1710

Years: 1707 1708 1709 - 1710 - 1711 1712 1713

Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1710 in literature 1710 in music 1710 in science List of state leaders in 1710 List of religious leaders in 1710

Events

• Enactment of the world's first copyright legislation, Britain's Act for the Encourage of Learning (short title)

Ongoing events

• Great Northern War (1700-1721)
• War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713)

Births

• January 4 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer (d. 1736)
• February 15 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
• April 15 - William Cullen, professor of medicine and co-founder, Glasgow Medical School (d. 1790)
• May 14 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771)
• November 22 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, (d. 1784)
• November 27 - Robert Lowth, Bishop of the Church of England (d. 1787)

Deaths

• September 19 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)