Turbulent Europe News From Cracow to Milan
Reports from Leipsick, Vienna, and Paris describe regimental moves in Lithuania and Courland, a Lithuanian nobility shift to the King, and hopes of troops joining Stanislaus. Turkish and Persian actions blur with Milanese siege progress, while Cracow awaits and Paris contemplates naval dispatches and Italian front changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siradia
Sendomir
Palatin of
Lublin
Cracovia
Steters
Lithuania
Courland
Palatin
Novogrod
Stanislaus
Choczim
Bender
Leipsick
Reden
Gubbin
Serlin
Fan
Count Seckendorf
Vienna
Marquess de la Chetardie
Count Wratiffau
Cracow
Count de Truchies
Venice
Constantinople
Persia
Hambourg
Berlin
Dresden
Oppilen
Cologn
Alsace
Flanders
Pais
Fine
Milan
Castle of
77Th
Visconti
Paris
Marseilles
Great Dublin Hurricane Causes Damage and Deaths
Ireland. Dublin reports a violent hurricane on Sunday bringing wind rain lightning and thunder. Chimneys down houses wrecked leads blown from Parliament James's Gate boats overturned at George's Key and windows shattered. Colonel Bellew dies at his country seat in old age and Hon Miss Caulfield dies, daughter of Viscount Charlemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dublin
James's Gate
George’s Key
Colonel Bellew
Miss Caulfield
Viscount Charlemont
Foreign Secretary seized in Holland transit scandal
An account from London reports the Foreign Secretary has been seized at Rotterdam by the Sardinian minister at The Hague as efforts were made to send him prisoner to Turin. Bank of England bills valued at 1500 pounds were found upon him. A Westminster Inquest committee then visited Gatehouse Prison to discharge poor debtors using funds collected during holidays. Chester dispatch notes Mr. Kimberly, the projector, surveying lands and rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotterdam
Hague
Turin
Bank of England
Westminster
Gatehouse
Chester
Kimberly
Royal Court Life and Elections in Early 18th Century England
Reports from St James's describe the King Queen visiting the Prince of Orange's apartments and palace views, a grand entertainment for ministers, and a Twelfth Day festival at court. Nobility attended drawing rooms and card games for the Groom Porter, while MPs and candidates were named for Berwick, Bedwin, and Buckingham seats. Deaths and ecclesiastical appointments are noted, including Goftlin and Shoger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
St. James’s
Semesterhouse
Newcastle
Grafton
Manchester
Earl of Scarborough
Countess of Deloraine
Prince of Orange
Chevalier de Offorio
Lin Coln
s-Inn-fields
Royal
Prince of Wales
Chapel Royal
Earl of Orkney
Lynch
Mary
George Bubb-Doddington
Treasury
Pall-Mall
Lord Polworth
Earl of Marchimont
Scotland
Thistle
Berwick
John Crawley
Ketelbey
Great Bedwin
Wiltshire
Lord Bruce
Buckingham
Lord Catherlogh
George Chamberlain
William Goftlin
Church of Canterbury
Littleborn
John Goftlin
Coleman
Norwich
Shadingfield
Kingdom of Ireland
Shoger
East Donyland
Colchester
Kingstreet
Westminster
Drift
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. d
Hericourt
France
Spain
Naples
Sicily
Kouli Kan
Tulk
d’Asféld
Jaly
Marques de Villars
Marshal de Villars
Italy
Marquess de Coigny
Novara
Country News
Bath
the Prince of Orange
West-Gate-House
Ienter
Feversham
Mary Lucock
Dover
London
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!