Year (''' MDCC ''') was an Exceptional Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar , but a Leap Year Starting On Monday
"Calendar in year 1700 (Russia)" (full Julian calendar), webpage:
Julian-1700
(Russia used the Julian calendar until 1919 ).
of the Julian Calendar .
The Gregorian calendar was 10-day faster until , but 11-day faster since , than the Julian calendar.
: Cascadia Earthquake / Tsunami .]]
- January 1
- --- Russia accepts Julian Calendar .
- --- Germany and Denmark - Norway adopt the Gregorian Calendar , including the convention that New Year's Day is January 1 .
- January 26 - The Cascadia Earthquake , one of the largest Earthquakes on record, ruptures the Cascadia Subduction Zone offshore from Vancouver Island to northern California , creating a Tsunami logged in Japan and oral traditions of the American First Nations.
- February 27 - The island of New Britain is discovered.
- (Swedish calendar March 1 ) - The Swedish Calendar is adopted. 1700 of this calendar is a Common Year Starting On Monday .
- April - Fire destroys many buildings in Gondar , the capital of Ethiopia , including two in the palace complex.
- May 5 - Within a few days of John Dryden 's death ( 1 May O.S.), his last written work (" The Secular Masque ") is performed as part of Vanbrugh's version of '' The Pilgrim ''.
- May - In Rhode Island (American colony), Walter Clarke , former governor 1679 - 1686 , becomes governor again for 14 more years.
: Battle Of Narva .]]
- January 29 - Konstancja Czartoryska , Polish noblewoman (died 1759 )
- February 2 - Johann Christoph Gottsched , German writer (died 1766 )
- February 9 - Daniel Bernoulli , Dutch mathematician (died 1782 )
- March 13 - Michel Blavet , French flutist (died 1768 )
- May 7 - Gerard Van Swieten , Dutch-born physician (died 1772 )
- May 12 - Luigi Vanvitelli , Italian architect (died 1773 )
- May 19 - José De Escandón , Spanish colonial governor (died 1770 )
- May 26 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf , German religious and social reformer (died 1760 )
- August 13 - Heinrich, Count Von Brühl , German statesman (died 1763 )
- August 17 - Clemens August Of Bavaria (died 1761 )
- September 11 - James Thomson , Scottish poet (died 1748 )
- September 30 - Stanislaw Konarski , Polish writer (died 1773 )
- October 10 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam , French sculptor (died 1759 )
- November 19 - Jean-Antoine Nollet , French abbot and physicist (died 1770 )
- November 28 - Nathaniel Bliss , English astronomer (died 1764 )
- December 25 - Leopold II Of Anhalt-Dessau , Prussian general (died 1751 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Francesca Cuzzoni , Italian opera singer (died 1770 )
- --- Karl Friedrich, Duke Of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1739 )
- --- Franciszek Salezy Potocki , Polish nobleman (died 1772 )
- --- Ivan Ranger , Austrian painter (died 1753 )
: ''See also .''
- January 7 - Raffaello Fabretti , Italian antiquary (born 1618 )
- January 21 - Henry Somerset, 1st Duke Of Beaufort (born 1629 )
- February 12 - Aleksei Shein , Russian commander and statesman (born 1662 )
- May - Louis Jolliet , Canadian explorer (born 1645 )
- May 12 - John Dryden , English writer (born 1631 )
- May 15 - John Hale , American witch hunter (born 1636 )
- May 23 - Jens Juel , Danish diplomat (born 1631 )
- July - John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale , English politician (born 1655 )
- July 29 - William, Duke Of Gloucester (born 1689 )
- September 15 - André Le Nôtre , French landscape gardener (born 1613 )
- September 27 - Pope Innocent XII (born 1615 )
- October 16 - Patriarch Adrian , Russian Orthodox Church leader (born 1627 )
- November 1 - Charles II Of Spain (born 1661 )
- November 25 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt , first native born mayor of New York (born 1643 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Caius Gabriel Cibber , Danish sculptor (born 1630 )
- --- Thomas Creech , English translator (born 1659 )
- --- Kamalakara , Indian astronomer and mathematician (born 1616 )
- --- Henry Killigrew , English dramatist (born 1613 )
: ''See also .''
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