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Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at…
War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the…
Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a…
A coalition army of Dutch, English and German troops under the duke of Marlborough defeats a French army under the…
A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War
The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at t
The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland,…
War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George…
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian…
The Battle of Ekeren between a Dutch force and a French force
During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out…
Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous…
A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the…
Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River…
Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River…
A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented…