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{{Year article header|1700}} As of ] (] ]), where the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 11 days until ] (] ]), 1800.


In Sweden, the year started in the Julian calendar and remained so until February 28. Then, by skipping the leap day, the ] was introduced, letting February 28 be followed by March 1, giving the entire year the same pattern as a ]. This calendar, being ten days behind the Gregorian and one day ahead of the Julian, lasts until ].
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== Events ==
Years: ] ] ] ] ] - '''1700''' - ] ] ] ] ]
----
==Events==
* ] - ] accepts ].
* ] - in around this year, ] and ]-] adopt the ], including the convention that ] is January 1st.
* ] - Massive earthquake hits ].
* ] - The island of ] is discovered.
* ] - ]: ] - King ] defeats the army of ] ] at ].
* Vietnamese gain control of entire Indochina peninsula.
*The ] begins when ], ] and ]/] make a coordinated attack on ] (to ]).
*Control of ] passes from the ]s to the ]s.
* ] - ] appointed ].
* ] - ] adopted.
* ] founded in ] near ], as a ] ] mission.


=== January–March ===
==Year in topic==
* ] – ] nations in ], except ], start using the ]. ] nations have been using the Gregorian calendar since its introduction in ] by ].
* ]
* ] (Julian) (January 11, Gregorian) – The ] begins numbering its calendar from the birth of Christ (]), instead of since the Creation (]).
* ]
* ] – At approximately 9 p.m., the ] occurs in the ], with an estimated ] of 8.7–9.2. This ] ruptures about {{convert|1000|km|mi|sp=us|abbr=off}} of the ] and causes a ], that strikes the coast of Japan approximately 10 hours later.
* ] – The 'Lesser Great Fire' destroys a substantial part of central ], Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|first=Ian|last=Colville|title=The Lesser Great Fire of 1700 in Edinburgh|url=http://iainthepict.blogspot.com/2011/02/lesser-great-fire-of-1700-in-edinburgh.html|work=On this day in Scotland|date=2011-02-08|access-date=2011-11-21}}</ref>
* ] – The ] begins with a joint invasion of ] territory in ] and ], by ] and ]/]. Sweden has control of the ] and holds territory that includes Finland, ], Latvia and parts of northern Germany. To challenge its power, an alliance is formed between Tsar ], King ] and ], King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. Sweden's ruler is the militaristic ], known as the "Swedish Meteor".
* ] – The island of ] is discovered by ], in the western Pacific.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* ] (Gregorian) – Protestant ] and ] adopt the ].
* ] (Swedish), ] (Gregorian), ] (Julian) – The ] is adopted.
* ] (early) – ]'s comedy '']'' is first performed in London.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology289">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/289}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama|volume=4|first=Stanley|last=Hochman|page=542}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author-link=Samuel Johnson|first=Samuel|last=Johnson|quote=Probably produced in the first week of March, 1700, as the book of the play was published March 28th, 1700.|title=Lives of the Poets|volume=2|page=213, n.2|year=1799}}</ref>
* ] – ] accedes to the throne of the ] as the 4th Chhatrapati after his father ]'s death.
* ] – The ] is signed between ], ] and the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty/ps1713.htm|title=The House Laws of the German Habsburgs|access-date=2011-11-21}}</ref>


=== April–June ===
==Births==
* ] – The coronation of King ] takes place at ] in ].
* ] - ], ] (died ])
* ] – Hungarian freedom activist ] is arrested by Austrian authorities and charged with sedition. Imprisoned near ] and facing a death sentence, he escapes and later leads the overthrow of the Habsburg control of Hungary.
* ] - ] (died ])
* ] – In ], the siege of the fortress of ] (located in the ] state) is begun by an army led by Fateullahakhan. The fortress falls on June 6.
* ] (died ])
* ] – Fire destroys many buildings in ], the capital of ], including two in the palace complex.
* ] – Within a few days of poet ]'s death in London (] O.S.), his last written work ('']'') is performed as part of ]'s version of '']''.
* ] – In ] (American colony), ], three-term former ], is elected deputy governor for the second time, serving under his brother-in-law ].
* ] (May 28 O.S.) – The legislature for the ] (the modern-day Commonwealth of ] in the United States) passes into law "An Act against Jesuits & Popish Priests" making a finding that Roman Catholic clerics have attempted to incite American Indians into a rebellion against the Crown, and declaring "That all and every Jesuit, Seminary Priest, Missionary, or other Spiritual or Ecclesiastical Person made or ordained by any Authority, Power or Jurisdiction derived, challenged or pretended from the Pope or See of Rome, now residing within this Province or any part thereof, shall depart from and out of the same, at or before the tenth day of September next, in this present year, One Thousand and Seven Hundred."<ref>, Evans Early American Imprint Collection</ref> The ] enacts similar legislation later in the year.


=== July–September ===
==Deaths==
* ] – The ] is founded, with ] as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Berlin.html|title=Berlin Academy of Science|last1=O'Connor|first1=John J.|first2=Edmund F.|last2=Robertson |work=MacTutor History of Mathematics|access-date=21 November 2011<!--Added by DASHBot-->|date=August 2004}}</ref>
* ] - ], ] ] and ] (born ]).
* ] – ] counter-attacks his enemies by invading ] (Denmark), assisted by an Anglo-Dutch naval squadron under Sir ], rapidly compelling the Danes to submit to peace.<ref>Anthony Guggenberger, ''A General History of the Christian Era: The Social Revolution'' (B. Herder, 1906) p. 16</ref>
* ] - ], French landscape gardener (born ]).
* ] – Eleven-year-old ], dies of "a malignant fever" at ], leaving the Protestant ] in doubt.
* ] - ] (born ]).
* ] (] ]) – The ] is concluded between the ], ] and ] in ]. On the same day, ], ], and ], ], enter the war against Sweden.
* ] - ], last of the Spanish Habsburgs (born ]).
* ] – ] returns to England after a voyage of almost one year on ], from which he has observed the ],<ref>{{cite book|first=Alan|last=Gurney|title=Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839|publisher=Norton|location=New York|year=1997|isbn=0-393-03949-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/belowconvergence0000gurn}}</ref> and publishes his findings on terrestrial magnetism in ''General Chart of the Variation of the Compass''.
* ], Danish sculptor, emigrated to England, father of ] (born ]).
* ] – ] is deposed as the ] and replaced by his predecessor ].
* ] of the ], last ] until the ].
* ]-] – ] strikes the coast of ] killing 98.
* Prince ], son of ], two years before she became ] (born 1689).
* ] – ] dies at the age of 85 after a tenure of more than nine years. ], the ], assumes administration of the Roman Catholic Church in order to oversee the election of a new Pope.
* ] – A Russian army invades ], and besieges the town of ].<ref>Lindsey Hughes, ''Peter the Great: A Biography'' (Yale University Press, 1998) p. 63</ref>


=== October–December ===
]
* ] – The ] takes place in ] with a surprise attack and ambush on the army of Murad III ] by two Algerian defenders, Hadj Mustapha, ] and Ahmed ben Ferhat, ].
]
* ] – ], dies after more than 10 years as head of the Russian Orthodox Church. He is replaced by the hand-picked choice of Tsar ] with the appointment of Simeon Ivanovich Yavorsky as Patriarch ].
]
* ] – ], the last Spanish king of the ], dies at the ] aged 38, leaving no children; his last will makes ] his heir.
]
* ] – ] of France accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson ] of the ], who becomes Philip V of Spain (reigning for 44 years – with a short break – to ]), thus triggering the ] (]–]).<ref>{{cite book|first=Maximilian Samson Friedrich|last=Schoell|title=Cours d'histoire des états européens depuis le bouleversement de l'Empire romain d'Occident jusqu'en 1789|volume=7|publisher=de l'imprimerie royale et chez Duncker et Humblot|year=1832|page=306|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVMTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA306|via=Google Books|access-date=2023-03-19}}</ref>
]
* ] – ]: ] &ndash; The anti-] coalition is victorious.
]
* ] – Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Albani, having been ordained as a Roman Catholic priest only two months earlier, is elected by the ] to succeed ], and becomes the 243rd ], taking the name of ].
]
]: ]]]
]
* ] (] ]; November 20 ]) – ] in Estonia: Having led his army of 8,000 on a forced march from Denmark to ], ] routs the huge Russian army.
]
* ] – The formal coronation of ] takes place in Rome.
]
* ] – ], ] in charge of the Privy Council, is appointed to the additional job of ], the highest Crown official in charge of administration of Ireland, .
]
* ] (December 19, O.S.) – The ] in England is dissolved and new elections are ordered by the King.
]

]
=== Date unknown ===
]
* ] is founded in ] near ], as a ] ] mission. Its location had first been scouted by the Spanish in 1692.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.sanxaviermission.org/history|publisher=San Xavier del Bac Mission|location=Tucson|accessdate=2023-03-19}}</ref>
* An inventory made for the ] of ] is the first documentary evidence for a ], invented by their instrument keeper ].
* An English translation of the novel '']'', "translated from the original by many hands and published by ]", begins publication in London. While popular among readers, it will eventually come to be known as one of the worst translations of the novel, totally betraying the spirit of ]'s masterpiece.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=http://cervantes.tamu.edu/english/ctxt/DonQ-JohnOrmsby/DonQ-JohnOrmsby.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823072058/http://cervantes.tamu.edu/english/ctxt/DonQ-JohnOrmsby/DonQ-JohnOrmsby.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-08-23|title=Don Quixote|author-link=John Ormsby (translator)|first=John|last=Ormesby|chapter=Translator's Preface: About this translation}}</ref>
* The value of sales of English manufactured products to the Atlantic economy is £3.9&nbsp;million.
* Approximate date – ]s become extinct in ].

== World population ==
{{Main|List of countries by population in 1700}}

== Births ==
] born ]]]
] born ]]]
] born ]]]
] born ]]]
] born ]]]
] born ]]]
] born ]]]

=== January&ndash;March ===
* ] &ndash; ], Polish painter (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (Christian Friedrich Henrici), German poet and librettist (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] from 1732 to 1733 (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], American-born merchant (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Polish noblewoman and politician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German philosopher (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Dutch-born Swiss mathematician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Spanish naval officer and colonial official (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German lawyer (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French harpsichord maker of German origin (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Mughal courtier (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French tactician (d. ])
* ]
** ], English politician (d. ])
** ], French painter in the Rococo manner (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], grandson of Louis XIV of France and of his ''maîtresse-en-titre'' Françoise-Athénaïs (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Welsh politician (d. ])
* ]
** ], French composer and flute virtuoso (d. ])
** ], Italian painter of ''vedute'' and ''capricci'' (d. ])
** ], English organist and composer (d. ])
** ], Hungarian nobleman (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Portuguese noblewoman (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Dutch colonial administrator (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French colonial agent (d. ])

=== April&ndash;June ===
* ] &ndash; ], French Baroque composer (d. ])
* ]
** ], Swedish nobleman (d. ])
** ], British baronet and Irish politician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Italian painter (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Dutch-born physician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Italian architect (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English artist (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Spanish colonial governor (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French history painter and etcher (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German religious and social reformer (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], British Tory politician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; Prosper Anton Josef von Sinzendorf, Austrian nobleman and courtier (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], 39th Mayor of New York City from 1744 to 1747 (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Danish courtier (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], lieutenant general in Frederick the Great's Prussian army and a county commission of Osterrode (Ostróda) (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German jurist (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], British peer (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French noble (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], wealthy American colonial merchant (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief (d. ])
* ]
** ], prominent lawyer and politician in colonial Massachusetts (d. ])
** ] (d. ])

=== July&ndash;September ===
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Quebec-born son of Claude de Bermen de la Martinière (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French physician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], mayor of Vienna (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German statesman (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (d. ])
* ]
** ], general of the Maratha Empire in India (d. ])
** ], Norwegian farmer and woodcarver (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Prussian major general and commander of the Cuirassier Regiment No (d. ])
* ]
** ] (d. ])
** ], Swedish architect (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German lawyer and dean of the Bishopric of Lübeck (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French surgeon (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Scottish poet (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French ecclesiastic (d. ])
* ]
** ], 15th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1727 through 1731 (d. ])
** ], German prince of the House of Ascania (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Italian printmaker and engraver (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Polish writer (d. ])

=== October&ndash;December ===
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French sculptor born in Nancy (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English playwright (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], minister from Dedham (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Dutch Mennonite bookseller (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Flemish painter of genre scenes (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German nobleman (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French abbot and physicist (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], politically active Governor's wife in Surinam (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ]
** ], English astronomer (d. ])
** ] (d. ])
** ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German noblewoman and the first wife of Augustus Louis (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Irish lawyer and politician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English merchant and philanthropist and Tory politician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German theologian (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Protestant Lutheran pastor (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Prussian general (d. ])
* ''date unknown''
** ], Polish magnate official (d. ])
** ], Austrian painter (d. ])

== Deaths ==
] died ]]]
] died ]]]
] died ]]]
] died ]]]
] died ]]]
] died ]]]
] died ]]]
* ] &ndash; ], Italian antiquary (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], ] founder of the ], in the colony of ] (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English politician (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German noblewoman (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English lawyer and MP (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Italian priest (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Russian commander and statesman (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], ] of the ] as the first wife of ] (b. ])
* ]
** Chhatrapati ], 3rd Maratha Emperor (b. ])
** ], Italian cardinal (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Italian painter (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Covenanter (b. c. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English clergyman and playwright (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German physician and scholar (b. ])
* ]
** ], French administrator, diplomat and ambassador to Venetian Republic (b. ])
** ], Solicitor-General for England and Wales (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Sicilian architect (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English poet and dramatist (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], American witch hunter and pastor (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Polish philosopher (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Danish diplomat (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Italian painter and scientist (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English nonconformist minister and physician (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Swedish priest and professor (b. ])
* ]
** ], Dutch Golden Age landscape painter (b. ])
** ], English politician (b. ])
** ], Japanese '']'' of the Edo period (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], 109th Doge of Venice (b. ])
* ]
** ], Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes and genre scenes (b. ])
** ], English politician (b. ])
* ] (found dead) &ndash; ], English translator of classical works, headmaster of Sherborne School (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], member of the English royal family (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French naval officer, governor general of the French Antilles (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Mexican academic (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English politician (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English noble and politician (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English noble and politician (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French landscape gardener (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Mexican Catholic converts (b. c. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German composer and violinist (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], born Antonio Pignatelli (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Pavia (1672–1700) (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English politician (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Russian Orthodox Church leader (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cosenza (1694–1700) (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], daughter of the Prince of Condé and of a Bavarian princess (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], abbot of La Trappe Abbey, founder of the Trappists (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], King of Spain; last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English bishop (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paraguay (1693–1700) (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], British diplomat (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English Whig politician, soldier and member of parliament (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], first native-born mayor of New York City (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], daimyō of Owari Domain during early Edo period Japan (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], first wife of the tenth Sikh Guru (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], bureaucrat of the ] (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lérida (1699–1700) (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English politician (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English politician (b. ])
* ] &ndash; ], accused witch in Salem, Massachusetts (b. ])

* ''date unknown''
** ], Danish sculptor working in England (b. ])
** ], Indian astronomer and mathematician (b. ])
** ], Canadian explorer (b. ])

== References ==
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Latest revision as of 11:24, 12 December 2024

This article is about the year 1700. For the music video show, see 1700 (TV series). Calendar year
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
Europe at the beginning of the 18th century
November 16: Philip, Duke of Anjou is proclaimed King of Spain by Louis XIV
1700 by topic
Arts and science
Leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works category
1700 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1700
MDCC
Ab urbe condita2453
Armenian calendar1149
ԹՎ ՌՃԽԹ
Assyrian calendar6450
Balinese saka calendar1621–1622
Bengali calendar1106–1107
Berber calendar2650
English Regnal year12 Will. 3 – 13 Will. 3
Buddhist calendar2244
Burmese calendar1062
Byzantine calendar7208–7209
Chinese calendar己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
4397 or 4190
    — to —
庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
4398 or 4191
Coptic calendar1416–1417
Discordian calendar2866
Ethiopian calendar1692–1693
Hebrew calendar5460–5461
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1756–1757
 - Shaka Samvat1621–1622
 - Kali Yuga4800–4801
Holocene calendar11700
Igbo calendar700–701
Iranian calendar1078–1079
Islamic calendar1111–1112
Japanese calendarGenroku 13
(元禄１３年)
Javanese calendar1623–1624
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 or 11 days
Korean calendar4033
Minguo calendar212 before ROC
民前212年
Nanakshahi calendar232
Thai solar calendar2242–2243
Tibetan calendar阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
1826 or 1445 or 673
    — to —
阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
1827 or 1446 or 674

1700 (MDCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1700th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 700th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1700s decade. As of the start of 1700, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Calendar year

As of March 1 (O.S. February 19), where the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 11 days until February 28 (O.S. February 17), 1800.

In Sweden, the year started in the Julian calendar and remained so until February 28. Then, by skipping the leap day, the Swedish calendar was introduced, letting February 28 be followed by March 1, giving the entire year the same pattern as a common year starting on Monday. This calendar, being ten days behind the Gregorian and one day ahead of the Julian, lasts until 1712.

Events

January–March

April–June

  • April 15 – The coronation of King Frederick IV of Denmark takes place at Frederiksborg Castle in Copenhagen.
  • April 18 – Hungarian freedom activist Ferenc Rákóczi is arrested by Austrian authorities and charged with sedition. Imprisoned near Vienna and facing a death sentence, he escapes and later leads the overthrow of the Habsburg control of Hungary.
  • April 21 – In India, the siege of the fortress of Sajjangad (located in the Maharashtra state) is begun by an army led by Fateullahakhan. The fortress falls on June 6.
  • April – Fire destroys many buildings in Gondar, the capital of Ethiopia, including two in the palace complex.
  • May 5 – Within a few days of poet John Dryden's death in London (May 1 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, three-term former Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is elected deputy governor for the second time, serving under his brother-in-law Samuel Cranston.
  • June 8 (May 28 O.S.) – The legislature for the Province of Massachusetts Bay (the modern-day Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States) passes into law "An Act against Jesuits & Popish Priests" making a finding that Roman Catholic clerics have attempted to incite American Indians into a rebellion against the Crown, and declaring "That all and every Jesuit, Seminary Priest, Missionary, or other Spiritual or Ecclesiastical Person made or ordained by any Authority, Power or Jurisdiction derived, challenged or pretended from the Pope or See of Rome, now residing within this Province or any part thereof, shall depart from and out of the same, at or before the tenth day of September next, in this present year, One Thousand and Seven Hundred." The Province of New York enacts similar legislation later in the year.

July–September

October–December

November 30: Battle of Narva

Date unknown

World population

Main article: List of countries by population in 1700

Births

Daniel Bernoulli born 8 February
Gerard van Swieten born 7 May
Mary Delany born 14 May
Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau born 29 September
Philip Morant born 6 October
Nathaniel Bliss born 28 November
Jeremias Friedrich Reuß born 8 December

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

Marguerite Bourgeoys died 12 January
Jan Six died May 28
Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten died 10 July
Pope Innocent XII died September 27
Patriarch Adrian of Moscow died 16 October
Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé died 27 October
Charles II of Spain died 1 November

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