Editing 1711 (section)

===January&ndash;March===
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Cary's Rebellion]]: The [[Lords Proprietor]] appoint [[Edward Hyde (c. 1650–1712)|Edward Hyde]] to replace [[Thomas Cary (North Carolina)|Thomas Cary]], as the [[governor]] of the [[North Carolina]] portion of the [[Province of Carolina]]. Hyde's policies are deemed hostile to [[Quaker]] interests, leading former governor Cary and his Quaker allies to take up arms against the province.<ref>Cary's Rebellion". North Carolina Digital History. Learn NC University of North Carolina. Retrieved November 15 2023.</ref>
* [[January 24]] &ndash; The first performance of [[Francesco Gasparini]]'s most famous opera ''[[Tamerlano (Gasparini opera)|Tamerlano]]'' takes place at the [[Teatro San Cassiano]] in [[Venice]].<ref> "Tamerlano (Gasparini)". opérabaroque.fr. Opéra Baroque. Retrieved November 15 2023.</ref>
* [[February]] &ndash; French settlers at ''[[Fort Louis de la Mobile]]'' celebrate [[Mardi Gras in Mobile]] ([[Alabama]]), by parading a large papier-mache ox head on a cart (the first Mardi Gras parade in America).<ref>"Mardi Gras: Mobile's Paradoxical Party". The Wisdom of Chief Slacabamorinico. Retrieved November 15 2023.</ref>
* [[February 3]] &ndash; A total [[lunar eclipse]] occurs, at 12:31&nbsp;[[Universal Time|UT]]. 
* [[February 24]]
** [[Thomas Cary (North Carolina)|Thomas Cary]], after declaring himself Governor of North Carolina, sails an armed [[brigantine]] up the [[Chowan River]], to attack Governor Hyde's forces fortified at Colonel [[Thomas Pollock]]'s plantation. The attack fails, and Cary's forces retreat.<ref> Bickham, Troy O. (23 September 2004). "Cary, Thomas (d. c. 1720)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68507. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved November 15 2023.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)</ref> 
** ''[[Rinaldo (opera)|Rinaldo]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]], the first Italian [[opera]] written for the [[London]] stage, premieres at the [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|Queen's Theatre]], [[Haymarket, London|Haymarket]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; ''[[The Spectator (1711)|The Spectator]]'' is founded by [[Joseph Addison]] and [[Richard Steele]] in London.<ref>[http://www.information-britain.co.uk/famdates.php?id=888 Information Britain.]</ref>