takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. November 27 – Annular solar eclipse is visible through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, eastern China, Myanmar and northern Philippines. December 6 – Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army. December 25 – The fall of the meteorite of Barcelona is seen and heard over distances up to hundreds of kilometres and is interpreted as a divine sign. Date unknown Great Northern War: Russian troops under Tsar Peter the Great capture Tartu and Narva. The Sultanate of Brunei cedes its north-east territories to the Sultanate of Sulu. The lower three counties of the Province of Pennsylvania become the colony of Delaware. An earthquake strikes Gondar, Ethiopia. Tenerife's earliest recorded volcanic eruption takes place from three fissure emission centres: Siete Fuentes, Fasnia and Arafo. A Tale of a Tub, the first major satire by Jonathan Swift (written 1694–1697), is published in London, running through three editions this year. Isaac Newton publishes his Opticks. He also predicts that the world will end in 2060. The Students' Monument is built in Aiud, Romania. Chinese Rites controversy: Rome decrees that Roman ceremonial practice in Latin (not in Chinese) is to be the law for Chinese missions. Nerchinsky Zavod is founded in the Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia by Greek mining engineers. Thomas Darley purchases the bay Arabian horse Darley Arabian in Aleppo, Syria, and ships him to stud in England, where he becomes the most important foundation sire of all modern thoroughbred racing bloodstock. Giancomo Miraldi observes Martian polar ice caps as "white spots" at the Martian poles. Births January–March January 1 Soame Jenyns, English writer and Member of Parliament (d. 1787) Thomas Newton, English cleric (d. 1782) January 6 – Michael Becher, Bristol-born English slave trader and merchant (d. 1758) January 16 – Finnur Jónsson, Icelandic pastor, Bishop of Skálholt from 1754 to 1785 (d. 1789) January 28 – Louis, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (d. 1711) January 29 – Francesco Appiani, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (d. 1792) February 4 – Anna Susanne von der Osten, Danish courtier and philanthropist (d. 1773) February 5 – Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (d. 1722) February 6 – John Mercer, colonial American lawyer (d. 1768) February 12 Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772) Jan Schreuder, 30th Governor of Zeylan during the Dutch period in Ceylon (d. 1764) February 15 Aloysius Bellecius,