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1732

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13964221 members of the Paris Parlement are exiled by order of the Duke, but are eventually triumphant over the Crown, and secure their recall in December.

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1731

Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdom's Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in.

England

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1730

Baltimore is founded in the Maryland colony.

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1729

The third oldest settlement in Mississippi, Port Gibson, was founded.

USA

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1728

The founding of the University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana), Cuba's most well-established university.

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1727

King George II ascends the English throne.

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1727

Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels.

Ireland (I believe)

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1726

George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject.

Great Britain

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1725

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February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony.

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1724

Black Code in New Orleans, French Territory, to control blacks and banish Jews

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1722

December 20 - After the longest reign by a Chinese Emperor in history, the Kangxi Emperor dies and is succeeded by his son Yinzhen with the reign name Yongzheng.

China

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1721

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April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain.

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1720

February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace.

Either Sweden or Prussia :)

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1719

The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire

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1718

New Orleans is founded by the French

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1717

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September: The first known Druid revival ceremony is held by John Toland at Primrose Hill, in London, at the Autumnal Equinox, to found the Mother Grove, what is later to become the Ancient Order of Druids (AOD).

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1716

Pirate Edward Teach the "Blackbeard" raids shipping in the Caribbean beginning in 1716 and running for two years. Blackbeard often fought with, or simply showed himself wearing, multiple swords, knives, and pistols, and was notorious for weaving hemp and lighted matches into his enormous black beard during battle. This image, which he cultivated, has made him the premier image of the seafaring pirate. - The Caribbean

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1715

July 24 - Spanish treasure fleet of ten ships under admiral Ubilla leave Havana, Cuba for Spain. Three days later nine of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida

around the Sargasso Sea

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1714

Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Borbonic armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Europe

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1712

Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. Introduced Protestant faith in Switzerland.

Switzerland

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1711

Birth of the Qianlong Emperor, the fourth governor of the Manchus Qing Dynasty.

China

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1710

April 10 - The world's first copyright legislation became effective, Britain's Statute of Anne

Britain (?)

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1709

Battle of Poltava - In the Ukraine, Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe

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1708

In Masuria, one third of the population there dies during the plague

Poland

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1707

March 26 - The Act of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. Although signed by Scottish Parliment, the the purpose was partly to use English subsidies to recover from the financial problems caused by the failure of the Darién scheme and partly to remove English trade sanctions put in place through the Alien Act to force the Scottish Parliament into compliance with the Act of Settlement.

FREE SCOTLAND!!

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1706

January 17 - Benjamin Franklin, American politician and scientist is born

USA

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1705

Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. It is completed in 1724

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1704

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August 13 - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim - British troops under John Churchill, the Earl of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat Franco-Bavarian army. Bavaria.

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1703

November 19 - Unknown masked prisoner dies in Bastille. He was buried the next day under the name of Marchioly. (Origin of The Man in the Iron Mask) Pinerolo, France (Now Italy)

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1702

William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. The States doesn't appoint a new stadtholder, so the United Provinces become a true republic again.

United Kingdom

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1701

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October 9 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. (What is now the USA).

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1700

February 27 - The island of New Britain is discovered.

Britain

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1699

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May 1 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley.

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1698

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September 5 - In an effort to move his people away from Asiatic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards; All men except priests and peasants, are required to pay a tax of one hundred rubles a year and the commoners had to pay one kopek each.

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1697

December 2 – St Paul's Cathedral opened in London

England

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1696

Peter the Great becomes sole tsar of Russia.

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1695

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July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament.

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1694


* July 27 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
* December 22 - The Triennial Bill became law.
* December 28 - Queen Mary II of England dies; King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland is now sole ruler after his co-ruler's death.
* Much of the town of Warwick, England destroyed by fire.

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1693

The Amish lead by Jacob Amman, seperate themselves from Mennonites because they are too undisciplined. - Switzerland

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1692

March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft.

USA

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1691

Spanish inquisition condemns and forcibly baptizes 219 Jews in Palma Majorca. When 37 try to escape the island, they are burned alive at the stake

Spain