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The Act of Settlement declares that no Catholic may inherit the English crown
The Swedish king Charles XII suffers his first major defeat in a brilliant career, when he faces the Russians at Poltava
James Johnston, Secretary of State for Scotland, commissions John James to design his new house, to become known later as Orleans House.
In the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession, the Spanish Netherlands are transferred to Austria
The Octagon, a garden pavilion designed by James Gibbs, is added to Orleans House.
The postchaise, introduced in France, provides the first chance of reasonably comfortable travel by land
Young noblemen, particularly from Britain, visit Italy on the Grand Tour
With the transfer of Swedish territory on the Baltic coast, Russia becomes the dominant power in the region
The Iroquois League becomes known as the Six Nations, after the Tuscarora join the group
Work starts on Maids of Honour Row, four magnificent houses commissioned as lodgings for the ladies-in-waiting to the Princess of Wales
John and Charles Wesley form a Holy Club at Oxford which becomes the cradle of Methodism
A revivalist movement in America, led by Jonathan Edwards, becomes known as the Great Awakening
Frederick's Prussian army defeats the Austrians at Mollwitz, securing his hold on most of Silesia
American revivalism is inflamed by Jonathan Edwards' vivid sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
French and Bavarian armies join the war against Austria, marching through upper Austria into Bohemia
An Austrian army captures the Bavarian capital city, Munich
Muhammad ibn Saud begins the expansion of power that will lead eventually to the establishment of Saudi Arabia
Frederick the Great begins to build the summer palace of Sans Souci at Potsdam
A tribal leader, Ahmad Shah Abdali, is elected king of the Afghans in an event seen as the foundation of the Aghan nation
In Freedom of Will American evangelist Jonathan Edwards makes an uncompromising defence of orthodox against liberal Calvinism
The British colonies negotiate with the Iroquois at the Albany Congress, in the face of the French threat in the Ohio valley
The first Conestoga wagons are acquired by George Washington for an expedition through the Alleghenies
William Pitt the Elder becomes secretary of state and transforms the British war effort against France in America
The Portuguese expel the Jesuits from Brazil, beginning a widespread reaction against the order in Catholic Europe
In the treaty of Paris France cedes to Britain all its territory north of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi river, except the district of New Orleans
