1716

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1680s  1690s  1700s  – 1710s –  1720s  1730s  1740s
Years:	1713 1714 1715 – 1716 – 1717 1718 1719

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1716 Media

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  July 8: The Swedish Navy loses to Danish and Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Dynekilen.

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  August 8: Austrian troops defeat larger Ottoman force in Battle of Petrovaradin.

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  Retrato del rey Carlos III de España (1716-1788), que fue hijo del rey Felipe V de España y de su segunda esposa, la reina Isabel de Farnesio.

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  Lancelot Brown

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  Painting by Ogata Kōrin.

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  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1716 (MDCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1716th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 716th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1710s decade. As of the start of 1716, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• August 5 – In the Battle of Peterwardein 40.000 Austrian troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat 150,000 Ottoman Turks under Darnad Ali Pasha
• Pirate Edward Teach the "Blackbeard" raids shipping in the Caribbean
• Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded.
• Crieff, Scotland burned to the ground in revenge for the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
• Kangxi Dictionary published this year. This dictionary lays the foundation of most references to Han characters studies nowadays.