CHRONOLOGY. 



449 



A. D. 



1707, aet. 74. Boileau Despreaus, ob. 1711, 

 zt. 75. 



1686. The Newtonian philosophy published. An em- 



bassy to Louis XIV. from the kiug of Siam. 

 The grand alliance against France between Bri- 

 tain, Germany, and Holland, May 12. A con- 

 vention between Britain and Holland against 

 France, Aug. 22. The league of Augsburgh 

 against France, July 1 1, O. S. A comet appear- 

 ed ; 8ee ASTRONOMY, p. 815. Humphrey Pri- 

 deaux, ob. 1724, zt. 77. 



1687. Telegraphs said to have been invented. They 



seem to have been proposed in 1663 by the Mar- 

 quis of Worcester. The crown of Hungary 

 declared hereditary in the house of Austria. 

 Grzvius, ob. 1703. 



1688. Smyrna destroyed by an earthquake, July 10. 



The revolution in England begins, Nov. 5. 

 France makes war against Holland, Nov. 23, 

 O. S. Abdication of King James, who retires 

 to France, Dec. 23. The Imperialists take 

 Belgrade by assault A revolution in Siam. 

 Peter Bayle, ob. 1706, xt. 59. 



1689. K. William and Q. Mary proclaimed, Feb. 16. 



James II. with an army, lands in Ireland. The 

 emperor declares war against France. France 

 makes war upon Spain and England. The 

 French fleet defeated at Bantry-bay, May 1. 

 The grand alliance between King William, the 

 emperor, and the States-General, May 12. K. 

 William defeated at Killicrankie, July 27. 

 Episcopacy abolished in Scotland, July 22. 

 Falkland islands discovered. A treaty between 

 China and Russia. Louis XIV. declares war 

 against Holland. The Imperialists defeat the 

 Turks near Patochin, Aug. 30, and Sept. 24. 

 A comet appeared; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 

 John Loelce, ob. 17Ot, aet. 70. 



1690. Peace between the czar of Moscovy and the em- 



peror of China. The French, under Tourville, 

 defeat the English and Dutch in a naval battle 

 off Beachy-head, June 30, O. S. Luxembourg 

 defeats the allies at Fleurus, June 21. K. Wil- 

 liam defeats James II. at the Boyne, July 1, O.S. 

 Bishop Stillingfleet, ob. 1699, act. 64. 



1691. The congress at the Hague, Jan. Louis XIV. 



takes Mons, March 30, O. S. The battle of 

 Aghrim in Ireland, July 12. Termination of 

 the war in Ireland by the surrender of Limerick, 

 Oct. 3. The Imperialists defeat the Turks, 

 Aug. 9, O. S. A treaty of union between 

 Sweden and Denmark. Twelve thousand Irish 

 Catholics transported to France. Archbishop 

 Tillotson, ob. 1694, zt. 65. 



1692. The English fleet defeats the French off La Hogue, 



May 19. Namur besieged and taken by the 

 French, May 25. Massacre of Glencoe, Jan. 

 31. The English defeated by Luxembourg at 

 Steinkirk, July 24. Earthquakes in England 

 and in Jamaica, Sept. 8. Bishop Burnet, ob. 

 1715, set. 72. 



J693. The English and the Dutch defeated by the French 

 in a sea fight off Cape Vincent, June 16. Order 

 of St Louis instituted. The allies defeated by 

 Luxembourg at Landen, July 19. Battle of 

 Marsiglia, Sept. 24. Bossuet, ob. 1704, set. 78. 



169*. Bankof Englandincorporatcd. Huy taken, Sept.18. 



OL, VI. FART II. 



A. D. 



Messina destroyed by an earthquake. The Chranolo- 

 Turks defeated by the Poles at Niester, Sept. gy '- 

 26. Queen Mary dies Dec. 28, aet. 33. Filicaia, s "" Y "~ 

 ob. 1707, zt. 65. Madam de Maintenon, ob. 



1719, aet. Si. 



1695. A comet appeared at Macao, with a tail 40 degrees 



in length. War between the Ottoman Porte 

 and the allies. Namur taken by the allies, July 

 25. The duke of Savoy takes Casal, May. 

 Malebranche, ob. 1715. 



1696. Treaty of Turin between Louis XIV. and the 



duke of Savoy. The Assassination plot dis- 

 covered, July 14. Peter I. takes Azof, July 



19. J. Dominique Cassini, ob. 1712, aet. 87. 



1697. A meteoric stone fell in Switzerland on the 16th 



March. French take Carthageoa, May 26. 

 The Turks defeated by the Imperialists in the 

 battle of Zentha, Sept. 1. The peace of Rya- 

 wick, between Britain, France, Holland, and 

 Spain, Sept. 11. Peace between France and the 

 empire, Oct. 20. Henry Dodwell, ob. 1711, zt. 

 70. John Lobieski dies. 



1698. The Czar Peter travels into Holland, England, 



and Germany. The first treaty of partition be- 

 tween France, Britain, and Holland, signed Aug. 

 10. A comet appears; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 

 Gronovins, ob. 1716, aet. 71. Heinsius, ob. 



1720, zt. 79. 



1699. Peace of Carlowitz, between Poland, Russia, Ve- 



nice, and Turkey, Jan. 16. A comet appeared ; 

 see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. The Scots attempt 

 an establishment on the coast of Darien. A 

 league against Sweden between Denmark, Po- 

 land, and Russia. The Dutch guards sent to 

 Holland. Bishop Lloyd, ob. 1717, zt. 90. 



1700. Meteoric stones fell near St Jago in Jamaica. The 



Dutch and the German Protestants introduce 

 the new style. The crown of Spain transferred 

 to the house of Bourbon. A severe bill against 

 the Papists in England. The treaty of Traven- 

 thod between Denmark and Sweden, Aug. The 

 Russians defeated bjr the Swedes at Narva, Nov. 



20. Thrashing machine with flails invented. 

 Mad. Dacier, ob. 1720, aet. 69. 



EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 



1701. The coronation of the first king of Prussia, Jan. 7. 



Academy of Sciences founded at Berlin. An 

 alliance against France between Germany, Eng- 

 land, Holland, and Savoy, Sept. 7. A league 

 against the allies between France, Spain, and 

 Portugal. Sir Isaac Newton, ob. 172f, zt. 85. 



1702. A comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 



War declared against France, in England, Ger- 

 many, and Holland, May 4. The Imperialists 

 defeated by the French at Luzara, Aug. 4. 

 Landau surrenders to the Imperialists, Aug. 30. 

 Venloo surrendered to the allies, Sept. 25. Th* 

 French fleet destroyed by the English ana 

 Dutch in the port of Vigo, Oct. 12. The 

 French send colonies to the Mississippi. Naval 

 battle between the English and French in the 

 West Indies, Aug. 19. China ware made at 

 Dresden. K. William dies March 8, zt. 52. 

 Prince Eugene, ob. 1736, zt. 73. Fenelon, ob. 

 1715, zt. 64. 



1 703. Portugal joins the league against France and Spain, 



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