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1714
May 21
| 1714 • Treaty of Rastatt signed between Austria and France concluding the War of the Spanish Succession between them. Austria receives from Spain, Spanish territories in Italy – the Kingdom of Naples, Duchy of Milan and Kingdom of Sardinia – as well as the Southern Netherlands; and from France Freiburg and Landau. The Austrian Habsburg Empire reaches its largest territorial extent yet with Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, succeeding Philip V of Spain as ruler in the ceded territories. |
1680
Jan 20
| 1680 • The Great Comet of 1680 is first sighted. |
1680
Jan 20
| 1680 • The Riksdag of the Estates in Sweden enacts the Great Reduction, under which fiefs granted to the Swedish nobility are returned to the Crown, and the country becomes an absolute monarchy under King Charles XI. |
1748
Apr 26
Age: 33y
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marriageHannah Hunt Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1748 • Shah Rukh becomes ruler of Greater Khorasan. |
1749
Oct
Age: 35y
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marriageHannah Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ They had previously married in Massachusetts as well. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1749 • The naval settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia is founded as the British answer to Louisbourg. |
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Age: 55y
1770
Age: 55y
militaryNew Hampshire, USA ⇓ He was a PS in the American Revolution. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1770 • Boston Massacre: Eleven Americans are shot, five fatally, by British troops in an event that helps start the American Revolutionary War five years later. |
1803
Oct 21
Age: 89y
| 1803 • The British begin the Second Anglo-Maratha War against Sindhia of Gwalior. |