1696
Academy of Arts
Founds the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin.
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Founds the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin.
A Jacobite plot to assassinate William III of Orange is uncovered, producing a major security and loyalty crisis in English politics.
Political leaders organize an Association pledging loyalty and defence of William III of Orange after the assassination plot is exposed.
Protests against decisions on clauses governing clipped coin and the export of coin during the great recoinage debates.
Joins a group of peers appointed to mediate a dispute between Devonshire and Normanby over Berkeley House.
William III of Orange gains the stadtholdership of Drenthe, extending his formal position within the Dutch Republic.
Victor Amadeus II signs a separate peace with France and withdraws Savoy from the Grand Alliance.
Louis XIV concludes peace with Victor Amadeus II, removing Savoy from the coalition against France.
Dies at Wilanow
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