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1714
| 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. |
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Age: 25y
1739
Age: 25y
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marriagePhiladelphia Foster 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1739 • The Foundling Hospital is created in London by royal charter. |
1786
Jun 5
Age: 72y
deathOrange County, Virginia, USA ⇓ He was a planter of St. Thomas Parish. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1786 • James Rumsey tests his first steamboat in the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, Virginia. |