1716
year
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.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1680s 1690s 1700s – 1710s – 1720s 1730s 1740s |
| Years: | 1713 1714 1715 – 1716 – 1717 1718 1719 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1716 MDCCXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2469 |
| Armenian calendar | 1165 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6466 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1637–1638 |
| Bengali calendar | 1123 |
| Berber calendar | 2666 |
| British Regnal year | 2 Geo. 1 – 3 Geo. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2260 |
| Burmese calendar | 1078 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7224–7225 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4412 or 4352 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4413 or 4353 |
| Coptic calendar | 1432–1433 |
| Discordian calendar | 2882 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1708–1709 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5476–5477 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1772–1773 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1637–1638 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4816–4817 |
| Holocene calendar | 11716 |
| Igbo calendar | 716–717 |
| Iranian calendar | 1094–1095 |
| Islamic calendar | 1128–1129 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōtoku 6 / Kyōhō 1 (享保元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1639–1640 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4049 |
| Minguo calendar | 196 before ROC 民前196年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 248 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2258–2259 |
| 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 |
Events
change- August 5 – In the Battle of Peterwardein 40.000 Austrian troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat 150,000 Ottoman Turks under Darnad Ali Pasha
- Pirate Edward Teach the "Blackbeard" raids shipping in the Caribbean
- Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded.
- Crieff, Scotland burned to the ground in revenge for the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
- Kangxi Dictionary published this year. This dictionary lays the foundation of most references to Han characters studies nowadays.