Defeat of Augustus II by Charles XII at Pultusk.
1704. English conquest of Gibraltar from Spain. "BATTLE OF BLENHEIM." See xii, 327.
At Boston is published the first newspaper in the American colonies of
England. See "ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING," viii, i.
Sack, burning, and massacre of the inhabitants of Deerfield, Massachusetts, by French and Indians.
Charles XII completes the subjugation of Poland.
1705. Failure of the French and Spaniards in an attempt to recapture Gibraltar.
Invasion of Spain by the English under the Earl of Peterborough; capture of
Barcelona.
1706. Battle of Ramillies; Marlborough defeats the French under Villeroi.
Unsuccessful attempt of the French and Spaniards on Barcelona. Birth of
Benjamin Franklin.
1707. Sanction of the Union of England and Scotland by the Scotch Parliament. See "UNION OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND," xii, 341.