1700

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1670s  1680s  1690s  – 1700s –  1710s  1720s  1730s
Years:	1697 1698 1699 – 1700 – 1701 1702 1703

1700 Media

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  Europe at the beginning of the 18th century

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  November 16: Philip, Duke of Anjou is proclaimed King of Spain by Louis XIV

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  Daniel Bernoulli born 8 February

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  Gerard van Swieten born 7 May

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  Mary Delany born 14 May

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  Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau born 29 September

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  Philip Morant born 6 October

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  Nathaniel Bliss born 28 November

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  Jeremias Friedrich Reuß born 8 December

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1700 (MDCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar. It was the 1700th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 700th year of the 2nd millennium, the last year of the 17th century, and the first year of the 1700s. Due to a leap day observed in the Julian calendar, the Gregorian calendar moved ahead by 11 days.

Events

• January 1 – Russia first starts using Western numbers for its calendar.