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1716

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
July 8: The Swedish Navy loses to Danish and Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Dynekilen.
August 8: Austrian troops defeat larger Ottoman force in Battle of Petrovaradin.
1716 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1716
MDCCXVI
Ab urbe condita2469
Armenian calendar1165
ԹՎ ՌՃԿԵ
Assyrian calendar6466
Balinese saka calendar1637–1638
Bengali calendar1123
Berber calendar2666
British Regnal yearGeo. 1 – 3 Geo. 1
Buddhist calendar2260
Burmese calendar1078
Byzantine calendar7224–7225
Chinese calendar乙未年 (Wood Goat)
4413 or 4206
    — to —
丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
4414 or 4207
Coptic calendar1432–1433
Discordian calendar2882
Ethiopian calendar1708–1709
Hebrew calendar5476–5477
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1772–1773
 - Shaka Samvat1637–1638
 - Kali Yuga4816–4817
Holocene calendar11716
Igbo calendar716–717
Iranian calendar1094–1095
Islamic calendar1128–1129
Japanese calendarShōtoku 6 / Kyōhō 1
(享保元年)
Javanese calendar1639–1640
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4049
Minguo calendar196 before ROC
民前196年
Nanakshahi calendar248
Thai solar calendar2258–2259
Tibetan calendar阴木羊年
(female Wood-Goat)
1842 or 1461 or 689
    — to —
阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
1843 or 1462 or 690

1716 (MDCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1716th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 716th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1710s decade. As of the start of 1716, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Charles III of Spain

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Lancelot Brown

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Painting by Ogata Kōrin.

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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References

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