Editing 1716 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 5]] &ndash; Prince [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany|Ernest Augustus]] is created [[Duke of York and Albany]], in the [[peerage of Great Britain]].
* [[July 8]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Dynekilen]]: The [[Swedish Empire|Swedish]] fleet is defeated by a [[Denmark–Norway|Danish–Norwegian]] fleet.
* [[July 8]]–[[August 21]] &ndash; [[Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] [[Siege of Corfu (1716)|unsuccessfully lays siege]] to [[Corfu (city)|Corfu]], the last bastion of the [[Republic of Venice]] in the Greek islands.<ref>{{cite book | last=Chasiotis | first=Ioannis | chapter = Η κάμψη της Οθωμανικής δυνάμεως |trans-chapter=The decline of Ottoman power | pages = 8–51 | script-title=el:Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος ΙΑ′: Ο ελληνισμός υπό ξένη κυριαρχία, 1669–1821 |trans-title=History of the Greek Nation, Volume XI: Hellenism under foreign rule, 1669–1821 | location = Athens | year = 1975 | publisher = Ekdotiki Athinon | language = el}}</ref>
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]], one of the oldest towns on the [[Mississippi River]], is founded by French civilians at the site of Fort Rosalie. <ref>[https://mississippitoday.org/2016/05/27/revelry-in-natchez-as-300th-anniversary-approaches/ "Revelry in Natchez as 300th anniversary approaches"], by Kendra Ablaza, ''Mississippi Today'', May 27, 2016</ref>
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton]], under sentence of death for his part in the [[Jacobite rising of 1715]], escapes from the [[Tower of London]] and flees into exile on the continent.
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Battle of Petrovaradin]]: 83,300 Austrian troops of [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]] defeat 150,000 [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]] under [[Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha]] (who is killed).
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]], returns from Italy.
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Maria (rebel leader)|"Maria"]], an African slave of the [[Dutch West India Company]] on the Caribbean island of [[Curaçao]], murders the plantation overseer, Christiaan Muller, then leads a rebellion, killing Muller's family and much of the white staff on the company's plantation.  The uprising is suppressed after 10 days, and Maria is later executed by burning at the stake on November 9.  <ref>[http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Maria "Maria (? -1716)"], by Han Jordaan, in ''Women's Lexicon of the Netherlands''</ref>
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia]], eldest son of the Tsar [[Peter the Great]] and heir to the throne, flees from [[Saint Petersburg]] with his mistress, [[Afrosinya|Efrosinya Fedorova]], along with her brother and three servants.  After spending more than a year in Austria, he returns to Russia where he is arrested and dies in prison in 1718. <ref> V. N. Balyazin, ''Unofficial History of Russia'' (Olma Media Group, 2007) p. 216</ref><ref>Ian Grey, ''The Romanovs'' (New Word City, 2016)</ref>