What happened 1700 AD

By 3 April 1700, Bach and his schoolfriend Georg Erdmann—who was two years Bach's elder—were enrolled in the prestigious St. Michael's School in Lüneburg, some two weeks' travel north of Ohrdruf.

Bel-bani (1700–1691 BC) succeeded Adasi and further strengthened Assyria against potential threats, and remained a revered figure even in the time of Ashurbanipal over a thousand years later.

Michel Blavet was born in Besanon in 1700.

The Swedish force of King Charles XII defeated the Russians in the Battle at Narva.

The Queen consort of Denmark and Norway, Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, was born in Castle Schonberg in the year 1770.