1711

Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s

Years: 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 - 1711 - 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716

Events

• 24 February -- The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.

• John Shore invents the tuning fork
• Alexander Pope publishes An Essay on Criticism

Year in topics

• 1711 in literature
• 1711 in science

Births

• February 2 - Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, diplomat (+ 1794)
• May 7 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher (+ 1776)
• May 18 - Rudjer Josip Boscovich, atomic theorist (+ 1787)
• September 1 - Prince William IV of Orange (+ 1751)
• November 19 - Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (+ 1765)

Deaths

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