1718
Conseil de Conscience
The conseil de conscience is abolished
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The conseil de conscience is abolished
Abolishes councils for religion, war, foreign affairs & the interior
Abolishes councils for religion, war, foreign affairs & the interior
His death ends a reign dominated by continuous warfare.
Leads the last campaign of his reign against Norway.
Spain cedes Sardinia to Charles VI who trades it with the Duke of Savoy for Sicily. Parma & Tuscany will be inherited by the children of Elisabeth Farnese
Charles VI agrees to renounce the Spanish Crown
Signs the Quadruple Alliance
The Emperor guarantees the Hanoverian succession and the succession of the Orleans. Austria, Britain, France & the Dutch sign an alliance
The Quadruple alliance is signed. Spain cedes Sardinia to Charles VI who trades it with the Duke of Savoy for Sicily. Parma & Tuscany will be inherited by the children of Elizabeth Farnese. Charles VI agrees to renounce the Spanish Crown
Spain cedes Sardinia to Charles VI who trades it with the Duke of Savoy for Sicily
Spain cedes Sardinia to Charles VI who trades it with the Duke of Savoy for Sicily
Spain cedes Sardinia to Charles VI who trades it with the Duke of Savoy for Sicily
Launches a second campaign against Denmark-Norway.
Appointed Secretary of State for War
Appointed Secretary of State for War & Foreign Affairs
Directs siege operations against the Norwegian fortress.
A Regency council deprives Toulouse of his royal privileges
His death opens the succession to Ulrika Eleonora.
Birth of Victor-Francois de Broglie
Death of Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
Shot while inspecting siege works close to Fredriksten fortress in Norway.
Charles XII is killed during the siege of Fredriksten.
Charles XII is killed while inspecting siege works at Fredriksten, ending Sweden's Norwegian campaign.
Is killed while inspecting siege works near Fredriksten.
A British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeats a Spanish fleet of 26 men-of-war, 2 fireships, 4 bomb vessels, 7 galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral Jose Antonio de Gaztaeta
A British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeats a Spanish fleet of 26 men-of-war, 2 fireships, 4 bomb vessels, 7 galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral Jose Antonio de Gaztaeta
Austria attempts to remove Spain from Italy & defeats the Spanish fleet. A British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeats a Spanish fleet of 26 men-of-war, 2 fireships, 4 bomb vessels, 7 galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral Jose Antonio de Gaztaeta
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