Editing 1711 (section)

== Events ==
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===January&ndash;March===
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Cary's Rebellion]]: The [[Lords Proprietor]] appoint [[Edward Hyde (c. 1650–1712)|Edward Hyde]] to replace [[Thomas Cary (North Carolina)|Thomas Cary]], as the [[governor]] of the [[North Carolina]] portion of the [[Province of Carolina]]. Hyde's policies are deemed hostile to [[Quaker]] interests, leading former governor Cary and his Quaker allies to take up arms against the province.<ref>Cary's Rebellion". North Carolina Digital History. Learn NC University of North Carolina. Retrieved November 15 2023.</ref>
* [[January 24]] &ndash; The first performance of [[Francesco Gasparini]]'s most famous opera ''[[Tamerlano (Gasparini opera)|Tamerlano]]'' takes place at the [[Teatro San Cassiano]] in [[Venice]].<ref> "Tamerlano (Gasparini)". opérabaroque.fr. Opéra Baroque. Retrieved November 15 2023.</ref>
* [[February]] &ndash; French settlers at ''[[Fort Louis de la Mobile]]'' celebrate [[Mardi Gras in Mobile]] ([[Alabama]]), by parading a large papier-mache ox head on a cart (the first Mardi Gras parade in America).<ref>"Mardi Gras: Mobile's Paradoxical Party". The Wisdom of Chief Slacabamorinico. Retrieved November 15 2023.</ref>
* [[February 3]] &ndash; A total [[lunar eclipse]] occurs, at 12:31&nbsp;[[Universal Time|UT]]. 
* [[February 24]]
** [[Thomas Cary (North Carolina)|Thomas Cary]], after declaring himself Governor of North Carolina, sails an armed [[brigantine]] up the [[Chowan River]], to attack Governor Hyde's forces fortified at Colonel [[Thomas Pollock (governor)|Thomas Pollock]]'s plantation. The attack fails, and Cary's forces retreat.<ref> Bickham, Troy O. (23 September 2004). "Cary, Thomas (d. c. 1720)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68507. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved November 15 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)</ref> 
** ''[[Rinaldo (opera)|Rinaldo]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]], the first Italian [[opera]] written for the [[London]] stage, premieres at the [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|Queen's Theatre]], [[Haymarket, London|Haymarket]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; ''[[The Spectator (1711)|The Spectator]]'' is founded by [[Joseph Addison]] and [[Richard Steele]] in London.<ref>[http://www.information-britain.co.uk/famdates.php?id=888 Information Britain.]</ref>

===April&ndash;June===
* [[April 3]] &ndash; [[Clipperton Island]] is rediscovered by Frenchmen Martin de Chassiron and Michel Du Bocage, who draws up the first map and claims the island for France. The island had been discovered by Alvaro Saavedra Cedrón in 1528.
* [[April 5]] (Easter Sunday) &ndash; The central tower of [[Elgin Cathedral]] in northeast Scotland collapses.<ref name=CSH>{{cite book|first=David|last=Ross|title=Chronology of Scottish History|publisher=Geddes & Grosset|location=New Lanark|year=2002|isbn=1-85534-380-0}}</ref>
* [[April 13]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Lutsk|Treaty of the Lutsk]], a secret agreement between the [[Tsardom of Russia]] and the [[Moldavia|Ottoman Protectorate of Moldavia]] is signed in [[Lutsk]], [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland-Lithuania]] (modern-day Ukraine).
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor]] dies, opening the way for the succession of his brother [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]]. This complicates the ongoing [[War of the Spanish Succession]] as Charles is one of the two candidates for the Spanish throne, backed by the [[Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)|Grand Alliance]].
* [[April 29]] &ndash; A [[rabies|rabid]] wolf fatally injures two shepherds in [[Roncà]], North Italy; it also attacks livestock.
* May &ndash; [[Alexander Pope]] publishes the poem ''[[An Essay on Criticism]]'' in London.
* [[May 25]] &ndash; In Denmark, [[Helsingør]] is put under military blockade to prevent an outbreak of plague from spreading to Copenhagen; this year about one third of Helsingør's population is killed by the disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oresundstid.dk/arkiv/arkivalt.aspx?id=1,645,644,647,648,650,646,955,1201,1202,660,655,1203,653,652,656,657,658,659,1204,762,956,1191&tekst=1700-tallet&standard=J|title=1700-tallet: Introduktion|language=da|publisher=Øresundstid|access-date=2013-09-13}}</ref>
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV|King Louis XIV]] becomes the [[list of longest-reigning monarchs|longest-reigning monarch]] in the world, surpassing the previous record of 68 years set by [[Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal]] in 683. As of 2022, Louis XIV still holds this record.

===July&ndash;September===
* [[July 2]] &ndash; [[Cary's Rebellion]]: Lieutenant Governor [[Alexander Spotswood]] of Virginia dispatches a company of Royal Marines to assist Governor Hyde. After hearing of this, Cary's troops abandon all of their fortifications along the [[Pamlico River]]. Cary and many of his supporters are soon caught and sent to England as prisoners, ending Cary's Rebellion.<ref>{{cite book|author=C. Wingate Reed|title=Beaufort County: Two Centuries of Its History.|date=1962|page=63}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] &ndash; The town of [[São Paulo]], Brazil, is elevated to city status.
* [[July 21]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of the Pruth]] is signed between the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]], ending the [[Pruth River Campaign]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Military-naval Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union|author=David R. Jones|publisher=Academic International Press|year=1978|page=13}}</ref>
* [[July 29]] &ndash; Total lunar eclipse at 17:50&nbsp;[[Universal Time|UT]]. 
* [[August 1]] &ndash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] trading ship ''[[Zuytdorp]]'' leaves the [[Netherlands]] on an ill-fated voyage to [[Indonesia]] bearing a load of freshly minted silver coins. The wreck site remains unknown until the mid-20th century, on a remote part of the [[Western Australia]]n coast between [[Kalbarri, Western Australia|Kalbarri]] and [[Shark Bay]].
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Capture of the galleon San Joaquin|Capture of the galleon ''San Joaquin'']]: Spanish galleon ''San Joaquin'' in a treasure fleet sailing from [[Cartagena de Indias]] (modern-day Colombia) to Spain surrenders after an engagement with five British ships.
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]] with an army of 30,000 [[Siege of Bouchain (1711)|besieges Bouchain]] in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]. The siege lasts 34 days and results in the last major victory for Churchill.
* [[August 11]] &ndash; The first horse race is held at the newly founded [[Ascot Racecourse]], which becomes one of the leading racecourses in England.
* [[August 13]] &ndash; Tamachi Raisinhji becomes [[Jam Sahib]] (ruling prince) of [[Nawanagar State]] in [[Gujarat]], India.
* [[August 14]] &ndash; The inauguration of the newly built [[Cathedral of the Assumption, Gozo|Cathedral of the Assumption]] takes place in [[Gozo]], [[Malta]].
* [[August 22]] &ndash; The [[Quebec expedition (1711)|Quebec Expedition]], a British attempt to attack [[Quebec City|Quebec]] as part of [[Queen Anne's War]], fails when 8 of its ships are wrecked in the [[Saint Lawrence River]] and 890 people, mostly soldiers, drown.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; The [[South Sea Company]] receives a [[Royal Charter]] in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/page44.asp|title=Royal Charters, Privy Council website|access-date=2007-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824225331/http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/Page44.asp |archive-date=August 24, 2007<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>
* [[September 10]] (also dated [[September 12]]) &ndash; [[John Lawson (explorer)|John Lawson]], [[Christoph von Graffenried]], two [[African American]] slaves and two [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s leave on an exploration expedition from [[New Bern, North Carolina]], and travel north by canoe up the [[Neuse River]].
* [[September 14]] (approximate date) &ndash; Tuscarora natives capture John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenried and their expeditionary party, and bring them to Catechna.
* [[September 16]] (approximate date) &ndash; Tuscarora natives kill Lawson. Von Graffenried and one [[African American]] slave are known to have been set free.
* [[September 18]] &ndash; Bishop Bogusław Gosiewski sells the town of [[Maladzyechna]] in the [[Minsk Region]] of [[Belarus]] to the mighty [[Ogiński]] family.
* [[September 22]] &ndash; The [[Tuscarora War]] begins when [[Tuscarora people|Tuscarora]] natives under the command of Chief Hancock raid settlements along the south bank of the Pamlico River, within the Province of Carolina (modern-day North Carolina), killing around 130 people.

===October&ndash;December===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; {{HMS|Feversham|1696|6}} is wrecked on Scaterie Island, [[Nova Scotia]] with the loss of 102 lives.
* [[October 11]] &ndash; Panic kills 241 people in the [[:fr:Bousculade du pont de la Guillotière|stampede on the Guillottière bridge]] in [[France]] near [[Lyon, France|Lyon]]. Revelers returning from a festival on the other side of the [[Rhône]] river are blocked by from crossing after a collision between a carriage and a cart. At least 25 fall off the bridge and into the river, while 216 are trampled by people behind them.<ref>{{Cite web|language=fr|title=Le 11 octobre 1711, la tragédie du Pont de la Guille a donné la Part-Dieu, devenue depuis la Part du diable ("On October 11, 1711, the tragedy of the Pont de la Guille gave rise to the Part-Dieu, now Part du Diable)|date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://rebellyon.info/Le-11-octobre-1711-la-tragedie-du-Pont-de-898 }}</ref>
* [[October 14]]
**[[Yostos]] kills [[Tewoflos]], becoming [[Emperor of Ethiopia]].
**[[Woodes Rogers]] returns to [[England]] after a successful round-the-world [[privateer]]ing cruise against [[Spain]], carrying loot worth £150,000.
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts]] is established in [[Brussels]].
* [[November 5]] &ndash; The southwest spire of [[Southwell Minster]] in [[Nottinghamshire]], [[England]] is struck by lightning, resulting in a fire that spreads to the nave and tower, destroying roofs, bells, clock and organ.
* [[November 7]] &ndash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] ship ''[[Liefde (East Indiaman)|Liefde]]'' runs aground and sinks off [[Out Skerries]], [[Shetland]], with the loss of all but one of her 300 crew.
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]]: the [[Battle of Wismar (1711)|Battle of Wismar]] results in a Danish victory over Swedish forces.
* [[December 7]] &ndash; In the [[Parliament of Great Britain]] the [[Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham|Earl of Nottingham]] successfully proposes a "[[No Peace Without Spain]]" amendment.
* [[December 8]] &ndash; The [[Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Comayagua]] in [[Honduras]], one of the oldest cathedrals in [[Central America]], is inaugurated.
* [[December 12]] &ndash; A constitution is approved for the [[Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna]], which had been founded in 1690.
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Wall Street]] in [[New York City]] becomes the city's first official slave market for the sale and rental of enslaved Africans and Indians.
* [[December 15]] &ndash; The Old [[Pummerin]], a massive bell cast from 208 captured cannons, is consecrated by [[Bishop]] [[Franz Ferdinand Freiherr von Rummel]] in preparation for its installation in [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna]] (the ''Stephansdom'').
* [[December 25]] &ndash; The rebuilding of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in London to a design by [[Christopher Wren|Sir Christopher Wren]] is declared complete by Parliament; [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|Old St Paul's]] had been destroyed by the 1666 [[Great Fire of London]].

===Date unknown===
* [[John Shore (trumpeter)|John Shore]] invents the [[tuning fork]].
* [[Luigi Ferdinando Marsili]] shows that [[coral]] is an animal rather than a plant as previously thought.</onlyinclude>