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Historical Event(s)
– Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
– James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.
– Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
– Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire ceases to be a major power.
– Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
Who Were Born On ?
– Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)
– William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1778)
– Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)