St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion is premiered.
Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island.
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
Robert Walpole gained the title of first Prime Minister of Britain.
Edmond Halley was given the senior post as the second Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Observatory.
The world's first machine gun is patented.
France declared war on Spain, leading to the War of the Quadruple Alliance that lasted two years.
Antigua, Guatemala, was struck by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
Water Music by George Frideric Handel premiered on the River Thames, London, at the request of King George I.
The world's first Masonic Grand Lodge is established.
The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.
Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.
The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
The UK approved the first American patent.
Louis XV succeeded his great-grandfather and became King of France at the young age of five.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
The opera 'Rinaldo,' by George Frideric Handel, premiered at Haymarket Theatre in London, UK.
The Statute of Anne became the UK's first copyright law.
Captain William Dampier rescued British Sailor Alexander Selkirk after 52 months of being left on an island.
The Great Frost of Europe killed thousands of people.
Peter the Great of Russia defeated Sweden at the battle of Lesnaya.
The Acts of Union were passed, officially uniting England and Scotland as one country.
Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
The southern parts of Great Britain were struck by The Great Storm of 1703, which took the lives of 9,000 people.
Saint Petersburg was founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great.
Queen Anne was coronated Queen at the Westminster Abbey, London.
Queen Anne became Queen of England after King William III died.
The Treaty of The Hague was signed between the German Empire, Great Britain, and The Netherlands.
Pirate Captain Kidd was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
Inventor Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine in England.
Itza, the last Mayan kingdom, was conquered by Spanish forces.
One of America's oldest documented highways was completed on this day in Connecticut, USA.
Zumbi, the last of the Quilombo dos Palmares kings, was killed.
English clockmaker Daniel Quare gained the patents for a portable barometer to measure air pressure.
French monk Dom Pierre Pérignon accidentally made champagne.
The last group of people was hung for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.
One woman and four men were hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, bringing the total to 20 during the witch trials.
Five women were hanged for witchcraft as part of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.
Innocent Bridget Bishop was the first person to be trialed and hung for witchcraft in Massachusetts, US.
Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.
The first warrants were issued to arrest three women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, US.
The Massachusetts Charter was signed, which established the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
The first paper money was issued in America in the Colony of Massachusetts.
The clarinet was invented in Nuremberg, Germany, by Johann Christoph Denner.
William and Mary ascended to the English throne as co-rulers.
The famous Parthenon building in Athens, Greece, was damaged due to an attack by the Venetian army attempting to remove Turks who turned the building into a mosque.
Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
Thirteen Mennonite families arrived in Philadelphia from Germany.
