European events in the year 1715. Engraving by Christoph Weigel, ca. 1722.

1722

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 17.9 x 21.4 cm

Memorabilia a.o MDCCXV. Gedenckwürdigkeiten des 1715ten Jahres ...

1. Pax Hispano-Lusitanica ... [peace between Spain and Portugal]

2. Pugna navalis inter Danas et Suecos ... [naval battle between Danes and Swedes]

3. Pelop. et Creta Venet. a Turc. ereptae ... [Greece and Crete seized by Venice from the Turks].

4. Majorica recepta ... [the capitulation of Mallorca to Philip V]

5. Classis argentea tempestate mersa ... [the Spanish silver fleet sunk in a storm]

6. Inquisitio in pacificatores Angl. instituta ... [trial of those who had negotiated the Treaty of Utrecht for Great Britain]

7. Phil. Aurel reg. Gall. renunciatus ... [Philippe d'Orleans becomes Regent for King Louis XV]

8. Rebellio scotica suppressa ... [the Jacobite rebellion in Great Britain put down]

9. Bremens. et Verd. ducat. a Dan. Hanov. venditi. ... [the Duchies of Bremen and Verden sold to George I of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover by Frederick IV of Denmark]

10. Polonici motus ... [Polish disturbances]

11. Stralsunda ad deditionem coacta ... [Stralsund besieged in the Great Northern War]

12. Tragica Jenensis magica adjuratio [the "Jenaer Christnachttragödie", in which treasure hunters conjuring up devils were found dead]

Wellcome Collection 2853594i