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Wed Feb 21 2001 at 2:10:01
Born in 1719:
Austrian composer
Leopold Mozart
, more notable for having a famous
son
.
Italian priest and physicist
Giuseppe Toaldo
.
English mathematician
John Landen
.
Swedish politician and mathematician
Jakob Gadolin
.
French author
Jacques Cazotte
.
French statesman Duc
Étienne François de Choiseul
.
Irish actor and author
Thomas Sheridan
.
Japanese politician
Tanuma Okitsugu
.
Died in 1719:
English essayist and
poet
Joseph Addison
.
German
organ
builder
Arp Schnitger
.
French mathematician
Michel Rolle
.
Former
nanny
Marquise
Francoise d'Aubigne Maintenon
, widow of
Louis XIV
.
French mathematician
Phillipe de la Hire
.
Alsatian
mathematician
Julius Reichelt
.
English poet and physician
Samuel Garth
.
Dutch painter
Arnold Houbraken
.
Scottish merchant and
banker
William Paterson
.
Japanese military author
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
.
Mughal
emperor
Farrukh Siyah
, assassinated by the
Sayyid Brothers
.
His successor
Rafi ud-Darajat
.
His successor
Rafi ud-Daula
, aka
Shah Jehan II
.
His successor
Nikusiyar
.
Events of 1719:
Daniel Defoe
publishes:
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
,
A
sequel
,
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
.
An essay
On the Education of Women
. The verdict: A good idea, to a certain extent.
Rumors of diamonds and gold in Louisiana cause wild speculation in the stock of
John Law
's
Mississippi Company
.
The
Quadruple Alliance
of
Great Britain
,
France
,
Austria
, and
Savoy
declares war against
Spain
(they had driven spain out of Sicily
the previous year
).
Spain tries to drive the duc d'Orleans from the regency of France.
Spain sends an invasion fleet to assist a
Jacobite
rising
in
Scotland
; however the main invasion fleet is wrecked in a storm. The rising is abandoned after the inconclusive
Battle of Glenshiel
.
The British invade southern Spain, French troops occupy northern Spain
Spanish troops from
Cuba
sack the French settlement of
Mobile
.
France captures
Pensacola
from the Spanish. They also send an architect to expand the new settlement of
New Orleans
.
Philip V's chief adviser,
Cardinal
Giulio Alberoni
is banished for this defeat.
(May) A Russian fleet defeats a Swedish squadron at the Battle of
Osel Island
in the
Baltic Sea
. This is the first Russian naval victory of any sort, but still makes Russia the predominant power in the Baltic.
The Afghans invade
Persia
.
Mahmud Shah
becomes Mughal Emperor. He survives, but the Sayyid Brothers have all the real power.
Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV
:
elevates the
County of Vaduz
to the
Principality
of
Liechtenstein
.
captures the (now
Hungarian
province of)
Banat
from the
Ottoman Empire
names his daughter
Maria Theresa
his heir. Although all of the European powers will give their "
Pragmatic Sanction
" to this succession, an
opportunistic new king
will exploit the actual succession in
1740
.
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How they Were Made
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18th Century
1720
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Michel Jean Sedaine
Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton
Pragmatic Sanction
Charles IV
John Flamsteed
Joseph Addison
Liechtenstein
Thomas Sheridan
Algiers Point
Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
Maria Theresa
Louisbourg
Frederick the Great
1714
1740
The Boondock Saints
Mughal Empire
Daniel Defoe
Leopold Mozart
John Law
18th century
Jacobite