February 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
March 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
March 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
Day of marriage May 31, 1711
The temperature on May 31, 1711 was about 17.0 °C. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
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