Peter the Great recalled from England by a revolt of the Strelitz guards; he subdues and disbands them.
Society for Propagating Christianity formed in London.
Partition of Spain arranged between England, France, and the Netherlands.
1699. Iberville settles a French colony in Louisiana. See "COLONIZATION OF LOUISIANA," xii, 297.
Reduction of the Turkish territories in Europe, by nearly one-half, arranged by the Peace of Carlowitz, between Turkey, Austria, Venice, and Poland.
Peter the Great introduces the computation of time in Russia by the Christian era, but adheres to the old style, which still obtains in that country.
1700. Russia, Poland, and Denmark make joint war against Sweden. The army of Peter the Great overwhelmed at Narva, by Charles XII of Sweden.
Foundation of the future Yale College, Connecticut.
1701. Frederick III of Brandenburg crowns himself King of Prussia. See "PRUSSIA PROCLAIMED A KINGDOM," xii, 310.
Passage of the Act of Settlement in England; the Hanoverian succession founded.