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| Adviser Gortz, Georg Heinrich von |  |
| Appointed Chief Financial Adviser for Charles XII of Sweden
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| Birth Bathurst, Henry |  |
| 20th May Birth of Henry Bathurst
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| Budget Gortz, Georg Heinrich von | |
| Helps Charles XII finance the Great Northern War
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| Captain Churchill, John |  |
| London Restored to military command after the accesion of George I
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| Church of Transfiguration Peter I the Great |  |
| Kizhi Island In response to St. Petersburg's classicism, traditionalists build the Church of the Transfiguration, on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, with 22 domes, the most complex wooden structure ever built in Russia
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| Colonel Commandant Douglas-Hamilton, George |  |
| After the peace treatise, receives the honorary title of Colonel Commandant of his old unit, the 1st Foot
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| Commander Forster, Thomas | |
| Appointed Commander of the Jacobite forces in England
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| Commander Gordon, William | |
| At the urging of his brother-in-law, Lord Carnwath, joins the Jacobite rising planned by John Erskine, Earl of Mar, who appointed Kenmure, despite his total lack of military experience, commander of the Lowland Jacobite forces
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| Composition Bach, Johann Sebastian | |
| Composition of, "Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis"
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| Coronation George I | |
| 1st Aug Westminster Abbey Great grandson of James I & son of the 1st Elector of Hanover
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| 20th Oct Westminster Abbey Crowned King of Great Britain
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| Death Sophia | |
| The next in succession to Queen Anne dies 6 weeks before Anne
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| The succession passes to Sophia's eldest son, George
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| Death Anne | |
| 1st Aug Kensington Death of Anne
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| Death George I | |
| George I becomes heir to the British throne after the death of his mother, Sophia
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| Death Sophia Dorothea of Zell | |
| 30th May Sophia's death makes her son, the Elector George Ludwig, heir to the British crown
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| Death James Francis Edward | |
| Commercy Anne dies while James is at Commercy
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| Kensington Anne dies & so does her successor Electress Sophia
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| Lorraine James leaves for Lorraine
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| Dismissal Butler, James | |
| Dismissed as Captin-General by George II
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| Exile Butler, James | |
| Becomes a Jacobite & escapes to France
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| Invasion of England Gordon, William | |
| Leads a hundred and fifty cavalry to the border
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| Invention Thermometer Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel |  |
| Invents the mercury thermometer
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| Invention Typewriter Mill, Henry | |
| 7th Jan Patents the 1st typewriter
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| Investiture George II | |
| 22nd Sep London Created Earl Chester
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| 22nd Sep London Created Prince of Wales
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| Landing Greenwich George I | |
| 18th Sep Greenwich Lands in Greenwich accompanied by his son Prince George Augustus, the future George II
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| Lord Chamberlain Talbot | |
| Appointed Lord Chamberlain
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| Lord High Treasurer Shrewsbury | |
| Appointed Lord High Treasurer
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| Lord High Treasurer Talbot | |
| Appointed Lord High Treasurer
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| Marriage Alberoni, Giulio |  |
| Negotiates the marriage of Philip V & Elizabeth Farnese
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| Marriage Philip V | |
| Madrid Marries Isabella Farnese daughter of the Duke of Parma
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| Paymaster of the Forces Walpole, Robert | |
| Appointed Paymaster of the Forces on the accession of George I
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| Peace Charles VI |  |
| Rastatt Charles abandons his claim to the Spanish throne
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| Rastatt Philip V abandons his claim to the French throne
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| Rastatt The Spanish Netherlands are ceded to Austria
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| Rastatt Under the peace of Rastatt claims to the Empire are ceded to Spain
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| Publication Pope, Alexander | |
| Publication of, "The Rape of the Lock"
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| Reform George I | |
| London The Act of Settlement recognizes George I's succession as King of Britain & Ireland
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| Rule of Acadia George I | |
| Acadia Under the treaty of Utrecht France cedes Acadia to Britain
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| Rule of Empire Charles VI | |
| Rastatt Claims to the Empire are ceded to Spain under the peace of Rastatt
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| Rule of Holland Charles VI | |
| Rastatt Under the Peace of Rastatt the Spanish Netherlands are ceded to Austria
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| Rule of Hudson's Bay George I | |
| Hudson's Bay Under the treaty of Utrecht France cedes Hudson's Bay to Britain
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| Rule of Newfoundland George I | |
| Newfoundland Under the treaty of Utrecht France cedes Newfoundland to Britain
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| Succession Louis XIV the Sun King |  |
| Paris Under the treaty of Utrecht Louis recognizes the Protestant succession in England
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| 29th July Paris Louis gives the Duke du Maine the right to succeed to the French throne
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| 29th July Paris Louis gives the Duke du Toulouse the right to succeed to the French throne
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| Aug Paris Louis XIV draws up his will
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| Succession Anne | |
| 19th May London Refuses any member of the House of Hanover to settle in Britain in her lifetime
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| 1st Aug Kensington The Elector of Hanover is proclaimed George I 18 hrs after Anne's death
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| Succession Caroline of Ansbach | |
| 20th Nov On the accession of George I Caroline's husband automatically became Duke of Cornwall, and was invested, shortly afterwards, as Prince of Wales, whereupon she became Princess of Wales
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| Succession George I | |
| 1st Aug London Anne dies without an heir
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| 1st Aug London Succeeds to the throne of Great Britain, does not speak English
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| 1st Aug Westminster Abbey Declared King on the death of Queen Anne
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| Succession Erskine, John | |
| On George I's arrival in England sends a letter of support from the Scottish Chieftans
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| Succession James Francis Edward | |
| James will not renounce his Catholicism & is not eligible for the crown
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| Under the Treaty of Utrecht Louis XIV recognizes the Protestant succession
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| Treaty of Rastatt Charles VI | |
| Rastatt Cedes the Spanish Netherlands to Austria
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| Rastatt Charles VI gives up his claim to the Spanish succession
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| Treaty of Rastatt Philip V | |
| Rastatt Keeps Spain & the colonies but renounces the French throne
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| Treaty of Utrecht George I | |
| Utrecht France recognizes the Hanoverian succession
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