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.
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.
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."[7] The
Province of New York enacts similar legislation later in the year.
July 24 –
Charles XII of Sweden counter-attacks his enemies by invading
Zealand (Denmark), assisted by an Anglo-Dutch naval squadron under Sir
George Rooke, rapidly compelling the Danes to submit to peace.[9]
September 6 –
Edmond Halley returns to England after a voyage of almost one year on
HMS Paramour, from which he has observed the
Antarctic Convergence,[10] and publishes his findings on terrestrial magnetism in General Chart of the Variation of the Compass.
October 16 –
Adrian, Patriarch of All Russia, dies after more than 10 years as head of the Russian Orthodox Church. He is replaced by the hand-picked choice of Tsar
Peter the Great with the appointment of Simeon Ivanovich Yavorsky as Patriarch
Stefan.
November 23 – Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Albani, having been ordained as a Roman Catholic priest only two months earlier, is elected by the
Papal conclave to succeed
Pope Innocent XII, and becomes the 243rd
pope, taking the name of
Clement XI.
An English translation of the novel Don Quixote, "translated from the original by many hands and published by
Peter Motteux", 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
Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece.[14]
The value of sales of English manufactured products to the Atlantic economy is £3.9 million.
^Hochman, Stanley. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. Vol. 4. p. 542.
^Johnson, Samuel (1799). Lives of the Poets. Vol. 2. p. 213, n.2. Probably produced in the first week of March, 1700, as the book of the play was published March 28th, 1700.
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.
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.
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."[7] The
Province of New York enacts similar legislation later in the year.
July 24 –
Charles XII of Sweden counter-attacks his enemies by invading
Zealand (Denmark), assisted by an Anglo-Dutch naval squadron under Sir
George Rooke, rapidly compelling the Danes to submit to peace.[9]
September 6 –
Edmond Halley returns to England after a voyage of almost one year on
HMS Paramour, from which he has observed the
Antarctic Convergence,[10] and publishes his findings on terrestrial magnetism in General Chart of the Variation of the Compass.
October 16 –
Adrian, Patriarch of All Russia, dies after more than 10 years as head of the Russian Orthodox Church. He is replaced by the hand-picked choice of Tsar
Peter the Great with the appointment of Simeon Ivanovich Yavorsky as Patriarch
Stefan.
November 23 – Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Albani, having been ordained as a Roman Catholic priest only two months earlier, is elected by the
Papal conclave to succeed
Pope Innocent XII, and becomes the 243rd
pope, taking the name of
Clement XI.
An English translation of the novel Don Quixote, "translated from the original by many hands and published by
Peter Motteux", 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
Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece.[14]
The value of sales of English manufactured products to the Atlantic economy is £3.9 million.
^Hochman, Stanley. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. Vol. 4. p. 542.
^Johnson, Samuel (1799). Lives of the Poets. Vol. 2. p. 213, n.2. Probably produced in the first week of March, 1700, as the book of the play was published March 28th, 1700.