Editing 1712 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 8]] &ndash; Total eclipse of the sun visible from {{coord|60.6|S|49.2|E}}
* [[January 12]] &ndash; The premiere of the opera ''[[Idoménée]]'' by [[André Campra]] takes place at the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Théâtre du Palais-Royal]] in Paris.
* [[January 16]] &ndash; A military engineering school is established in [[Moscow]] which is to become the [[A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy]].
* [[January 26]] &ndash; The Old [[Pummerin]], a 18,161&nbsp;kg bell newly installed in the [[Stephansdom]], [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna|St. Stephen's Cathedral]],  in [[Vienna]], is rung for the first time to mark the entry of [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] to [[Vienna]] from [[Frankfurt]] after his coronation as [[Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor]]. It takes a quarter-hour for 16 men pulling on the bell rope to swing the heavy bell back-and-forth enough for the clapper to strike; the resulting forces endanger the tower so the architect orders that in future the bell be rung only by pulling its [[Bell (instrument)|clapper]].
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Huilliche uprising of 1712]]: [[Huilliche people]] in Chile's [[Chiloé Archipelago]] rise up against Spanish ''[[Encomienda|encomenderos]]'' as vengeance for perceived injustices.
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* Early March &ndash; Start of the [[Cassard expedition]], a sea voyage by [[French Navy]] captain [[Jacques Cassard]] during which he ransacks [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] in the [[Portuguese Cape Verde|Cape Verde Islands]] and pillages [[Montserrat]], [[Antigua]], [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]], [[Berbice]], [[Essequibo (colony)|Essequibo]], [[St. Eustatius]] and [[Curaçao]], returning to France with loot worth over nine million francs. 
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711]] comes into effect, leading to incorporation of the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]].
* [[March 11]] (February 30 [[Swedish Calendar|Swedish Style]], February 29 on the Julian calendar) &ndash; [[Sweden]] temporarily adopts the rare [[February 30]], as a day to adjust the [[Swedish Calendar]] back to the [[Julian calendar]]. 
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[HMS Dragon (1660)|HMS ''Dragon'']], a 38-gun [[fourth rate]] [[Frigate#Origins|frigate]] of the British [[Royal Navy]], is wrecked on [[Les Casquets]] rocks to the west of [[Alderney]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/alderneylocalhistory/Home/1700s/1712-wreck-of-hms-dragon|title=Alderney Local History - 1712 Wreck of HMS Dragon|website=sites.google.com}}</ref>
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain]] administers the [[Royal touch]] (a ritual with the intent to cure illness) for the last time; 300 [[Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis|scrofulous]] people are touched, the last of whom is [[Samuel Johnson]].