War on Persia by Peter the Great.
1723. Majority of Louis XV of France.
Large territories secured from Persia by Peter the Great.
"Bach Lays the Foundation of Modern Music." See [xiii], [31].
1724. A professorship of modern history founded by George I at Oxford and at Cambridge university.
Resignation of the Spanish crown by Philip V in favor of his son, Louis; the latter dies after a short reign, and his father reassumes the government.
1725. Treaty of Vienna between Austria and Spain, assenting to the Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VI.
Treaty of Hanover between Great Britain, France, and Prussia.
Death of Peter the Great; his widow, Catharine I, succeeds to the throne of Russia.
1726. Russia joins in the Treaty of Vienna.