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1683. Siege of Vienna by the Turks; John Sobieski.
1687. The shambles of Eperies.
1688--1713. Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg.
1689--1697. Attempts of Louis XIV. to obtain the Palatinate.
1697. Peace of Ryswick; Prince Eugene of Savoy defeats the Turks at Zenta; Augustus the Strong of Saxony becomes King of Poland.
1699. Peace of Carlowitz.
1701. Prussia is made a kingdom.
1701--1714. War of the Spanish Succession.
1704. Battle of Blenheim.
1705--1711. Joseph I.
1706. Victories of Marlborough at Ramillies and Prince Eugene at Turin.
1706. Charles XII. of Sweden in Saxony.
1708. Battle of Oudenarde.
1709. Battle of Malplaquet.
1711--1740. Karl VI.
1713--1740. Frederick William I., King of Prussia.
1713. The Peace of Utrecht.
1714. The Peace of Rastatt; the Elector George of Hannover becomes King George I. of England.
1717. Taking of Belgrade by Prince Eugene.
1718. Treaty of Pa.s.sarowitz.
1720. Treaty of Stockholm; Prussia acquires Pomerania.
1733--1735. War of the Polish Succession.
1740. Death of Karl VI.
=The Age of Frederick the Great.=
1712. Frederick born, in Berlin.
1730. His attempted flight; execution of Katte.
1740. Succeeds to the throne as Frederick II. of Prussia.
1740--1742. First Silesian War.
1741--1748. War of the Austrian Succession.
1742--1745. Karl VII. (of Bavaria), Emperor.
1742. Peace of Breslau; Prussia gains Silesia.
1743. Battle of Dettingen.
1744. East Friesland annexed to Prussia.
1744--1745. Second Silesian War.
1745. Battles of Hohenfriedberg, Sorr, and Kesselsdorf; Peace of Dresden; death of Karl VII.
1745--1765. Francis I. of Lorraine.
1748. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle.
1750. Voltaire comes to Berlin.
1756--1763. The Seven Years' War.
1756. Frederick's successes in Saxony and Bohemia.
1757. Frederick's victory at Prague; defeat at Kollin; victories at Rossbach and Leuthen.
1758. Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats the French; siege of Olmutz; victory of Zorndorf; surprise of Hochkirch.
1759. Battles of Minden and Kunnersdorf; misfortunes of Prussia.
1760. Battle of Liegnitz; taking of Berlin; victory of Torgau.
1761. Frederick hard pressed; losses of Prussia.
1762. Death of Elizabeth of Russia; alliance with Czar Peter III.; Catharine II.; Prussian successes.
1763. The Peace of Hubertsburg.
1765--1790. Joseph II.
1769. Interview of Frederick the Great and Joseph II.
1772. First part.i.tion of Poland.
