1714
Arrival at Stralsund
Charles XII returns from Ottoman exile and reaches Stralsund to resume personal command.
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Charles XII returns from Ottoman exile and reaches Stralsund to resume personal command.
Reaches Stralsund and resumes personal command.
Passes through London amid a large public and civic reception after returning from continental exile.
Restored as colonel of the 1st Foot Guards under George I.
Is executed by Ottoman authorities in Istanbul.
Resumes direct command after returning from Ottoman exile.
Accession confirms the succession recognised by France at Utrecht.
Patents the 1st typewriter
Created Prince of Wales. Created Earl Chester
Arrives at Greenwich on entering Britain as king.
Lands in Greenwich accompanied by his son Prince George Augustus, the future George II
Restored as Master-General of the Ordnance under George I.
Meets George I at Greenwich shortly after the new king arrives in Britain and receives a warm personal greeting.
Leaves Ottoman territory after years of exile.
Returns to London from continental exile after arriving at Dover on 1 August, the day Queen Anne dies.
Returns to command Sweden's remaining German possessions.
Charles XII returns from Ottoman territory and reaches Swedish Pomerania after a rapid ride across Europe.
Rides rapidly across Europe toward Swedish Pomerania.
Berwick leads the final Bourbon assault that captures Barcelona and ends Catalan resistance.
Refuses any member of the House of Hanover to settle in Britain in her lifetime
The Elector of Hanover is proclaimed George I 18 hrs after Annes death
On the accession of George I Carolines husband automatically became Duke of Cornwall, and was invested, shortly afterwards, as Prince of Wales, whereupon she became Princess of Wales
Succeeds to the throne of Great Britain, does not speak English. Anne dies without an heir
Declared King on the death of Queen Anne
Louis gives the Duke du Toulouse the right to succeed to the French throne. Louis gives the Duke du Maine the right to succeed to the French throne
Louis XIV draws up his will
Louis XIV concludes the Treaty of Baden, confirming the settlement reached with the Empire after Rastatt.
Concludes peace with the Empire after the War of the Spanish Succession.
Makes peace with France after refusing the Utrecht settlement.
Villars signs the Treaty of Rastatt with Eugene, helping end the war between France and Austria.
Confirms peace with Austria after the Utrecht negotiations.
Makes peace with France after refusing the Utrecht settlement.
Accession confirms the succession recognised by France at Utrecht.
Inherits the foreign policy consequences of the Utrecht peace.
Confirms peace with Austria after the Utrecht negotiations.
Concludes peace with the Empire after the War of the Spanish Succession.
Inherits the foreign policy consequences of the Utrecht peace.
Birth of Henry Bathurst
Death of Anne
Sophias death makes her son, the Elector George Ludwig, heir to the British crown
Ehrenskiold commands the Swedish squadron defeated and captured by Russian galleys at Gangut.
Great grandson of James I & son of the 1st Elector of Hanover
Crowned King of Great Britain
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