* 1716 – Felice Giardini, Italian composer and violinist ( d. 1796 )

In 1788 Jean Jacques Barthelemy ( 1716 – 95 ), a highly esteemed classical scholar and Jesuit, published The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, about a young Scythian descended from Anacharsis.

* 1716 – Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral

* 1658 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ( d. 1716 )

* 1660 – Sebastián Durón, Spanish composer ( d. 1716 )

At Nuremberg in 1733, he published a collection of 316 observations of the aurora borealis made by himself and others over the period 1716 – 1732.

* Banda Singh Bahadur ( 1670 – 1716 ), Sikh military leader

* 1716 – Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer ( d. 1798 )

:* Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland ( née Lady Anne Churchill ; 1683 – 1716 ), second daughter of the 1st Duke

* 1716 – Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor ( d. 1791 )

* 1716 – Thomas Gray, English writer ( d. 1771 )

* 1716 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet ( d. 1803 )

* 1716 – Charles de La Fosse, French painter ( b. 1640 )

Boucher decided that instead of taking over David's tutelage, he would send David to his friend Joseph-Marie Vien ( 1716 – 1809 ), a painter who embraced the classical reaction to Rococo.

* 1716 – Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet ( b. 1634 )

* 1645 – Johann Aegidius Bach, German violist ( d. 1716 )

* 1803 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet ( b. 1716 )

* 1716 – Philip Livingston, American founding father ( d. 1778 )

* 1716 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician ( d. 1785 )

* 1778 – Philip Livingston, American merchant and statesman, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ( b. 1716 )

* 1682 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician ( d. 1716 )

* 1716 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter ( d. 1809 )

* 1716 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician ( b. 1682 )

* 1646 – Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician ( d. 1716 )

* 1716 – Great Northern War: the naval Battle of Dynekilen takes place.

Cabbage rolls were introduced in Sweden by Karl XII who came in contact with this dish at the time of the Battle of Poltava and during his camp in the Turkish Bender and later introduced by his Ottoman creditors, who moved to Stockholm in 1716.

* Ann Cooper Whitall ( 1716 – 1797 ), a prominent Quaker woman known for her actions at the Battle of Red Bank.

Zemun and the southeastern Syrmia were conquered by the Austrian Habsburgs in 1717, after the Ottoman defeat at the Battle of Peterwardein ( 5 August 1716 ) and through the Treaty of Požarevac ( German: Passarowitz ) became a property of the Schönborn family.

In 1716, 350 Highlanders returning from the Battle of Sheriffmuir burned most of Crieff to the ground.

With two frigates and five smaller ships, he conquered or destroyed around 30 Swedish ships, with little damage to himself during the Battle of Dynekilen on July 8, 1716.

His resolute leadership was conspicuous at the Battle of Peterwardein ( 1716 ) and he was soon afterwards made commander of the Banat of Temesvar.

* 1716: Defeat of Ottoman Empire armies by the Austrians under Prince Eugene of Savoy at Battle of Peterwardein and loss of strategic fortress of Temesvar.

The naval Battle of Dynekilen ( Slaget ved Dynekilen ) took place on 8 July 1716 during the Great Northern War.

Whichever way one looks at it, whether it is seen as a major victory of Christian defenders over Islamic aggressors, or a bloody, yet minor combat between neighbouring provinces, the Battle of Sisak was the prelude to the long Second Ottoman-Habsburg War, and both empires experienced six more of such wars until 1791: 1592 – 1606, 1660 – 1664, 1683 – 1699, 1716 – 1718, 1737 – 1739 and 1788 – 1791.

In 1716 the fortress was used by the naval hero Peder Tordenskjold when he attacked the Swedish fleet during the Battle of Dynekilen.

* Battle of Petrovaradin ( 1716 )

Renewed hostilities against the Ottomans in the Austro-Turkish War consolidated his reputation with victories at the battles of Petrovaradin ( 1716 ), and the decisive encounter at Belgrade ( 1717 ).

But, in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716 – 1718, they had been defeated at Petrovaradin ( 1716 ) by the Austrian troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy.

In 1716, Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the Turks at Petrovaradin.

The second great siege of Corfu took place in 1716, during the last Turkish-Venetian War.

Another important episode in the history of the region took place in 1716 – 18, when the territories ranging from Dalmatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina to Belgrade and the Danube basin became the battleground for a new Austria-Ottoman war launched by Prince Eugene of Savoy.

From the early 15th century until 1716, Koło was the meeting place of the Provincial Parliament ( Sejmik Generalny ) for Greater Poland, comprising the Poznań Voivodship, Kalisz Voivodship, Sieradz Voivodeship, Łęczyca Voivodeship, Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship and Inowrocław Voivodeship )

After studying at the gymnasium of his native place, he entered the University of Kiel ( 1716 ), where he took his master's degree in 1718.

* Yousef Jawdat – 1716 points (→ 62nd place )

This indecisive naval battle took place on 8 July 1716 during a Turkish attempt to capture the island of Corfu ( Kerkyra ), off the west coast of mainland Greece.

St. Spyridon is also believed to have saved the island at the second great siege of Corfu which took place in 1716.

In 1716, an expedition left Tomsk and came to the place between Ob river and its confluent Berd.