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1716 - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Events. Births. Deaths. References. 1716. July 8: The Swedish Navy loses to Danish and Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Dynekilen. August 8: Austrian troops defeat larger Ottoman force in Battle of Petrovaradin. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1716.
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The Jacobite rising of 1715 (Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna Sheumais [ˈpliən̪ˠə ˈheːmɪʃ]; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts.
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Quick Facts. Close. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1716. Events. January – March. January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, concluding the unification of Spain under Philip V.