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Canaletto begins to specialize in views of the Venetian canals, finding his main customers among the British
In the treaty of Nystad Sweden cedes Estonia to Russia together with most of Latvia (the rest of which soon follows)
Robert Walpole becomes Britain's chief minister and holds the post for an unrivalled span of twenty-one years
With the transfer of Swedish territory on the Baltic coast, Russia becomes the dominant power in the region
In a ceremony in St Petersburg's cathedral Peter the Great has himself proclaimed 'emperor of all Russia'
Jean-Antoine Watteau paints the most splendid shop sign in history, for his friend Gersaint
Johann Sebastian Bach writes the six Brandenburg Concertos for his employer at the court of Köthen
The Iroquois League becomes known as the Six Nations, after the Tuscarora join the group
Easter Island is reached by the Dutch, beginning a spate of European discovery in the islands of the Pacific
J.S. Bach publishes The Well-Tempered Clavier, a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues
16-year-old Benjamin Franklin contributes the 'Dogood Papers', essays on moral topics, to a Boston journal, The New England Courant
Whitton Park is bought by Archibald Campbell, Lord Ilay, later third Duke of Argyll.
John Robartes, later fourth Earl of Radnor, leases Radnor House.
Thomas Twining 1 buys a property next to St Mary's Church and redevelops the building which becomes known as Dial House.
The Austrian emperor, Charles VI, agrees that Hungary shall be ruled as a separate kingdom within his empire
Sir Godfrey Kneller dies and leaves Kneller Hall to his widow Susannah.
Work starts on Maids of Honour Row, four magnificent houses commissioned as lodgings for the ladies-in-waiting to the Princess of Wales
General Wade, commander-in-chief of North Britain, begins an impressive programme of road construction in the Scottish Highlands
The building of Marble Hill House begins on land acquired for Henrietta Howard (1688-1767) by Archibald Campbell, Earl of Ilay (later third Duke of Argyll)
Whitton Park is extended to 26 acres and planted with exotic trees and shrubs.
The Russian tsar Peter the Great dies and is succeeded by his wife as the empress Catherine I
Vivaldi publishes the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons
An aviary and a 'Green House' designed by James Gibbs are built in Whitton Park.
Pope constructs a tunnel under the road, Cross Deep, connecting riverside Pope's Villa with 5 acres of land, and he decorates the cellars of his villa and the tunnel to create a grotto.
North aisle of St Mary's Church is built, with vaults beneath, and school room (earlier building for Hampton School) and vestry room attached
