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| 1714 |
| | | Cosmas Damian Asam begins work on a highly theatrical creation, the Benedictine Abbey of Weltenburg (1714-1735), joined by his younger brother Egid Quirin from 1721 | |
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| 1714 |
| | | Fahrenheit perfects the mercury thermometer and decides on a 180-degree interval between the freezing and boiling points of water | |
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| 1714 |
| | | On the death of Queen Anne, the Act of Settlement delivers the British crown to the elector of Hanover, as George I | |
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| 1714 |
| | | The British government offers a massive £20,000 prize for a chronometer capable of keeping accurate time at sea | |
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| 1714 |
| | | The first St Anne's church is built on Kew Green. | |
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| 1714 |
| | | In his Monadology Leibniz describes a universe consisting of forceful interactive parts that he calls 'monads' | |
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| 1715 |
| | | Louis XIV dies after seventy-two years on the throne | |
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| 1715 |
| | | A Jacobite uprising in Scotland on behalf of the Old Pretender ends in fiasco | |
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| 1715 |
| | | Colen Campbell creates interest in the Palladian style in Britain with the publication of his Vitruvius Britannicus | |
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| 1715 |
| | | John Campbell, Duke of Argyll, defeats the Old Pretender’s troops at the battle of Sherrifmuir, for which he is rewarded with an estate in Petersham, carved out of Richmond Park | |
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