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Years: 1709 1710 1711 - 1712 - 1713 1714 1715
Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Template:C18YearInTopic

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3 Births
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Events

Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. Introduced Protestant faith in Switzerland.
Thomas Newcomen builds the first piston-operated steam engine at Tipton, Staffordshire, UK.
The delivering of the infamous William Lynch Speech, which helped exert submissiveness on the African American slaves in Virginia.
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.

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January

January 26 - Tuscarora War: More than half of the Native Americans in Colonel John Barnwell's Carolina militia desert during the crossing of the Cape Fear River.
January 29 - Tuscarora War: Colonel John Barnwell's Carolina militia attack the sprawling Tuscarora farming community of Torhunta by focusing on Fort Narhantes. Many Tuscarora captives are enslaved.

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February

February 4 - Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia burns Torhunta and heads north towards Chief Hancock's forces.
February 5 - Tuscarora War: Due to severe desertion by Native American troops, Colonel John Barnwell's militia changes course and heads towards Bath.
February 6 - Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia burns the abandoned Tuscarora village of Chunaneets.
February 11 - Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia of Native Americans and settlers from the South Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina arrives at Bath.
February 27 - Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia leaves Fort Reading on the Pamlico River to attack the Tuscarora stronghold of Catechna.

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March

March 1 - Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia, strengthened by settlers and Native Americans from the North Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina arrive at the Tuscaroran stronghold of Catechna to find it deserted.
March 5 - Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia attacks a Tuscaroran fort on the banks of Contentea Creek opposite Catechna. The attack fails and the two sides agree to a temporary truce.
March 6 - Tuscarora War: Colonel John Barnwell's militia leaves Catechna for New Bern, North Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina after agreeing to meet with the Chief Hancock of the Tuscarora on March 19 for peace negotiations.
March 19 - Tuscarora War: Scheduled peace negotiations between the Tuscarora and the Province of Carolina fail when the Tuscarora fail to send a representative to the meeting. Colonel John Barnwell's forces begin building Fort Barnwell on the Neuse River near Contentea Creek.

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April

April 1 - Tuscarora War: Governor Edward Hyde of the North Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina notifies Colonel John Barnwell that reinforcements and supplies are en route to Fort Barnwell.
April 7 - Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia lays siege to Hancock's Fort on Contentea Creek without waiting for reinforcements.
April 17 - Tuscarora War: The siege of Hancock's Fort ends when the Tuscarora garrison agrees to a conditional surrender. The North Carolina government censures Colonel John Barnwell and relieves him of his command for failing to obey orders. Tuscarora attacks increase in the coming months.

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May

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June

Tuscarora War: An agent from the North Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina asks the provincial government in Charles Town, South Carolina for 1,000 troops under the command of a commander other than Colonel John Barnwell to fight the Tuscarora and their allies. The request is granted.

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July

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August

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September

September 9 - Tuscarora War: Thomas Pollock becomes acting governor of the North Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina after Governor Edward Hyde succumbs to yellow fever. The new governor assumes control over the Carolina militia in the continuing war against the Tuscarora.

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October

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November

November 25 - Tuscarora War: Although acting governor of North Carolina Thomas Pollock knows Colonel James Moore's South Carolina militia is en route to attack the Tuscarora, he meets with Chief Tom Blunt of the Tuscarora and representatives of several other tribes to discuss a peace treaty. Chief Blunt agrees to capture and deliver fellow Tuscarora Chief Hancock to the North Carolinians in exchange for an end to hostilities. He follows through on the deal and Chief Hancock is executed.

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December

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Ongoing events

Great Northern War (1700-1721)
War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713)
Tuscarora War (1711 - 1715)

Montenegro under the Vladikas from the Petrovic dynasty (1697-1851) Danilo Petrovic, the founder of the Petrovic dynasty Vladika Danilo Petrovic established the hereditary theocracy in the Petrovic family of the Erakovic clan. Since Vladikas, as Orthodox Bishops, were celibate, the office of Vladika passed from uncle to nephew. Danilo led Montenegrins in many battles against the Turks. He won a decisive, major battle at Carev Laz in Ljesanska Nahija, on July 14-28, 1712. The Turkish army of between 30,000 and 40,000 men was defeated with approximately 5000 casualties. (Momir Markovic, Crnogorski rat, Podgorica, 1993, 106). This battle is a landmark in the Montenegrin history of wars for independence. In 1701, Danilo built the monastery of Saint Petar of Cetinje (Sveti Petar Cetinjski) on the site of the former court of Ivan Crnojevic. And while the Monastery has been rebuilt and enlarged, its basic structure has not changed.

Danilo was succeeded by Vladika Sava and Vladika Vasilije. Vasilije was particularly active in fighting the Turks and in trying to solicit Russian support for Montenegro. He also wrote one of the earliest historical books ("History of Montenegro") on Montenegro.

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