1712


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::callout[type=note] 1712 ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Villars_a_Denain1.jpg" caption="[[July 24]]: [[Battle of Denain"] ::

In the Swedish calendar it began as a leap year starting on Monday and remained so until Thursday, February 29. By adding a second leap day, Friday, February 30, Sweden reverted to the Julian calendar and the rest of the year (from Saturday, March 1) was in sync with the Julian calendar. Sweden finally made the switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1753. This year had 367 days.

Events

January–March

April –June

July–September

October–December

Date unknown

Births

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Lodewijck_van_Beethoven_-Die_Gartenlaube(1879)_b_613.jpg" caption="[[Ludwig van Beethoven (1712–1773)]] born [[5 January"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Friedrich_der_Große_(1781_or_1786)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" caption="[[Frederick the Great]] born [[24 January"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Tokugawa_Ieshige.jpg" caption="[[Tokugawa Ieshige]] born [[28 January"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Nasir_Jung,_Nizam_of_Hyderabad.jpg" caption="[[Nasir Jung]] born [[26 February"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Louis-Joseph_de_Montcalm_cph.3g09407.jpg" caption="[[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] born [[28 February"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/《孝贤纯皇后朝服像》.jpg" caption="[[Empress Xiaoxianchun]] born [[28 March"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Devasahayam_Pillai_2a.JPG" caption="[[Devasahayam Pillai]] born [[23 April"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Thomas_Cotes_(1712-1767).jpg" caption="[[Thomas Cotes (Royal Navy officer)]] born [[4 June"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Benjamin_Ingham.JPG" caption="[[Benjamin Ingham]] born [[11 June"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/George_Grenville_(1712–1770)by_William_Hoare(1707-1792)_Cropped.jpg" caption="[[George Grenville]] born [[14 October"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/John_Thomas,_Bishop_of_Rochester,_by_Joshua_Reynolds.jpg" caption="[[John Thomas (bishop of Rochester)]] born [[14 October"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Johanna_Elisabeth_Holstein-Gottorp_by_Antoine_Pesne.jpg" caption="[[Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp]] born [[24 October"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Francesco_Algarotti_(Liotard).jpg" caption="[[Francesco Algarotti]] born [[11 December"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/PeterBoehler.jpg" caption="[[Peter Boehler]] born [[31 December"] ::

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

Unknown date

References

References

  1. "Alderney Local History - 1712 Wreck of HMS Dragon".
  2. "Historical Events for Year 1712 | OnThisDay.com".
  3. "Handel conquers London".
  4. "Notable Dates in History". [[The Scots Independent]].
  5. (1977). "The Steam Engine of Thomas Newcomen". Moorland.
  6. Mayne, Brian. (1 July 2006). "[[The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey]]". [[Oxford University Press]].
  7. (November 1980). "Restoration and 18th-Century Drama". Macmillan International Higher Education.
  8. "History of George Grenville - GOV.UK".
  9. "Sir James Steuart Denham, 4th Baronet {{!}} Scottish economist {{!}} Britannica".

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