Marlborough took Bonn; giving
command of Upper
Rhine.
1704 Battle of Donauwörth. Eugene
joined Marlborough.
(August 4). Gibraltar taken by Sir
George Rooke,
Sir George Byng, and Sir Cloudesley
Shovel.
(August 13). Blenheim. Marlborough
and Eugene
defeated French and Bavarians under
Marshals
Tallard and Marsin. Vienna saved:
Marlborough
received Woodstock Manor as a
reward.
Act of Security passed by Scotch
Parliament.
1705 Marlborough opposed by Allies, and
prevented from
marching into France.
Barcelona taken by Lord
Peterborough; the Catalan
district of Spain won for the
Archduke Charles.
Coalition between the more moderate
Tories and the
Whigs.
1706 Ramillies (May 12), won by Marlborough
against Villeroy:
Allies occupied Antwerp, Brussels,
Ghent, Bruges,
Ostend, a line of fortresses
cutting off French from
Holland.
Turin besieged by French: siege
raised by Prince
Eugene.
1707 Capitulation of Milan signed by Louis:
Milan and
Naples secured to Archduke
Charles.
Minorca captured by General
Stanhope.
Battle of Almanza (Spain): English
under Lord
Galway surrendered.
Ghent and Bruges retaken by
French.
Whig resolution not to make peace
so long as a Bourbon
ruled in Spain.
Union with Scotland (October 23):
Scotland to send
sixteen peers and forty-five
Commoners to United
Houses of Parliament: Law and
Church of Scotland
left untouched: privileges of trade
and coinage to
be the same for both
countries.
1708 Harley and St. John dismissed: Whigs
came into power
(July 11). Oudenarde: Marlborough
and Eugene
defeated Vendôme: Lille
secured. Bruges and
Ghent retaken by Allies.
Attempted landing in Scotland by
the Pretender
prevented.
1709 Peace Conference at the Hague. Louis
declined to
remove his grandson from the throne
of Spain.
(September 11). Malplaquet:
Marlborough and Eugene
defeated Villars.
Mons taken by the
Allies.
Quarrel between the Queen and the
Duchess of Marlborough.
Dr. Sacheverell's
sermons.
1710 Peace proposals by Louis at
Gertruydenberg rejected.
Dr. Sacheverell sentenced: Tory
party greatly helped
thereby.
Battle of Almenara (Spain): French
and Spanish
defeated by Stanhope.
Battle of Saragossa: French and
Spanish defeated by
Stanhope.
Battle of Brihuega: Stanhope beaten
by Vendôme.
Battle of Villa Viciosa: General
Staremberg defeated
by Vendôme: Spain secured for
Philip V.
Bouchain taken by
Marlborough.
Fall of the Whigs.
General Post Office
established.
St. Paul's Cathedral
finished.
1711 All Whigs dismissed from office, and
Tories alone to
form the Ministry, thus
establishing the principle
that the members of the Cabinet
should all be of
the same political
party.
Duchess of Marlborough supplanted
by Mrs. Masham.
Death of the Emperor Joseph, and
accession of Archduke
Charles: no farther need now to
continue
the war.
Tories determined to put an end to
the war.
1712 Twelve new Tory peers created to
destroy the Whig
majority which was in favour of
continuing the war.
Marlborough deprived of his
command: Ormonde to
succeed him.
Peace Conference at
Utrecht.
Act against Occasional
Conformity.
1713 (March 3). Treaty of Utrecht: Spain to
Philip:
Minorca and Gibraltar to England:
Spanish lands
in Italy and Netherlands to Emperor
Charles: Sicily
to Savoy. Prussia made a
kingdom.
1714 Quarrel between Harley and Bolingbroke:
Harley
dismissed.
Schism Act: schoolmasters to belong
to the Church of
England.
Bolingbroke's free trade proposals
defeated by the Whigs.
Death of Electress Sophia: George
of Hanover now heir
to the British throne.
(July 30). Death of Anne: Accession
of George I.
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