1716

1716 (MDCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar. 

 Events 
 August 5 – In the Battle of Peterwardein 40.000 Austrian troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat 150,000 Ottoman Turks under Darnad Ali Pasha
 Pirate Edward Teach the "Blackbeard" raids shipping in the Caribbean
 Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded.
 Crieff, Scotland burned to the ground in revenge for the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
 Kangxi Dictionary published this year. This dictionary lays the foundation of most references to Han characters studies nowadays.