1701

1701 (MDCCI) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the 18th century. As of the start of 1701, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1670s  1680s  1690s  – 1700s –  1710s  1720s  1730s
Years:	1698 1699 1700 – 1701 – 1702 1703 1704

1701 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1701 MDCCI
Ab urbe condita	2454
Armenian calendar	1150 ԹՎ ՌՃԾ
Assyrian calendar	6451
Balinese saka calendar	1622–1623
Bengali calendar	1108
Berber calendar	2651
English Regnal year	13 Will. 3 – 14 Will. 3
Buddhist calendar	2245
Burmese calendar	1063
Byzantine calendar	7209–7210
Chinese calendar	庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4397 or 4337     — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4398 or 4338
Coptic calendar	1417–1418
Discordian calendar	2867
Ethiopian calendar	1693–1694
Hebrew calendar	5461–5462
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1757–1758
- Shaka Samvat	1622–1623
- Kali Yuga	4801–4802
Holocene calendar	11701
Igbo calendar	701–702
Iranian calendar	1079–1080
Islamic calendar	1112–1113
Japanese calendar	Genroku 14 (元禄１４年)
Javanese calendar	1624–1625
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4034
Minguo calendar	211 before ROC 民前211年
Nanakshahi calendar	233
Thai solar calendar	2243–2244
Tibetan calendar	阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1827 or 1446 or 674     — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1828 or 1447 or 675

Births

• September 7 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (d. 1788)