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★07 May 1685
Great Turkish War: Ottoman forces prevailed over Venetian irregulars in the Battle on Vrtijeljka.

★26 Jan 1700
The Cascadia earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 9.0, took place off the Pacific coast of the American Northwest, as evidenced by Japanese records of tsunamis.

★20 Aug 1707
The first Siege of Pensacola came to an end with the British abandoning their attempt to capture Pensacola in Spanish Florida.

★26 Dec 1709
The opera Agrippina by George Frideric Handel premiered in Venice.

★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.

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

★01 Aug 1714
George Louis, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.

★14 Sep 1723
António Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, laid the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

★09 Nov 1729
Great Britain, France, and Spain signed the Treaty of Seville to end the Anglo-Spanish War, although the underlying tensions were left unresolved.

★21 Sep 1745
Jacobite risings: Jacobite troops led by Charles Edward Stuart defeated the Hanoverians in Prestonpans, Scotland.

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