1712

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1680s  1690s  1700s  – 1710s –  1720s  1730s  1740s
Years:	1709 1710 1711 – 1712 – 1713 1714 1715

1712 Media

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  July 24: Battle of Denain

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  Ludwig van Beethoven (1712–1773) born 5 January

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  Frederick the Great born 24 January

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  Tokugawa Ieshige born 28 January

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  Nasir Jung born 26 February

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  Louis-Joseph de Montcalm born 28 February

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  Empress Xiaoxianchun born 28 March

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  Devasahayam Pillai born 23 April

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  Thomas Cotes (Royal Navy officer) born 4 June

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  Benjamin Ingham born 11 June

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1712 (MDCCXII) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.

Events

• January 26 – Tuscarora War: More than half of the Native Americans in Colonel John Barnwell's Carolina militia desert during the crossing of the Cape Fear River.
• January 29 – Tuscarora War: Colonel John Barnwell's Carolina militia attack the sprawling Tuscarora farming community of Torhunta by focusing on Fort Narhantes. Many Tuscarora captives are enslaved.