The Peace of Utrecht was a series of treaties that ended the War of the Spanish Succession, which had set France and Spain against a coalition including Britain, the Dutch Republic and Austria. It recognised Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, as King Philip V of Spain, but required that the French and Spanish crowns never be united. Spain ceded territory in Europe: the Spanish Netherlands, Milan, Naples and Sardinia went to Austria, and Sicily to Savoy. Britain gained Gibraltar and Menorca and parts of North America, as well as a trading right in Spanish America. The settlement established a balance of power in Europe, and it marked the rise of Britain as a major power. A further treaty at Rastatt in 1714 settled Austria's differences with France.
Before and after
- from 10 September 1711 to 11 February 1715Tuscarora War
- 24 January 1712Birth of Frederick II of Prussia
- May 1712Construction of Peter and Paul Cathedral
- 28 June 1712Birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1713Peace of Utrecht
- 1713Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
- 5 October 1713Birth of Denis Diderot
- 1714Construction of Belvedere
- 26 July 1714Battle of Gangut
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