Here is the next part.
1711:
Cary's Rebellion begins in January
September 10 – John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenried, 2 African American slaves and 2 Native Americans leave on an exploration expedition from New Bern, and travel north by canoe up the Neuse River (this event has also been dated September 12, 1711)
September 14 – Tuscarora natives capture John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenried and their expeditionary party and bring them to Catechna (approximate date)
September 16 – Tuscarora natives kill John Lawson. Christoph von Graffenried and one African American slave are known to have been set free (approximate date).
September 22 – Tuscarora War: Tuscarora natives under the command of Chief Hancock raid settlements along the south bank of the Pamlico River within the Province of Carolina (present day North Carolina), killing around 130 people. This action begins the Tuscarora War.
October 14 – Yostos kills Tewoflos, becoming Emperor of Ethiopia.
Alexander Pope publishes An Essay on Criticism.
John Shore invents the tuning fork.
Winter – the SveaArms Company is founded in Sweden and tasked by the Swedish Crown to develop and manufacture better weapons, ammunition and powder for the Swedish Armed forces.
Alexei II of Russia does not continue with his fathers modernization programs, putting Russia back at least a century in terms of development.
Spring –
March 12th – SAC presents its first rifle: the Svea pattern mark I.
April 14th – King Charles XII marries a Danish noblewoman out of political reasons and also to calm the Danes down a little. (Though this woman was pro-Swede to start with…)
May – SEIC buys out some Dutch East India holdings, providing more money for the Dutch and their war effort but hampering the Dutch East India Company’s efforts…*
Summer – Svea pattern mark I is now standard issue for Swedish infantry, being more accurate than the previous rifle used by Swedish infantry.
Agust 5th – a minor earthquake is recorded in the Swedish province of Scania.
Autumn – King Charles decides to fashion the Swedish Navy after the Royal Navy, to make it stronger. **
October 19th – a Minor revolt in Denmark is put down; Governor Stenberg brings the rebellion leaders to the negation table to settle the issue.
1712:
Tuscarora War (1711 – 1715)
April – A black insurrection takes place in New York City; 21 blacks are executed after the militia suppresses the rebellion.
July 24 – Battle of Denain: The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force.
The Treaty of Aargau is signed by Catholics and Protestants, introducing the Protestant faith into Switzerland.
Thomas Newcomen builds the first piston-operated steam engine at Tipton, Staffordshire, England.
After many years of settlement, the "Town on Queen Anne's Creek" is established as a courthouse for Chowan County, North Carolina. The town is renamed Edenton in 1720 and incorporated in 1722.
The VOC Zuytdorp is wrecked off the coast of Western Australia.
John Arbuthnot creates the character of John Bull to represent Britain.
Winter –
February 30 – Sweden temporarily adopts February 30 as a day to adjust the
Swedish Calendar closer to the
Julian calendar.
Spring – SAC continues its work.
April 10th - New Stockholm in New Sweden is registered as having approximately 4000 permanent residents.
May 1st – a SEIC ship is sunk outside the coast of India; its cargo is subsequently salvaged by Indians.
May 15th – Two SEIC ships are captured by Pirates outside the coast of Africa.
Summer – Sweden continues to modernize its navy, SAC presents a new, more modern and efficient naval cannon.
SEIC starts developing a hybrid ship of sorts, one with room for cargo, yet capable of holding its own. (More so than merchant ships in general)
Autumn – Governor Stenberg continues to thaw relations between the Danes and the Swedes, this will be his life’s work, continuing for the rest of his life.
September 15th – King Stanisław of Poland dies and Poland elects King Charles XII as their next king, sparking some tension in the world but almost all major powers are tied up (England, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Austria), disinterested (Russia) or Allied with Sweden (Prussia( even though Prussia isn’t a major power right now..?).
October 18th – Four SEIC ships defeat three Pirate vessels without sustaining barely any damage.
1713:
April 11 – War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht.
June 23 – French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada.
July 13 – The Treaty of Portsmouth brings an end to Queen Anne's War.
Winter – SAC continues trying to make a better powder for the Swedish armed forces, as well as developing better weapons.
Spring – One of SAC’s powder factories (if that’s the term?) explodes violently, killing thirteen SAC employees and starting a fire in Stockholm.
May 18th – A Volcano eruption is recorded on Iceland.
Summer – King Charles works to remove power from the Sejm*** in Poland.
Nothing of note for the rest of the year.
1714:
August 1 – George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain.
September 11 – War of the Spanish Succession: Catalonia and Barcelona surrender to the Spanish and French Borbonic armies.
Tenison's School is established by Thomas Tenison in Croydon, south of London, England.
The Duchy of Savoy and Piedmont becomes the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Louis Juchereau de St. Denis establishes Fort St. Jean Baptiste at the site of present day Natchitoches, Louisiana (the first permanent European settlement in the Louisiana Territory, after Biloxi (1699) and Mobile, Alabama (1702) were separated).
Worcester College, University of Oxford is founded (formerly Gloucester College, closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries).
The British Parliament votes "to offer a reward (£10,000 for any method capable of determining a ship's longitude within 1 degree; £15,000, within 40 minutes, and £20,000 within 1/2 a degree) "for such person or persons as shall discover the Longitude."
Stockholm County founded.
Winter – After almost a year SAC is back on track with powder production and development.
Spring – SEIC is almost done with the first version of their hybrid ship.
April 22nd – Frederick I, king in Prussia dies, leaving the rule of Prussia in the hands of his wife, Ulrika Eleonora who thus becomes Ulrika I of Prussia.
April 23rd – Sweden and Prussia enters a personal union.
May 12th – Governor Stenberg’s son, Victor, is born.
Summer – King Charles, being the efficient king that he is, has mostly moved power away from the Sejm and onto himself, sparking a Sejm led revolt. This revolt is quickly put down and the members of the Sejm are killed, putting all power in Poland on King Charles.
August 1st – King Charles makes Poland into a hereditary kingdom with his heir, crown princess Anna, as the next in line.
Autumn – SEIC establishes a trading post in what will become known as Swedish Indo China****
1715:
Golden Age of Piracy (1715 – 1730)
February 11 – Tuscarora War: The Tuscarora and their allies sign a peace treaty with the Province of Carolina and agree to move to a reservation near Lake Mattamuskeet, effectively ending the Tuscarora War. Large numbers of Tuscarora subsequently move to New York.
July 24 – A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under General Don Juan Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks).
September – The first of the major Jacobite Rebellions in Scotland against the rule of King George I breaks out. John Erskine, 22nd Earl of Mar raises the standard of James Francis Edward Stuart and marches on Edinburgh. James, the son of the deposed King James VII, briefly arrives from France, but leaves as it becomes clear that there is no support for him in England; he takes Mar with him, but leaves most of his supporters behind (December).
September 1 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, leaving his throne to his great-grandson Louis XV. Regent for the new, 5-year-old monarch is Philippe d'Orléans, nephew of Louis XIV.
13 November – The indecisive Battle of Sheriffmuir during a Jacobite rising in Scotland.
The Province of Carolina goes to war with the Yamasee Native Americans.
Karlsruhe Palace is built, resulting in the town of Karlsruhe growing up around it.
The ancient right to evaluate royal decrees publicly before they are given the force of law by the high court of Paris (the Parlement) is restored.
Russia continues to fall behind under the rule of Alexei II.
Spring – Sweden continues to grow in power, wealth and population.
Summer – Prussia’s army is more or less reformed, ready and skilled by this point.
Nothing exiting happens for the rest of the year.
1716:
Pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach) raids shipping in the Caribbean.
Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, is founded.
The town of Crieff, Scotland, is burned to the ground by Jacobites returning from the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
The Kangxi Dictionary is published, laying the foundation of most references to Han characters studies nowadays.
A fire in Wapping, England destroys 150 houses.
January 27 – The Tugaloo Massacre changes the course of the Yamasee War.
May – John Law founds the Banque de France.
May 26 – Two regular companies of field artillery, each 100 men strong, are raised at Woolwich by Royal Warrant of King George I of Great Britain.
May 28 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, suffers a paralytic stroke.
July 5 – Prince Ernest Augustus is created Duke of York.
August 5 – Battle of Petrovaradin: 83,300 Austrian troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat 150,000 Ottoman Turks under Damad Ali Pasha.
August 24 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, returns from Italy.
November 9 – Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales, gives birth to a stillborn son.
December 12 – Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, is demoted from his office as Secretary of State for the Northern Department in the British government and replaced by James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope.
Winter – SAC makes a major breakthrough with the development of powder, inventing a safer and more powerful and efficient kind. This however proves to be too strong for regular rifle barrels forcing SAC to develop a better steel to use in the rifles.
Spring – Prussia continues to grow by peacefully annexing smaller German states.
Summer – Six year old Crown Princess Anna begins her tutoring, showing herself to take after both her father and her mother.
Autumn – SEIC launches the Jörmungandr, the first of its class, designed to be able to both transport goods like a regular merchant ship
and hold its own against pirates
*this will lead to the future war between Sweden, Prussia and the Dutch.
** These guys did have the best Navy of this Era right?
*** I think these guys are the ones who elects the king in Poland and the ones with most of the real power.
****Yes, Sweden gets Indo China before the French does here.