1693
| 1693 • China concentrates all its foreign trade on Canton; European ships are forbidden to land anywhere else. |
1723
Age: 30y
birth of childJames Givens County Antrim, Ireland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1723 • The Treaty of St. Petersburg is signed. |
1790
Oct 22
Age: 97y
| 1790 • 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands which took part in the Brabant Revolution at the end of 1789 sign a Treaty of Union creating the United States of Belgium. Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt refuses to recognize the new confederation's independence. |