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* The first known working [[Newcomen steam engine]] is built by [[Thomas Newcomen]] with [[John Calley (engineer)|John Calley]], to pump water out of mines in the [[Black Country]] of [[England]], the first device to make practical use of the power of [[steam]] to produce [[mechanical work]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link=L. T. C. Rolt|first1=L. T. C.|last1=Rolt|first2=J. S.|last2=Allen|title=The Steam Engine of Thomas Newcomen|chapter=The First Newcomen Engines c1710-15|pages=44–57|edition=new|location=Hartington|publisher=Moorland|year=1977|isbn=0-903485-42-7}}</ref>
* After many years of settlement, the ''Town on Queen Anne's Creek'' is established as a courthouse for [[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan County]], [[North Carolina]].  The town is renamed [[Edenton, North Carolina|Edenton]] in [[1720]], and incorporated in [[1722]].
* The VOC ''[[Zuytdorp]]'' is wrecked off the coast of [[Western Australia]].
* [[John Arbuthnot]] creates the character of ''[[John Bull]]'' to represent Britain.
* A translation of the [[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'']] into [[Irish language|Irish]], made by John Richardson (1664–1747), is published.<ref name="ProfessorBooks2006">{{cite book|chapter=Ireland|first=Brian|last=Mayne|editor-first1=Charles|editor-last1=Hefling|editor-first2=Cynthia|editor-last2=Shattuck|title=[[The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey]]|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezVH2h6PKUcC|access-date=22 February 2015|date=1 July 2006|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-972389-8|page=207}}</ref></onlyinclude>