Date | Event |
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Feb 24 |
Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres at Haymarket theatre in London |
Mar 1 |
"The Spectator" begins publishing (London) |
Mar 8 |
Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder |
Apr 17 |
Charles VI becomes Holy Roman Emperor after the death of his brother Joseph I |
May 1 |
Archduke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar |
May 15 |
Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism" is published anonymously |
Aug 1 |
Surrounded Tsar Peter the Great flees Azov |
Aug 23 |
Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence |
Sep 22 |
French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro |
Oct 12 |
Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor |
Dec 31 |
Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander |
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