Memorial of European events from the year 1718. Engraving, c. 1722.

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Memorial of European events from the year 1718. Engraving, c. 1722. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Central image contains scrolls with births and deaths of that year

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1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 18.1 x 21.3 cm

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Memorabilia A: MDCCXVIII. Gedenckwürdigkeiten des 1718ten Jahres ... Captions below images: "1. Czari in filium degenerē severitas. Der Printz wird degradirt. d. 14 Febr. 2. Invasio Siciliæ ab Hispano. Savoyen viel verlichrt. d. 2 Iul. 3. Pax Passarovicensis. Passarowitz giebt Frieden. d. 21 Iul. 4. Fœdus quatruplex ictum. Vierfachen Bund sie schmieden. d. 2 Aug. 5. Classis Hispanica deleta a Bingio. Die Spansche Flott büsst ein. d. 11 Aug. 6. Messana deditione capta. Messin' capiturliret. d. 30 Sept. 6. Curiæ Paris: obluctatio repressa. Der Ernst ist ungemein. d. 26 Aug. 8. Rhenofelsium ab Hasso restitutum. Der Hess' evacuiret. d. 22 Oct. 9. Parricidiū intentatum in Anglia produtū. Verhüthet wird ein Fall. d. 9 [no month]. 10. Sveciæ rex in obsidione Fridericihalæ occumbit. Carl stirbt bey Friedrichshall. d. 11 Dec. 11. Conspiratio Hisp: in Gallia detecta. Gar viel verräth das Reden. d. 12 Dec. 12. Incircumscripta potestas regia in Svec: abolita. Nunmehr erholt sich Schweden. d. 17 [?] Dec."

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One engraving in a series of historical calendars in the Wellcome Library

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Wellcome Collection 26415i

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