Editing 1710 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; In [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Cölln]] is merged with [[Alt-Berlin]] by [[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick I]] to form [[Berlin]].
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh]], two days before he is due to be executed for murder, escapes from the [[Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh|Edinburgh Tolbooth]] by exchanging clothes with his sister.
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Mauritius]], a [[History of Mauritius#Dutch colonization (1638–1710)|Dutch colony]] since 1638, is abandoned by the Dutch.
* [[February 28]] (Swedish calendar) February 27 (Julian). March 10 (Gregorian) &ndash; [[Battle of Helsingborg]]: Fourteen thousand Danish invaders, under [[Jørgen Rantzau]], are decisively defeated by an equally large Swedish army, under [[Magnus Stenbock]].
* [[March 1]] &ndash; The [[Sacheverell riots]] start in London with an attack on an elegant Presbyterian meeting-house in [[Lincoln's Inn Fields]], followed by riots through the West End of London.
* [[March 6]] &ndash; The ancient Roman [[Pillar of the Boatmen]] is found during the construction of a crypt under the nave of [[Notre-Dame de Paris]].