The rebuilt Boston Light from 1783
In the year 1716, the town of Crieff in Scotland is burned to the ground by Jacobites returning from a battle (Jan), the seventh Ottoman–Venetian War begins, but the Ottoman Empire unsuccessfully lays siege to Corfu (Jul 8), America’s first lighthouse, Boston Light, is built (destroyed in the American Revolution but later rebuilt), the pirate Blackbeard is given command of a Bermuda sloop in the Bahamas - and all these fine people were born:
1716-xxxx Arvi Junkkarinen* churchbuilder - Leppävirta, Sweden-Finland (1777/c.61)
1716-xxxx Anna Margareta Salmelin* POW during the Russo-Swedish War/rescued several from serfdom - Sweden-Finland (1789/c.73)
1716-xxxx Henrik Johansson Smeds** father of Matts Henriksson Smeds - Uusikaarlepyy, Sweden-Finland (1764/47-48)
1716-0104 Aaron Burr Sr.* minister/college educator/father of vice president Aaron Burr - Fairfield, Connecticut Colony (1757/41)
1716-0112 Antonio de Ulloa* general/ explorer/scientist - Seville, Spain (1795/79)
1716-0120 Charles III of Spain* King of Spain (1759-1788) - Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (1788/72)
1716-0120 Franz Wilhelm Rabaliatti* Italian-German architect - Gameragna di Stella, Savona, Italy (1782/66)
1716-0209 Mary Palmer* (b Reynolds) writer - Devon, England (1794/78)
1716-0223 Antoine-Joseph Pernety* writer - Roanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (1796/80)
1716-0306 Pehr Kalm* Finnish explorer/botanist - Ångermanland, Sweden (1779/63)
1716-0405 Jeremiah Theus* Swiss-American painter/to U.S. at age 19 - Chur, Switzerland (1774/58)
1716-0529 Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton* naturalist - Montbard, France (1800/83)
1716-0610 Carl Gustaf Ekeberg* physician/ chemist/explorer - Djursholm, Sweden (1784/)
1716-0614 Peter Harrison* colonial American architect in New England - York, Yorkshire, England (1775/58)
1716-0714 Michael Schlatter* Swiss-American clergyman - Gallen, Switzerland (1790/74)
1716-0830 Lancelot “Capability” Brown (B) landscape architect - Kirkharle, Northumberland, England (1783/67)
1716-0902 Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu* engraver - Paris, France (1791/74)
1716-0919 Jan Jacob Schultens* orientalist/ linguist - Franeker, Netherlands (1788/72)
1716-1004 James Lind* physician/pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy - Edinburgh, Scotland (1794/77)
1716-1101 William Foye* political figure in Nova Scotia - Boston, Massachusetts (1771/54)
1716-1201 [Étienne Maurice Falconet](http://Étienne Maurice Falconet)* sculptor (Bronze Horseman) - Paris, France (1791/74)
Updated 1.4.2023-1
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