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The last Hapsburg Kind of Spain Dies: Charles II of Spain
Without an heir Charles II lived a sickly and pathetic life, he had very bad health as a result of dynastic inbreeding. Charles II was also delayed in regards to his learning abilities. His reign represented the decline of Spain. -
SS: War erupts in Italy
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War of Spanish Succession
Series of Wars in Europe to find a new king of England and to stop the expansion of France under Louis XIV -
SS: William III of England Dies
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SS:Bavaria joins the Bourbon Side of the War
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SS: French and English battle at St. Augustine in Florida
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SS: Savoy and Portugal join Alliance
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Battle of Marbella
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Birth of Benjamin Franklin
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SS: English drive the French out of Most of the Spanish Netherlands
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United Kingdom of Great Britain
Scotland and England become the UK ratified by the Treaty of Union -
SS: Emperor Charles VI
Becomes emperor and King of Spain -
First successful engine used by the English
Steam powdered -
SS: English lose interest in the War
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SS: Treaty of Utrecht
Phillip V is recognized as the King of Spanish. Spain loses the Spanish Netherlands. Reassurance made that France and Spain would never be united under a single crown -
SS: Treaty of Madrid
Peace between Spain and Portugal ends the War of Spanish Succession, Spain begins her decline -
Scientific Academy created in Stockholm, Sweden
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As: Women in charge! Maria Theresa takes the crown and becomes the Queen of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia
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As: Frederick II invades Silesia
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War of Austrian Succession
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As: Great Britian Sends Financial aid to Maria Theresa
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As: Austrian Troops overran Bavaria and took Prague
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As:Treaty of Berlin
ens the First Silesian War -
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor dies
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Treaty of Dresden
Maria Theresa's husband becomes Holy Roman Emperor only if Maria Theresa succeeded Silesia to Prussia -
As: Frederick II Prussia forms an alliance with France, Spain, Bavaria, and saxony
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Negotiated by Britain and France ending the War of Austrian Succession -
Art: The Swing created by Jean-Honore Fragonard
Rococo art style- french artistic movement and style similar to the Baroque style previously. Described as light in color and ornate -
Art: Sappho Inspired by Love by Angelica Kauffmann
Angelica Kauffmann was a woman, neoclassical painter who primarily painted history. She was one of the female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. This style of art is very characteristic since it started in the late 17th century and had its height at the enlightenment. This art form looked at old classical art from ancient Greece or Rome similar to the way philosophers looked at old ancient philosophers for their ideas during the scientific revolution and enlightenment. -
Art: The market Cart created by Thomas Gainsborough
This painting by Gainsborough was created for the Romanticism movement against the neoclassical movement during the age of reason. This movement focused more on the power of imagination and as nature for it's subjects. Romanticism focused on emotion and individuals.
