450 



CHRONOLOC, V 



170*. 



1705. 



1706. 



1707. 



170S. 



7109. 



1710. 



1711. 



ri2. 



1713. 



M*y 5. Pcteriburg founded. A dreadful tern- 

 pc*t in England, Nov. 27. Lcibnit/, ob. 1716, 

 set. 70. 



The Bavarian! defeated by Marlborough at Schel- 

 lenburg, July 2. Admiral Rook takes Gibral- 

 tar, July 24. Battle of Blenheim, in which the 

 allies defeat the French, Aug. 2. Narva taken 

 by the czar of Muscovy, Aug. 10. The English 

 defeat the French fleet oft Malaga, Aug. 13. 

 The alliei take Landau, Nov. 23. Huet, ob. 



:. *t. !H. 



The Spaniih fleet defeated by the Englith off 

 Gibraltar, March 21. Marlborough forces the 

 French lines in Brabant, July 18. The duke of 

 Vendome defeats P. Eugene at Cassano, Aug. 

 Barcelona reduced by the English, Aug. 22. 

 Sir Godfrey Kneller, ob. 1723, it. 77. 



A meteoric stone weighing 72 pounds fell near 

 Louisa in Macedonia, in January. The French 

 defeated by Marlborough at Ramillies, May 12. 

 Marlborough takes Brussels, Louvaine, Bruges, 

 Ghent, Ostend, >! nin, Sec. The allies take 

 Carihagena, June 13. Union between England 

 and Scotland signed, July 20. P. Eugene de- 

 feat* the French at Turin, Aug. 27. Peace be- 

 tween Poland and Sweden, Sept. 13. The 

 Spaniards discover the New Philippine isles. A 

 comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. John 

 Flamstead, ob. 1723, it. 77. 



The French defeat the allies at Almanza, April 

 14. Treaty between the emperor and Sweden 

 in April. The kingdom of Naples seized by 

 the emperor. A conspiracy in Geneva. A co- 

 met appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. And. 

 Dacier, ob. 1722, it. 71. 



Battle of Oudenarde, in which the French are de- 

 feated, June 30. Sardinia taken by the allies, 

 Aug. 4. Minorca taken by Gen. Stanhope, 

 Sept. 18. Lisle surrenders to the allies, Oct. 

 12. Marlborough takes Ghent, Dec. 30. Jo. 

 Vincent Gravina, ob. 1718, it. 50. 



Battle of Pultowa, in which the Swedes are de- 

 feated by the Russians, June 27. Tournay taken 

 by the allies, July 30. The French defeated at 

 Malplaquet, Aug. 31. MOBS taken by the al- 

 lies, Oct. 21. Dr Bentley, ob. 1742, it. 80. 

 Marshal Villars, ob. 1734, it. 82. 



The allies take Douay, June 15. The allies de- 

 feat the Spaniards at Almenara, July 27 ; and 

 at Saragossa, Aug. 9. The English defeated 

 t Brihweea by the duke of Vendome, Dec. 9. 

 Battle of Villa Viciosa, Dec. 10. The Spaniards 

 defeated by Staremberg. Bishop Hare, ob. 1 740, 

 it. 70. R. Harley, earl of Oxford, ob. 1724, 

 xt. 83. 



The duke dc Noailles takes Girrone, Jan. 23. 

 War declared by the emperor of Russia against 

 the Turks, March 8 ; a battle between the 

 Turks and Ru- Ian-, which lasts 3 days. Bou- 

 chain taken by Marlborough, Sept. 13. Treaty 

 of Pruth between Peter the Great and Achmet 

 III. Addison.ob. 1719, it. 48. Lord Boling- 

 broke, ob. 1751, i: 



Villar* defeats the Engluh at Denain, July 13, 

 and takes Douay, Sept. 8. Negotiations for 

 peace at Utrecht. Sir K. Steel, ob. 17i-'y. 



A comet appears. Peace of Utrecht between 

 Britain and Holland, Jan. 29. Peace between 



A. D. 



17H. 



1715. 



Russia and Turkey. A treaty between Britain Clironolo- 

 and Spain, March '_'tj. Peace between Britain t? v - 

 and Frs A. -en France and the duke of """" i"""' 



Sav ,11 Portugal and France, between 



PruMU and France, April 11 ; between France 

 and the States-General, April IvJ ; between Bri- 

 tain and Spdin, July 13. Matthew Prior, ob. 

 1721, it. .-,-7. 



Treaty of Rastadt and of Baden in Swit/erland 

 between Germany and France, March 6. Bar- 

 :ia and Cordova taken by the king of Spain. 

 Treaty of Baden between France, Germany, and 

 Spain, Sept. 7. War declared aguuis,t V 

 by the Turks, Dec. 7. Q. Anne dies, and 

 George I. succeeds to the tin one of Great Bri- 

 tain, Aug. 1. Francis Alterbury, bishop of 

 Rochester, banished 172.'5, ob. 1732, it. 70. 



Treaty of Utrecht between Spain and Porn 



" led by the Turks, The: 

 barrier treaty between Hollttd anil Germany, 



Feb. 13. Morca subdued t>v the Turks 



1716. 



1717- 



1718. 



1719. 



1720. 



1721. 



Nov. 15. The battL- of 1' -, Nov. 13 ; 



Sheriff-muir, Nov. ll<. Prince Charles lands 

 near Aberdeen, Dec. -2. Louik XIV. dies Aug. 

 21, xt. 77. John Hardouin, ob. 1729, it. 83. 

 John, duke of Argyle, ob. 1743, xt. 61. 



Alliance between Britain and Holland, Feb. 6. 

 The rebellion in Scotland suppressed, April 26. 

 Alliance between Britain and Germany, May 

 _'."i. War between Germany and Turkey. The 

 Turks defeated by P. Eugene at Peterwaradin, 

 July 25. John Le Clerc, ob. 1736, it. 79. 

 1'liihp, duke of Orleans, regent of France, ob. 

 1723, it. 51. 



A comet appears. Peter the Great arrives in 

 Paris. The triple alliance between Britain, 

 France, and H .Hand at th Hague, Dec. 21-. 

 Prince Eugene defeats the Turks at Belgrade, 

 kills 15,000 men, and takes 130 pieces of can- 

 non. L'Enfant, ob. 1728, zt. 68. 



Charles XII. invades Norway. The English de- 

 feat the Spaniards in a sea fight near Syracuse, 

 July 31. Treaty of Passarowitz, between the 

 Germans, Venetians, and Turks, July 21. Quad- 

 ruple alliance between Germany, Britain, France, 

 and Holland, Aug. 2. Britain makes war upon 

 Spain, Dec. 22. A comet appeared ; see ASTRO- 

 NOMY, p. 815. Vcrtot, ob. 1735, it. 80. Earl 

 Macclesfield, ob. 1732, set. 66. 



Sicily evacuated by the Spanish troops. Peace 

 between Britain and Spain, June 26. Peace be- 

 tween Poland and Sweden ; between Hanover 

 and Sweden, Nov. 20. Battle of Franca Villa, 

 June 9. The Mississippi scheme at its height in 

 France. John Law, ob. 1729, set. .W. Dr 

 Friend, ob. 1728, it. 53. Alberoni disgraced, 

 ob. 1752, it. 88. 



A league between England and Sweden, Jan. 21. 

 Peace between Sweden and Prussia, Jan. 21. 

 South Sea scheme begins April 7, and ends 

 Sept. 29. Peace between Denmark and Swe- 

 den, June 3. A great earthquake in China, 

 June 11. The Mississippi company in France 

 dissolved, June 27. Pestilence in France. Sar- 

 dinia ceded to the duke of Savoy, Aug. 7. 

 Montfaucon, ob. 1741, it. 86. 



A shower of sulphur fell in Brunswick in Octo- 

 ber. Peace between Britain and Spain, June 13. 

 Alliance between Britain, France, and Spain, 



