4731 events
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…
British-Dutch forces under William III defending the city of Brussels fight an inconclusive battle at Steenkerque…
A Williamite army under Godert de Ginkell takes the city of Athlone from the Jacobites after a short siege
Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
An Imperial army under Ludwig of Baden defeats the Ottomans in the battle of Slankamen.
War of the Grand Alliance: Marshal de Luxembourg triumphs over an Anglo-Dutch army at the battle of Fleurus.
Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
Nine Years' War: French naval forces led by Anne Hilarion de Tourville fresh from their victory at Beachy Head sail…
Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of…
The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics
Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
