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What Happened In Year 1711?

• February 24, 1711 – The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
• August 22, 1711 – Ships from British Admiral Hovenden Walker’s Quebec Expedition founders on rocks at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River.

Who Were Born In The Year 1711?

• January 1, 1711 – Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
• January 29, 1711 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)
• February 2, 1711 – Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
• February 27, 1711 – Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (d. 1769)
• April 26, 1711 – David Hume,Scottish philosopher (d. 1776). The date is Old Style. He was born on 7th of May under Gregorian Calender.
• May 7, 1711 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1776)
• May 18, 1711 – Ruđer Josip Bošković, Croatian atomic theorist (d. 1787)
• July 22, 1711 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753)
• August 19, 1711 – Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761)
• September 1, 1711 – William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)
• September 6, 1711 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787)
• September 9, 1711 – Thomas Hutchinson, American politician (d. 1780)
• September 11, 1711 – William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779)
• September 25, 1711 – Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
• October 15, 1711 – Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)
• October 17, 1711 – Jupiter Hammon, American writer (d. 1806)
• October 20, 1711 – Timothy Ruggles, American politician (d. 1795)
• November 19, 1711 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (d. 1765)
• December 4, 1711 – Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758)
• December 25, 1711 – Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (d. 1772)

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