January 30 England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty February 10 Netherlands and England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier February 18 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao February 27 French troops bomb Willemstad Curacao March 27 Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar April 11 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty April 12 Dutch State-General signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom April 19 Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions July 7 1st performance of Georg F Handel's "To Deum" and "Jubilate" July 27 Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty August 13 King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia September 8 Pope Clemens XI publishes degree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism"
