November 6 - The Dublin election riot breaks out during the fiercely contested Irish General Election.[6]
- November 12 - The 1713 British general election concludes with the conservative Tories winning 358 of the 558 available seats in the House of Commons, and the liberal Whigs having 200.
- December 9 - As part of the agreements made at Utrecht to end the War of the Spanish Succession, Great Britain and Spain sign a treaty of commerce and navigation.[7]
- December 10 - The rebellion of Richard Raworth, Deputy Governor of Fort St. David (now abandoned and in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu near Cuddalore), against the British East India Company comes to an end after two months when forces sent by Bridish Madras Governor Edward Harrison to negotiate a settlement allowing Raworth to surrender in return for amnesty.
- December 21 - Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy is crowned King of Sicily at Palermo, and his wife Anne Marie is crowned as Queen consort.[8] The coronation follows Spain's recognition of Sicilian independence, effective September 22, as part of the Treaty of Utrecht.
Date unknown
Births
January
- January 1 - Carl Gustaf Warmholtz, Swedish writer (d. 1785)
- January 2 - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
- January 5 - Jorge Juan y Santacilia, Spanish mathematician and naval officer (d. 1773)
- January 7 - Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian impresario and librettist (d. 1785)
- January 13 - Charlotte Charke, British actor and writer (d. 1760)
- January 17 - Jean Chrétien Fischer, French general (d. 1762)
- January 18 - Grigory Spiridov, Russian admiral (d. 1790)
- January 22 - Marc-Antoine Laugier, French Jesuit priest and architectural theorist (d. 1769)
- January 25 - Gang Se-hwang, Joseon Dynasty painter (d. 1791)
- January 29 - Edmé-François Mallet, French writer (d. 1755)
- January 31
February
- February 2 - Maria Margarida de Lorena, 2nd Duchess of Abrantes, Portuguese noblewoman and courtier (d. 1780)
- February 5 - Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, British Baron (d. 1795)
- February 7 - Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet, Governor of Jamaica and New York (d. 1769)
- February 11 - Diane Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle, Mistress of Louis XV (d. 1769)
- February 12 - Kenrick Clayton, British politician (d. 1769)
- February 13 - Domènec Terradellas, Spanish opera composer (d. 1751)
- February 14
- February 20 - Anna Maria Elvia, Swedish feminist writer (d. 1784)
- February 26 - Pyotr Sheremetev, Russian noble (d. 1788)
- February 28 - Louis-Auguste-Augustin d'Affry, French diplomat (d. 1793)
March
- March 2 - Giammaria Ortes, Italian composer and academic (d. 1790)
- March 5
- March 8 - Gian Carlo Passeroni, Italian writer (d. 1803)
- March 9 - Daniel Fones, American military commander (d. 1790)
- March 12 - Johann Adolph Hass, German clavichord maker (d. 1771)
- March 15 - Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (d. 1762)
- March 17 - Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet, British politician (d. 1788)
- March 21 - Francis Lewis, Signatory of the US Declaration of Independence, from Wales (d. 1803)
- March 23 - Bowen Southwell, Irish politician (d. 1796)
- March 26 - Peter Oliver, Massachusetts loyalist colonial judge (d. 1791)
- March 28 - Juan Nentvig, German anthropologist (d. 1768)
- March 29 - John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1787)
April
May
June
- June 3 - Robert Petre, 8th Baron Petre, British peer, renowned horticulturist (d. 1742)
- June 10 - Princess Caroline of Great Britain, fourth child and third daughter of George II (d. 1757)
- June 11
- June 13
- June 16 - Meshech Weare, First Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786)
- June 17 - Hongjiao, Chinese Qing dynasty imperial prince (d. 1764)
- June 20 - Georg Anton Urlaub, German painter (d. 1759)
- June 22 - Lord John Sackville, English gentleman and cricketer (d. 1765)
- June 25 - Marie-Marguerite Brun, French poet (d. 1794)
- June 29 - Johannes de Bosch, painter from the Northern Netherlands (d. 1785)
July
August
- August 1 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1780)
- August 3 - Johan Georg Lillienberg, Swedish count and politician (d. 1798)
- August 4
- August 6 - Marie Sophie de Courcillon, French noblewoman and Duchess of Rohan-Rohan, Princess of Soubise by marriage (d. 1756)
- August 9 - James Murray, loyalist during the American Revolution (d. 1781)
- August 11 - Lebbeus Harris, Canadian politician (d. 1792)
- August 13 - David Franco Mendes, Dutch poet (d. 1792)
- August 17 - Antoine de Montazet, French archbishop (d. 1788)
- August 18 - Arthur Champagne, Irish Anglican priest (d. 1799)
- August 25 - Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman I, Raja of Pudukkottai (d. 1769)
- August 27 - Anton August Beck, German engraver (d. 1787)
September
- September 3 - Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye, one of the founders of the present province of Manitoba (d. 1736)
- September 9 - Robert Bremner, British music publisher (d. 1789)
- September 10
- September 13 - Giuseppe Maria Buondelmonti, Italian philosopher (d. 1757)
- September 14
- September 16 - Charles Lucas, Irish apothecary, physician and politician (d. 1771)
- September 20 - Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor, French military officer (d. 1775)
- September 21 - Domingo de Bonechea, Spanish explorer (d. 1775)
- September 22 - Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa, Hungarian nobleman, jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county of Zala (d. 1770)
- September 23 - Ferdinand VI of Spain, king of Spain, lived (d. 1759)
October
- October 2 - Henry Tucker of The Grove, Bermudian merchant, politician and Militia officer (d. 1787)
- October 3 - Antoine Dauvergne, French composer and violinist (d. 1797)
- October 5 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher (d. 1784)
- October 7 - Granville Elliott, Army General, British military expert, working for Britain and Palatine forces (d. 1759)
- October 8 - Yechezkel Landau, influential Polish authority on halakha (Jewish law) (d. 1793)
- October 9 - Mikhail Volkonsky, Russian statesman and military figure from the House of Volkonsky (d. 1788)
- October 12 - Khawaja Muhammad Zaman of Luari, Sindhi Sufi poet (d. 1775)
- October 13
- October 20
- October 23 - Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch lawyer and philologist (d. 1778)
- October 24 - Marie Fel, French opera singer (d. 1794)
- October 30 - Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1791)
November
- November 1 - Antonio Genovesi, Italian economist (d. 1769)
- November 5 - Gorges Lowther, Member of the Irish House of Commons (d. 1792)
- November 6 - Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds, British politician (d. 1789)
- November 13 - Nicolas Luton Durival, French historian (d. 1795)
- November 14 - Blasius Columban, Baron von Bender, Luxembourgish politician (d. 1798)
- November 17 - August de la Motte, German general (d. 1788)
- November 24
- November 28 - Georg Friedrich Brander, German precision mechanic and mathematician (d. 1783)
- November 30 - Johann Balthasar Bullinger, Swiss landscape painter (d. 1793)
December
- December 4 - Gasparo Gozzi, Venetian critic and dramatist (d. 1786)
- December 9 - Abraham Bäck, physician (d. 1795)
- December 10 - Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German composer and musician (d. 1747)
- December 13 - John Baptist Caryll, third Jacobite Baron Caryll of Durford (d. 1788)
- December 14 - Martin Knutzen, German philosopher (d. 1751)
- December 15 - Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician (d. 1802)
- December 17 - Antoine-Noé de Polier de Bottens, Swiss theologian (d. 1783)
- December 19 - Jonathan Toup, British philologist (d. 1785)
- December 23 - Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1749)
- December 27 - Giovanni Battista Borra, Italian architect and engineer (d. 1770)
- December 29
Deaths
January
- January 1
- January 2 - Lady Mary Butler, British noble; (b. 1689)
- January 5 - Jean Chardin, French jeweler, traveler and author (b. 1643)
- January 8 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
- January 11 - Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
- January 12 - John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery, Governor of Jamaica, President of the British Royal Society (b. 1639)
- January 20 - Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Croatian writer, historian, linguist and publisher (b. 1652)
- January 26 - Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe, English politician (b. 1648)
February
- February 1 - Michael II Apafi, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1676)
- February 2 - Marko Mesić, Croatian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1640)
- February 3 - William Milman, English lawyer (b. 1650)
- February 4 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (b. 1671)
- February 11 - Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung, Nawab of the Carnatic (b. 1657)
- February 12
- February 14
- February 15 - Carlo Vigarani, Italian scenic designer (b. 1637)
- February 25 - King Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
- February 26 - William Paget, 6th Baron Paget, English peer and ambassador (b. 1637)
- February 28 - Samuel Whiting Jr., American clergyman 1633–1713 (b. 1633)
March
- March 4 - Ireneo della Croce, Carmelite preacher and chronicler (b. 1625)
- March 14 - Mary Cromwell, Countess Fauconberg, daughter of Oliver Cromwell (b. 1637)
- March 15 - Wolfgang William Romer, Dutch military engineer (b. 1640)
- March 17 - Juraj Jánošík, Slovak outlaw, known as the Slovak Robin Hood (executed) (b. 1688)
- March 20 - Owen Buckingham, MP and Lord Mayor of London (b. 1649)
- March 21 - Feodor Lopukhin, Russian lawyer, nobleman, colonel, courtier and Boyar (b. 1638)
- March 22 - Robert Petre, 7th Baron Petre, British peer (b. 1689)
- March 24 - Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, French Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Beauvais (b. 1631)
- March 26
- March 29 - Christian Thomsen Carl, Danish naval officer (b. 1676)
- March 30 - Govert Bidloo, Dutch physician, anatomist, poet and playwright (b. 1649)
April
- April 3 - Henri, Count of Brionne, French noble (b. 1661)
- April 8
- April 11 - Anne Clausdatter, Norwegian businesswoman (b. 1659)
- April 15 - Valentin Molitor, Swiss composer (b. 1637)
- April 17 - David Hollatz, German theologian (b. 1648)
- April 18 - Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, German princess (b. 1674)
- April 20 - John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, Scottish nobleman (b. 1645)
- April 21 - Paolo Naldini, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Capodistria (b. 1632)
- April 24 - Edmund Meyrick, Welsh cleric (b. 1636)
- April 27 - Marie Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg, princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1646)
May
June
July
August
September
October
- October 5 - Charles Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich, British Army officer and noble (b. 1683)
- October 14 - Johan de la Faille, Dutch art collector (b. 1628)
- October 15 - Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder, German artist (b. 1666)
- October 17 - Ambrose Crowley, English ironmonger (b. 1658)
- October 18 - Tripo Kokolja, Venetian painter (b. 1661)
- October 20 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)
- October 22 - Sir John Cropley, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1663)
- October 28 - Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (b. 1640)
- October 31
November
- November 2 - Narcissus Marsh, English clergyman (b. 1638)
- November 6 - Franz Karl of Auersperg, Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Münsterberg (b. 1660)
- November 7 - Elizabeth Barry, British actress (b. 1658)
- November 8
- November 9 - Armand Charles de La Porte de La Meilleraye, French general (b. 1632)
- November 17 - Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
- November 18 - Charles Hickman, Anglican Bishop of Derry (b. 1648)
- November 20 - Thomas Tompion, British clockmaker (b. 1638)
- November 26 - John Belding, Connecticut politician (b. 1650)
- November 30 - Nishio Tadanari, daimyo (b. 1653)
December
- December 1 - Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale, English noble (b. 1692)
- December 2 - Gershom Bulkeley, Christian minister, physician, surgeon, magistrate (b. 1636)
- December 3 - Noadiah Russell, one of the clergymen who founded Yale (b. 1659)
- December 4 - François Pétis de la Croix, French orientalist (b. 1653)
- December 5 - Tokugawa Gorōta, daimyo (b. 1711)
- December 14
- December 15
- December 17 - Nicolò Beregan, Italian noble and singer (b. 1627)
- December 18 - Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt, German Duke (b. 1668)
- December 31 - Edward Proger, Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire (b. 1621)
- date unknown
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