CHRONOLOGY. 



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tVonoio- June 13. Peace between Sweden and Russia, 



sy Aug. 19. Dr S. Clarke, ob. 1729, xt. 54. Sir 



^-^ ".' ' R. Walpolc, ob. 1715, set. 71. 



1722. The English make peace with the Moors, Aug. 



12. A revolution in Persia, Oct. 12. The 

 c/ar assumes the title of Emperor of Russia. 

 Roggewein makes discoveries in the Pacific 

 Ocean. The Christians and Jesuits expelled 1735. 

 from China. Dr Jonathan Swift, ob. 1745, 

 zt. 78. 



1723. Thirty-three meteoric stones fell near Plestowitz 



in Bohemia, on the 22d June. A comet ap- 1736. 

 peared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. Dr Ed- 

 mund Halley, ob. 1742, set. 82. Duke of Marl- 

 borough dies, set. 73. 



1 724. Earthquake in Denmark. Persecution of the Pro- 



testants in France. An Academy of Sciences 1737. 

 established at St Petersburg. Philip V. resigns 

 his kingdom to his son Lewis, Jan. 15. John 

 Albertus Fabricius, ob. 1736, jet. 67. Duke 

 de Riperda disgraced 1726, ob. 1737. 



1725. Treaty of Vienna, between the emperor and the 



king of Spain, April 31. War between Persia 1738. 

 and Turkey. Treaty of Hanover, between Bri- 

 tain, France, and Prussia, against Germany and 

 Spain, Sept. 3. Dr John Arbuthnot, ob. 1735. 

 Cardinal Fleury, bb. 1743, a:t. 90. 1739. 



1726. An earthquake at Palermo, Aug. 21. Boerhaavc, 



ob. 1 738, xt. 70. 



1727. Treaty of Copenhagen, between Britain, Den- 



mark, &c. April 16. Peace between Turkey 

 and Persia. Aberration of the fixed stars dis- 

 covered by Dr Bradley. Siege of Gibraltar be- 

 gun by the Spaniards May 20, and continued 

 till April 1728. King George I. dies June 1 1 , 

 !Rt. 68. Dr Chandler, ob. 1750, set. 83. Dr 

 Bradley, ob. 1762, ret. 7O. 



: }. Treaty of Westminster, between Britain and Hoi- 174O. 

 land, May 27. A colony of Danes passed into 

 Greenland. A great fire in Copenhagen. An 

 earthquake in China, September. Cardinal Po- 

 lignac, ob. 1741, set. 80. Sir R. Temple, ob. 

 1749, set. 74. 



1729. A comet appeared; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 1741. 



The treaty of Seville, between Britain, France, 

 and Spain, Nov. 9. Bishop Gibson, ob. 1743, 

 set. 79. 



1730. War between Persia and Turkey. An earthquake 



in China. A revolution at Constantinople, 

 September. The Persians under Kouli-Khan 1742. 

 gain a signal victory over the Turks. Bishop 

 Hoadly, ob. 1761, set. 85. 



1731. A treaty between Britain- and Germany, Mar. 16. 



A new treaty between Germany, Britain, and 

 Spain, July 22. Alliance between the elec. 

 toratt-s of Hanover and Saxony, August. A 

 great earthquake at Naplea. Alexander Pope, 1743. 

 ob. 1741, xt. 80. 



1732. The Spanish fleet defeats the Moors on the coast 



oi B.irbary, June 20. The Pragmatic sanction 

 confirmed by the diet of the empire, Jan. 11. 

 Rollin, ob. 1741, set. 80. 



1733. Jesuits expelled from Paraguay, January. A war 



between Gerauuiy aiui France. A treaty be- 

 tween France, Spain, and Sardinia. Abbe du 

 Bos, ob. 1742, st. 72. 



1734. A battle between the Turks and Persians. The 



Imperialists defeated by the French at Parma, 



June 18. The French take Philipsburg, July Chroaola. 

 7. Dantzic submits to Augustus, July 10. ._ r gy '_y 

 The king of Sardinia defeats the Imperialists at *""Y"^ 

 Guastalia, Sept. 19. A commercial treaty be- 

 tween Britain and Russia, Dec. 2. Fontentlle, 

 ob. 1756, net. 100. W. Pulteney, ob. 1764, 

 zt. 81. 



Alliance between Sweden and Denmark. The 

 Turks defeated by the Persians. Preliminaries 

 of peace between France and Austria signed 

 Oct. 3. Dr Sherlock, ob. 1761, set. 84. 

 Peace between Austria and Spain. War between 

 Russia and Turkey. Kouli Khan proclaimed 

 king of Persia, by the title of Shah Nadir, 

 Sept. 29. Lagrange born, 25th June. Bishop 

 Berkeley, ob. 1753, xt. 73. 



A comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 

 The emperor, along with Russia, makes war 

 upon the Turks, July 2. A dreadful hurricane 

 at the mouth of the Ganges, Oct. 10. Colin 

 Maclaurin, ob. 1746, xt 48. Philip, Earl of 

 Hardwicke, ob. 1764, set. 74. 

 The Russians invade the Crimea. Treaty of 

 Vienna between the -emperor and the king of 

 France, Nov. 18. James Thomson, ob. 1748, 

 act. 48. Lord President Forbes, ob. 1747, ast.62. 

 Shah Nadir obtains possession of the empire of the 

 Moguls. Treaty between Britain and Denmark. 

 A comet appeared; tee ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 

 The Russians deteat the Turks at Choc/in:, 

 Aug. 8. Peace between Germany and Turkey, 

 Aug. 21. ; between Russia and Turkey, Nov. 

 War between England and Spain declared, 

 Oct. 23. Porto- Bello taken by Vernon, Nov. 

 21. Treaty of Versailles between France and 

 Holland, Dec. 21. Bishop Butler, ob. 1752, 

 set. 60. 



War between Hungary aad Poland. Peace be- 

 tween Persia and Turkey, October. The em. 

 peror Charles VI. dies, Oct. 9, which begins 

 the general war in Germany, that lasts eight 

 years. Henry Fielding, ob. 1754, act. 48. Ar. 

 thur Onslow, ob. 1768, aet. 78. 

 Prussians defeated by the Imperialists at the battle 

 of Molwitz, March 30. War between Russia 

 and Sweden. Carthagena taken by Vernon, 

 June 19. The Prussians seize Silesia, Oct. 20. 

 Charles de Secendat Baron Montesquieu, ob. 

 1755, aet. 67. 



Two comets appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 

 Battle of Czaslaw, between the Austrhins and 

 Prussians, May 6. Peace between Prussia and 

 Austria. Prague besieged by the Austnans, 

 Aug. 16. to Dec. 16. Alliance between Britain 

 and Prussia, Nov. 18. Dr Stephen Hales, ob. 

 1761, xt. 82. 



War between the Turks and Persians. The battle 

 of Campo Santo, Jan. 17. The allied army de- 

 feats the French at the battle of Dettingen, 

 June 16. Alliance between Britain and Russia, 

 February. A plague in Sicily, May. War be- 

 tween the British, French, Austrians, and Hun- 

 garians. Peace between Russia and Sweden at 

 Abo, Aug. 17. A comet appeared ; see As- 

 TKONOMY, p. 815. An alliance between Bri- 

 tain, Hungary, &c. at Worms, Sept. 13. Al- 

 liance between Britain and Russia, Dec. II. 

 G. Frederick Handel, ob. 1759, xt. 56. 



