1711
year
1711 (MDCCXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1711th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 711th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1710s decade. As of the start of 1711, 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: | 1708 1709 1710 – 1711 – 1712 1713 1714 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1711 MDCCXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2464 |
| Armenian calendar | 1160 ԹՎ ՌՃԿ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6461 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1632–1633 |
| Bengali calendar | 1118 |
| Berber calendar | 2661 |
| British Regnal year | 9 Ann. 1 – 10 Ann. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2255 |
| Burmese calendar | 1073 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7219–7220 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4407 or 4347 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 4408 or 4348 |
| Coptic calendar | 1427–1428 |
| Discordian calendar | 2877 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1703–1704 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5471–5472 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1767–1768 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1632–1633 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4811–4812 |
| Holocene calendar | 11711 |
| Igbo calendar | 711–712 |
| Iranian calendar | 1089–1090 |
| Islamic calendar | 1122–1123 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōei 8 / Shōtoku 1 (正徳元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1634–1635 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4044 |
| Minguo calendar | 201 before ROC 民前201年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 243 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2253–2254 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1837 or 1456 or 684 — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1838 or 1457 or 685 |
Events
change- John Shore invents the tuning fork.
- Alexander Pope publishes An Essay on Criticism.
Births
change- April 26 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher (d. 1776)
- September 11 - William Boyce, English composer
- October 15 - Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen of Sardinia
- December 11 - Bárbara of Portugal, Portuguese princess
Deaths
change- April 14 - Louis, le Grand Dauphin, son of Louis XIV of France (b. 1661)