1710 in History

Under the Treaty of Pruth agrees to return Charles XII to Sweden

Allied forces capture Bethune while Marlborough continues pressure on the fortified approaches to Flanders.

Captures Aire during the late 1710 campaign.

Captures Bethune during the northern France campaign.

Marlborough and Eugene take Douai after a long siege in the 1710 campaign.

Enters Madrid with Allied forces supporting Archduke Charles.

Saint-Venant is taken during the Allied sieges of September 1710.

Harley returns to power as Chancellor of the Exchequer after the fall of the Whig ministry.

The opening day of the peace Congress of Utrecht

Godolphin is dismissed as Lord Treasurer as Tory influence rises during Queen Anne's reign.

Dissolves Parliament

Marlborough supports the siege of Douai as the Allies continue reducing the French defensive barrier.

At Charles XII's urging, the Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.

His diplomacy helps bring the Ottoman Empire into war with Russia.

Encourages Ottoman leaders to confront Russia.

Philip V recovers his position in Madrid after Bourbon victories in Castile.

Agrees to return Azov to the Turks under the Treaty of Pruth

Begins the Allied siege of Aire, a major fortified position that resists until November.

Begins operations against Bethune during the 1710 campaign.

The Allied army invests Douai, beginning a siege that ends with the town's surrender in June.

Opens Allied operations against Saint-Venant while the wider army also undertakes the siege of Aire.

Wins an Allied victory in Catalonia.

Is forced to surrender after being surrounded.

Vendome defeats Stanhope's isolated British force at Brihuega.

Defeated by Swedens Charles XII

Stenbock defeats the Danish army at Helsingborg and ends Denmark's attempt to retake Scania.

Helps defeat Bourbon forces near Saragossa.

Vendome and Philip V defeat the Habsburg army at Villaviciosa.

Villarroel distinguishes himself at Villaviciosa while serving the Habsburg claimant after changing sides.