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CHAPTER XLIII.

Spain Governed by Alberoni.-Philip, Duke of Orleans, Regent in

France.-Venetian and Turkish War.-General Affairs of Europe till

1731 (pp. 39-61).

A.D.

1714. Philip V. and Alberoni

Philip marries Elizabeth Far-

nese, of Parma

1719. France and England declare

War against Spain.

Spanish Expedition to Scotland

Alberoni dismissed

1720. Philip V. accedes to the Quad-

ruple Alliance

Spain.

1721. Treaty between France and

The Mississippi Company

42

Foreign Policy of the Regent .

1722. French and Spanish Marriages

1723. Death of Dubois and the Re-

gent

1716. George I. allies himself with

Holland and the Emperor

1724. Abdication of Philip V.

45

1717. Triple Alliance.

Breach between Philip V. and

the Emperor.

Retrospect of Turkish History 47

The Morea wrested from the

Venetians (1715)

The Emperor aids Venice

1718. Peace of Passarowitz.

Convention between France

1725. Louis XV. marries Mary Les

cinska.

46

Pragmatic Sanction of Charles

VI..

Alliance of Vienna

48

1726. Alliance of Hanover

War between Spain and Eng-

49

land

1727. Death of Catherine I.

53

54

55

56

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CHAPTER XLIV.

Affairs of Poland.-Establishment of Augustus III.-War between

France and the Empire.-Retrospect of Russian History.-Death of

Peter the Great.-Catherine I., Peter II., and Ivanovna.-Revolution

in Turkey.-Russian and Turkish War (pp. 62—–81).

War between Spain and England.-Death of Charles VI. of Austria,

and Accession of Maria Theresa.-Her Right disputed.-First Silesian

War.-Retrospect of Swedish History.-Hats and Nightcaps.-War

between Sweden and Russia (pp. 82—113).

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CHAPTER XLVI.

War of the Austrian Succession continued.-Second Silesian War.-

Francis I. elected Emperor.-Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle and Treaty of

Madrid (pp. 114-139).

Colonial Quarrels of France and England.-Origin and Progress of the
Seven Years' War.-Breach between Austria and England, and Alliance
between Austria and France.-Armed Neutrality of the Baltic (pp.
140-169).

Continuation of the Seven Years' War.-Revolution in Russia.—Acces-

sion of Catherine II.-Portuguese History.-Peace of Paris and

Hubertsburg (pp. 170—188).

Russian History.-Murder of Peter III. and Accession of Catherine II.

-Anarchy in Poland.-Interference of Russia and Prussia.-Retro-

spect of Turkish History.-War between Russia and Turkey.—First

Partition of Poland (pp. 189-217).

War of the Bavarian Succession.-Death of Maria Theresa, and Acces-

sion of Joseph II.-Disputes with the Dutch.-Revolutions in the

Netherlands.-Death of Frederick II.- War between Russia and Tur-

key joined by Austria.—Scandinavian History.—Accession of Leopold

II.-Peace of Sistova and Jassy (pp. 218-254).