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What happened during 1701?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

- 1701 marked the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession between Austria, Britain, Prussia, and the Netherlands on the one side, and France, Spain, and Bavaria on the other side, disputing the successor to the Spanish throne

- In June 1701, the English Parliament passed the Act of Settlement, declaring that the English throne would pass to the Protestant descendants of Electress Sophia of Hanover, and barring Roman Catholics from assuming the throne

- On Sept. 6, 1701, King James II of England died

- The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later Yale University) was founded on Oct. 9, 1701

- Karl XII of Sweden invaded Poland in 1701 as part of the Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia and its allies

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