Events 1700-1800 (Lithuanian Russia)



1700 – last Spanish Habsburg, king Charles II dies without heir. Philippe de Bourbon, son of Louis XIV, becomes the new king of Spain and Naples

1703 - protégé of Sweden Charles Tsveynbryukken elected King of RTN (as Karol I)

1705 – after a raid of Hungarian robbers into Turkish territory, the Ottoman Empire declares war on RTN. RTN, Sweden-Brandenburg, Russia, Bavaria, England and Venice formed anti-Turkish Holy Union.

1706 - Charles Tsveynbryukken destroys Ottoman army in battle near Prague.

1708 – Russian army takes Kerch – the last Ottoman fortes in Crimea. Venetian troops capture most of Peloponnesus.

1712 - Danube truce ended anti-Turkish war. Ottoman Hungary and Lower Austria goes to RTN, Upper Austria and Styria – to Bavaria, Carinthia, Dalmatia and Peloponnesus – to Venice, Crimea – to Russia. Moldavia became a vassal of Russia. Wallachia and Serbia declares there independence.

Louis, great-grandson and heir of Louis XIV dies from chickenpox.

1715 - Louis XIV of France dies. He is succeeds by his nephew Philip, Duke of Orléans (as Philip VII). Philip V of Spain also claims rights to the throne. War of the French heritage started. England, Russia, Bavaria and Savoy supported Philippe d'Orleans, Sweden-Brandenburg and RTN - Philippe de Bourbon.

1719 - Using a distraction force of the main European powers to war for the French heritage, the Ottoman Empire conquers Peloponnese from Venice

Maximilian Wittelsbach becomes the new emperor of HRE (as Maximilian V)

1720 – English fleet captures Venezuela.

1724 - War of the French heritage ended. Spain lost all the territories in Italy – Vikior Amadeus of Savoy gets Sicily, Milan, Sardinia and Naples constitute an independent States – Duchy of Milan under the rule of Rinaldo d'Este and Kingdom of Naples and Sardinia under the rule of Ferdinand Wittelsbach. Sweden-Brandenburg lost Livonia to Russia. Friedrich August of Saxony becomes the new king of RTN. England retains Venezuela.

1737 – Second English Revolution. UnpopularkingThomasdethroned. The country became a parliamentary republic. The new constitution guarantees basic rights and freedoms.

After the death of Giovanni de 'Medici Duke of Florence, Gaston became the Spanish Bourbons. 1738 - In local elections in Ireland win separatists, which proclaim the independence of the country. The Irish War started.

James VIII of Scotland, supported by France, said claims to the English throne and, declares war on England.

1739 – Scottish army defeated in battle near York. Signed a peace treaty, under which James renounces his claim.

1740 - Nadir Shah of Persia attacks Blue Horde - traditional ally of Russia. Russian-Persian War started.

1741 - Irish War ended by a compromise – English republic transformed into a federal state with a name United States of England, Ireland and Americas (later United British States), in which Ireland receives broad autonomy.

1742 - Russian-Persian War ended. Russia conquer southern coast of the Caspian Sea. From that moment, the penetration of Russia in Central Asia begins.

1757 - Russian and Qing armies faced in Central Asia. Russian-Chinese wars started.

1777 – during the time of second Russian-Chinese war Russian navy squadron under the command of Mstislav Nevelskoy enters Japanese port of Nagasaki. Nevelskoy demands from the Japanese shogun to open ports for trade. Segut initially refuses, but after the brief Russian-Japanese war forced to repair. Since then, Japan was called to the West.

1789 – Third Russian-Chinese war ends with the capture of Beijing by Russian troops. Qing dynasty dethroned. Manchuria was annexed by Russia, northern China turned into a puppet state under the rule of Hou Ming dynasty, the rest of territory is divided between various military factions. The area around Canton becomes English colony.

1797 - After a long period of dynastic wars RTN breaking up into three parts – Kingdom of Poland (in union with Saxony), Kingdom of Bohemia under the rule of Conti dynasty and Kingdom of Hungary.