"Give me the making of the songs of a nation, and I care not who
makes its laws." - Andrew Fletcher
"If Cotes had lived, we might have known something." - Isaac
Newton
Born in 1716:
Died in 1716:
Events of 1716:
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French King Louis XV's regent, the duc d'Orleans, grants Scottish monetary
reformer John Law permission to found a central bank (the Banque
Générale) for France.
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The failed Jacobite rising of the previous year results in greater British control over Scotland.
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James Edward Stewart, aka "Charles III" or "The Old Pretender", flees
to France.
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Seven leaders are condemned to death; some escape, and only two are actually
executed.
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Many others are transported to America.
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Before his death, Leibniz proposes a difficult problem to test the mettle
of English mathematicians, and Sir Isaac Newton solves it in five hours.
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Austria declares war with the Ottoman Empire, ostensibly to aid Venice.
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The Great Northern War continues, as Swedish King Charles XII
just won't give up.
1715 - 1716 - 1717
How they Were Made - 18th Century