upon a blade of grass". November 13 – India's Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah defeats his brother, pretender Muhammad Ibrahim in a battle at Hasanpur (in Uttar Pradesh). Ibrahim is returned to incarceration at the citadel of Shahjahanabad, part of modern-day Delhi. November 16 – English-born pirate "Calico Jack" Rackham (captured around October 31) is brought to trial at Spanish Town in Jamaica; he is hanged at Port Royal two days later. Most of his crew is also hanged but female pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny are spared. December 8 – Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani is deposed from his position as Grand Vizier of Iran (at this time, part of the Safavid Empire) and tortured by Mohammadqoli Khan, the bodyguard of the Safavid Shah, Sultan Husayn. Date unknown The Tuscarora people leave North Carolina as a result of European colonization. The Town on Queen Anne's Creek, North Carolina is renamed Edenton, in honor of North Carolina Governor Charles Eden; it is incorporated in 1722. The Guild Regulation of 1720 is introduced in Sweden. The Kangxi Emperor announces that all western businessmen in China can trade only in Guangzhou. The Academia Real da Historia is founded in Lisbon, Portugal. Jonathan Swift begins major composition work on Gulliver's Travels in Ireland. Il teatro alla moda, a satirical pamphlet by Benedetto Marcello, is published anonymously in Venice. The first yacht club in the world, the Royal Cork Yacht Club, is founded in Ireland. Births January 2 – José de Gálvez, Spanish politician (d. 1787) January 4 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (d. 1774) January 13 – Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808) January 27 – Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (d. 1777) January 30 – Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist, entomologist (d. 1778) February 8 – Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750) February 15 – Philippe Macquer, French historian (d. 1770) March 9 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) March 13 – Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793) March 15 – Philip, Duke of Parma, Spanish prince (d. 1765) March 22 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799) April 23 – Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) May 8 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1764) May 15 – Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) July 18 – Gilbert White, English naturalist and cleric (d.