A.D. Page 1711 The Grand Vizier, Baltagi, difgraced through the intrigues of Charles and Poniatowsky 500 The new Grand Vizier yet lefs difpofed to favour the defigns of the king of Sweden ibid. 1712 The Sultan, Achmet III. fends him a letter requiring his depar ture He evades the request, and continues his intrigues ibid. 501 ibid. ibid. Is furnished with twelve hundred purfes, and demands more 1713 The Sultan's fpeech in the Divan on that fubject 502 ibid. 503 The Bashaw of Bender ordered to compel the king of Sweden to Tartars 504 ibid. His little camp is forced, and he is made prifoner 505 Renews his intrigues, and keeps his bed fourteen months, under pretence of fickness 506 State of affairs in the king of Sweden's dominions 507 His General Steenbock defeats the Danes and Saxons ibid. Burns Altena 508 His apology for fo doing ibid. Lofes the fruits of his victory, and is obliged to take refuge in He forms the scheme of establishing a neutrality in the Swedish provinces of Germany ibid. Progrefs of the arms of the Czar Peter 1714 511 He gains a complete victory over the Swedes by fea, and makes himself mafter of the ifle of Oeland ibid. Enters Petersburg in triumph, and makes on that occafion, a fpeech worthy of the founder of a great empire 512 Roufed from his lethargy by the measures of the fenate of Sweden, and despairing of being able to make the Porte take arms in his favour, Charles XII. fignifies to the grand Vizier his defire of returning through Germany to his own dominions ibid. Provided with a convoy of fixty loaded waggons, and three hundred horfe, he arrives on the frontiers of Germany, whence A.D. Page whence he proceeds in difguife to Stralfund in Pomerania ibid. 1714 He immediately difpatches orders to his Generals, to renew the war against all his enemies with fresh vigour The multitude of thofe enemies opprefs him The Pruffians, Danes, and Saxons befiege Stralfund 1715 513 514 ibid. They make themselves mafters of the Ifle of Ufdome, and invade the Ifle of Rugen 1716 Charles attempts to expel the invaders Is defeated and obliged to fave himself by flight He defends Stralfund with defperate valour Finding it untenable, he is induced to quit it The Baron de Goertz becomes the prime minifter and favourite of the king of Sweden 518 The king of Sweden, to the aftonishment of all Europe, invades Norway, and makes himself mafter of Chriftiana ibid. Meanwhile Wifmar, the only town that remained to him on the frontiers of Germany, furrenders to the Danes and Pruffians ibid. 519 New intrigues of the Baron de Goertz ibid. ibid. 1717 They are fet at liberty. 1718 Charles XII. undertakes a fecond expedition into Norway, and fits down before Frederickshall His death and character 520 ibid. The Senate of Sweden orders the Baron de Goertz to be arrested 521 ibid. He is condemned and executed for male-administration 1719 Ulrica Eleanora, fifter of Charles XII. is elected Queen of Sweden 522 She relinquishes the crown to her hufband, the Prince of Heffe, who is chofen king by the States ibid. ibid. 523 1720 Tranquillity of the North reftored by different treaties 1721 Peace between Sweden and Ruffia The Czar retains poffeffion of the provinces of Livonia, Ef tonia, and Ingria, with part of Carelia, and part of Finland ibid. 1722 His Perfian expedition Peter henceforth affumes the title of Emperor, which is acknowledged by all the European powers ibid. ibid. The extent of his dominions 8 ibid. He THE HISTORY. O F MODERN EUROPE. PART II. From the PEACE of WESTPHALIA, in 1648, to the PEACE of PARIS, in 1763. A general View of the Affairs of EUROPE, with a particular Account of thofe of ENGLAND, from the Refloration of CHARLES II. in 1660, to the Triple Alliance, in 1668. N O prince ever had it more in his power to LETTER have rendered himself the favourite of his XII. people, and his people great, flourishing, A.D. 1660. and happy, than Charles II. of England. They had generously restored him to the regal dignity, without impofing any new limitations on his prerogative. But their late violences, and the torrent of blood which had been shed, too ftrongly demonftrated their dread of popery, and their hatred of arbitrary fway, to permit a fuppofition, that they would ever tamely VOL. IV. fuffer B |