Editing 1710 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 27]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Almenar]] takes place in the Iberian theatre of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
* [[August 2]] &ndash; British Royal Navy 90-gun ship [[HMS Vanguard (1678)|HMS ''Vanguard'']] is relaunched from [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]; ''Vanguard'' sank in [[Chatham Dockyard]] in the [[Great Storm of 1703]], but was raised in 1704 for rebuilding.
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]] &ndash; [[Battle of Saragossa]]: The [[Bourbon Spain|Spanish-Bourbon]] army, commanded by the [[Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay|Marquis de Bay]], is soundly defeated by the forces of the [[Habsburg monarchy]], under [[Guido Starhemberg]] and their allies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kamen|first=Henry|title=Felipe V, el rey que reinó dos veces|publisher=Temas de Hoy|series=Historia|location=Madrid|year=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=8478808477|pages=96–97}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; Total eclipse of the sun is visible at {{coord|36.5|S|105.1|W}}.
* [[September 7]] &ndash; In [[Jonathan Swift]]'s satirical ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', fictional Gulliver sets off on his fourth and final journey, a voyage to the Land of the [[Houyhnhnm]]s.
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]] &ndash; [[Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia|Capitulation of Livonia]]: the [[Sweden|Swedish]] garrison in [[Riga]] surrenders, ending [[Swedish Livonia|Swedish rule in modern Latvia]].