Beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Charles XII defeats the Poles and Saxons.
1702. Death of William III; Queen Anne succeeds to the throne of England.
Command of the army of the States-General given to Marlborough, the English general.
Battle of Vigo; naval victory of the English and Dutch over the Spaniards and French.
Beginning of Queen Anne's War in America.
Foundation of a French settlement on the Mobile River, Alabama.
Charles XII occupies Warsaw; he defeats Augustus II at Klissow; Cracow entered by him.
1703. Methuen Treaty between England and Portugal, for facilitating commerce between those countries.
Peter the Great lays the foundation of St. Petersburg. See "FOUNDING OF ST.
PETERSBURG," xii, 319.