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Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia

Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia

Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia

Events Before

  1. The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia

    The Supreme Privy Council of Imperial Russia, founded on 19 February 1726 and operative until 1730, originated as a body of advisors to Empress Catherine I.

  2. French ballerina Marie de Camargo aged 16 makes her premiere at Paris Opera Ballets in "Les Caractères de la Danse"

    French ballerina Marie de Camargo aged 16 makes her premiere at Paris Opera Ballets in "Les Caractères de la Danse"

  3. Three men arrested during a February raid on Mother Clap's molly-house (a coffee house catering to homosexuals) in Londo

    Three men arrested during a February raid on Mother Clap's molly-house (a coffee house catering to homosexuals) in London are executed by hanging at Tyburn, England

  4. Cardinal Fleury succeeds Duke of Bourbon as French premier

    Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1723 to 1726.

  5. Treaty of Alliance between the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and the Russian Empire signed at Vienna

    The Peace of Vienna, also known as the First Treaty of Vienna, was a series of four treaties signed between 30 April 1725 and 5 November 1725 involving the Habsburg Monarchy, the Holy Roman Empire...

Events After

  1. Coronation of 12-year-old Peter II Alexeyevich as Tsar of Russia takes place in Moscow

    Coronation of 12-year-old Peter II Alexeyevich as Tsar of Russia takes place in Moscow

  2. John Gays' satiric work "The Beggar's Opera" premieres at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London, England [NS=Feb 9]

    John Gays' satiric work "The Beggar's Opera" premieres at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London, England [NS=Feb 9]

  3. Spain & Britain sign (1st) Convention of Pardo

    Spain & Britain sign (1st) Convention of Pardo

  4. Pierre de Marivaux's play "Le Triomphe de Plutus" premieres in Paris

    Pierre de Marivaux's play "Le Triomphe de Plutus" premieres in Paris

  5. 82 survivors of the Dutch ship Zeewijk sail into Batavia on a hand-built boat, ten months after being shipwrecked off th

    82 survivors of the Dutch ship Zeewijk sail into Batavia on a hand-built boat, ten months after being shipwrecked off the western coast of Australia [1]

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