Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s Years: 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 - 1710 - 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 Events Enactment of the world's first copyright legislation, Britain's 'Act for the Encourage of Learning (short title) Year in topics 1710 in literature Births January 4 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer (+ 1736) February 15 - King Louis XV of France (+ 1774) April 15 - William Cullen, professor of medicine and co-founder, Glasgow Medical School (+ 1790) May 14 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (+ 1771) November 22 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, (+ 1784) November 27 - Robert Lowth, Bishop of the Church of England (+ 1787) Deaths \n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.