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| Abdication Stanislaw I |  |
| Stanislaw I is deposed |
| Alliance Augustus II the Strong | |
| Forms an Alliance with the Tsar to wage war against Sweden |
| Arrest Louis XIV the Sun King |  |
| Paris Arrests Jansenist nuns |
| Battle of Malplaquet Frederick William I |  |
| 11th Sep Malplaquet Serves in the Duke of Malborough's HQ, "the greatest day of my life" |
| Battle of Malplaquet Campbell, John |  |
| 11th Sep Malplaquet Fights at the battle of Malplaquet. |
| Battle of Malplaquet Douglas-Hamilton, George | |
| 11th Sep Malplaquet At the desperate Battle of Malplaquet, Lord Orkney's battalions lead the charge toward the French entrenchments, suffering serious losses |
| Battle of Plaquet Churchill, John |  |
| 11th Sep Plaquet The French are driven out of Malplaquet & retreat from Mons in the Netherlands |
| Battle of Poltava Augustus II the Strong | |
| 28th June Poltava Russia defeats Poland & Augustus recovers his throne with assistance of Russian troops |
| 28th June Poltava The Swedish Empire is dismembered after defeat at Poltava |
| Battle of Poltava Menshikov |  |
| 28th June Poltava Helps Peter the Great defeat Charles XII of Sweden |
| Battle of Poltava Peter I the Great | |
| 28th June Poltava Defeats Charles XII of Sweden & allied Cossacks |
| 28th June Poltava Victory confirms Peter's ruleover Russia & enables his policy of Westernization |
| Battle of Poltava Charles XII |  |
| 25th May Poltava Charles XII learns he will get no support from the Cossacks, Tartars or Turks |
| 28th June Poltava Defeated by Peter the Great & forced to retreat to Turkey with an army of only 2,000 |
| 28th June Poltava Sweden loses possessions sth of the Baltic & ceases to be a major European power |
| Battle of Poltova Stanislaw I | |
| Poltava Charles XII of Sweden of Sweden is defeated by Augustus & Stanislaw loses the throne |
| Birth Ietsuga |  |
| Birth of Ietsuga, son of Ienobu |
| Birth Elizabeth | |
| Birth of Elizabeth, unmarried daughter of Peter the Great |
| Capture of Ghent Churchill, John | |
| 30th Dec Ghent Ghent falls to the Allies |
| Capture of Mons Churchill, John | |
| 20th Oct Mons Captures Mons |
| Capture of Poland Peter I the Great | |
| Captures Poland & restores Augustus II to the throne |
| Capture of Tournai Churchill, John | |
| 3rd Sep Tournai Captures Tournai after a siege |
| Death Tsunayoshi | |
| Death of Tsunayoshi |
| Declaration of War Frederick IV |  |
| Declares war on Sweden after Charles XII's defeat at Poltava by the Russians |
| Diplomacy Churchill, John | |
| London Talks with Louis XIV after French support for Charles of Austria as King of Spain |
| Exile of Ahmed III Ahmed III |  |
| Grants asylum to Charles XII & Mazepa after their defeat to Russia at Poltava |
| Invasion of Papal States Clement XI |  |
| Papalates Joseph I invades Papal States for Clement XI to recognize Charles VI as King of Spain |
| Invention Hot Air Balloon Gusmao, Laurenco de |  |
| Demonstrates a model hot air balloon to John V of Portugal |
| Invention Thermometer Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel |  |
| Invents the alcohol thermometer |
| Knighthood Wager, Charles |  |
| London Awarded a knighthood |
| Peace Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| 22nd Mar Paris Turns down peace proposals from Spain |
| Publication Berkley, George |  |
| Publication of, "An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision" |
| Restoration Augustus II the Strong | |
| 28th June Poltava Restored to the Polish throne after victory of the Alliance at Poltava |
| Rule of Spain Clement XI | |
| Joseph I invades Papal States for Clement XI to recognize Charles VI as King of Spain |
| Rule of Ukraine Peter I the Great | |
| Ukraine The Ukraine is renamed Malorossiya, Little Russia, to curb Ukrainian naionalism |
| Siege of Mons Churchill, John | |
| 11th Sep Plaquet The French are driven out of Malplaquet & retreat from Mons in the Netherlands |
| Siege of Pultava Charles XII | |
| Sep Pultava Charles XII's remnant army of 20,000 lay siege to Pultava |
| Siege of Tournai Churchill, John | |
| 26th June Tournai 1st day of the siege of Tournai |
| Succession Ienobu | |
| Succeeds as Tokugawa Shogun, 6th Shogun |
| Succession Ineobu | |
| Succeeds as Shogun |
| Succession Nakamikado | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan |
| Westernization Peter I the Great | |
| 28th June Poltava Victory confirms Peter's ruleover Russia & enables his policy of Westernization |
