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★05 Apr 1710
The Statute of Anne, the first fully fledged law regulating copyright, received royal assent and went into effect five days later in Great Britain.

★20 Aug 1710
War of the Spanish Succession: The Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay was soundly defeated by a multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg.

★24 Feb 1711
George Frideric Handel's Rinaldo, the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage, premiered.

★22 Aug 1711
Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the Saint Lawrence River.

★06 Apr 1712
In New York City, a group of 23 slaves set a building on fire and escaped, but were soon recaptured.

★21 Aug 1717
Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

★24 Feb 1720
War of the Quadruple Alliance: Spanish forces began a failed assault on the British settlement of Nassau in the Bahamas.

★14 Jan 1724
Philip V, the first Bourbon ruler of Spain, abdicated in favor of his eldest son Louis.

★29 Nov 1729
Natchez Indians suddenly revolted against French colonists near modern-day Natchez, Mississippi, U.S., killing over 240 people.

★19 Aug 1745
Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands to begin the Jacobite rising of 1745.

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