Peace Policy
Bolingbroke defends the peace settlement against Whig criticism.
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April
Treaty Negotiation
Represents British interests in negotiations at Utrecht.
Treaty of Utrecht
Represents British interests in negotiations at Utrecht.
Treaty of Utrecht
Bolingbroke defends the peace settlement against Whig criticism.
June
Peace Criticism
Whigs attack the Utrecht terms as too favourable to France.
Peace Support
Tories support ending Britain's costly war through the Utrecht settlement.
Treaty of Utrecht
Tories support ending Britain's costly war through the Utrecht settlement.
Treaty of Utrecht
Whigs attack the Utrecht terms as too favourable to France.
July
Asiento Contract
Britain gains the asiento for supplying enslaved Africans to Spanish America.
Mediterranean Strategy
Gibraltar and Minorca give Britain strategic Mediterranean bases.
Mediterranean Strategy
Minorca strengthens Britain's naval presence in the western Mediterranean.
Navio de Permiso
Britain receives permission for an annual trading ship to Spanish America.
Recognition of Philip V
Britain recognises Philip V as King of Spain under the treaty.
Rule of Gibraltar
Britain receives Gibraltar from Spain under the peace settlement.
Rule of Minorca
Britain receives Minorca from Spain under the peace settlement.
Treaty of Utrecht
Britain receives Gibraltar from Spain under the peace settlement.
Treaty of Utrecht
Gibraltar and Minorca give Britain strategic Mediterranean bases.
Treaty of Utrecht
Britain receives Minorca from Spain under the peace settlement.
Treaty of Utrecht
Minorca strengthens Britain's naval presence in the western Mediterranean.
Treaty of Utrecht
Britain concludes peace with Spain and receives Mediterranean concessions.
Treaty of Utrecht
Britain gains the asiento for supplying enslaved Africans to Spanish America.
Treaty of Utrecht
Britain receives permission for an annual trading ship to Spanish America.
Treaty of Utrecht
Britain recognises Philip V as King of Spain under the treaty.
Treaty with Spain
Britain concludes peace with Spain and receives Mediterranean concessions.
Other events (month unknown)
Anne Succession Consolidated Before Death
During Queen Anne's last years the parliamentary settlement continued to secure the succession to her Protestant Hanoverian relatives.
Annual Trading Ship Privilege Granted
The Spanish settlement included a limited annual trading-ship privilege allowing British merchants additional access to Spanish America.
Catalonian Evacuation Convention Negotiated
Diplomats agreed arrangements concerning the withdrawal of imperial troops from Catalonia and related military disengagement.
Gibraltar Ceded To Great Britain
Spain ceded Gibraltar to Britain through the territorial clauses of their peace treaty.
Halley Becomes Royal Society Secretary
Halley began serving as a secretary of the Royal Society and supported its scientific correspondence.
Iliad Translation Subscription Launched
Pope began organizing the subscription publishing project for his English translation of Homer's Iliad.
Lord Lieutenant
Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Minorca Ceded To Great Britain
Spain transferred sovereignty over Minorca to Britain, strengthening Britain's Mediterranean naval position.
Ode for Musick Published
Pope published Ode for Musick as a separate work in London.
Prologue for Cato
Pope wrote the prologue for Joseph Addison's tragedy Cato, contributing verse to a prominent theatrical production.
Review Publication Ends
Defoe brought The Review toward its end after nearly a decade of sustained journalism.
Second Barrier Treaty Concluded
Britain and the Dutch Republic concluded an agreement addressing Dutch security arrangements in the former Spanish Netherlands.
Shakespeare Editorial Project Approached
Pope's growing literary standing led toward a substantial editorial commission involving Shakespeare's plays.
Walpole Returns to Parliamentary Opposition
Walpole reentered the Commons and remained an important Whig critic of the Tory government.
Windsor Forest Celebrates Peace
Pope's Windsor Forest linked the English landscape to the recently agreed European peace.
Windsor Forest Published
Pope published Windsor Forest, connecting a poetic landscape with the politics of peace.
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